➤ Life inside the head of Big Frank and Little Frank will make you weep

Frank the film (2014): Fassbender and Gleeson

❚ O.M.G! ANOTHER WACKO TRAILER for a feature film. This is one everyone born North of Macclesfield will want to see – Frank, a fictional story loosely inspired by the brilliant life of eccentric Mancunian musician Chris Sievey, who built a comedy career as Frank Sidebottom, the man in the giant papier-mâché head. He died in 2010 aged only 54.

A young wannabe musician, Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), finds himself out of his depth when he joins a band that includes the terrifying Clara (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and is led by the enigmatic Frank, played by the Irish actor Michael Fassbender. (Why?) And what goes on inside the giant head? The trailer alone reveals weirdnesses you never knew before. He never takes it off. When bandmates try to force him to remove his head, Frank says: “I have a certificate.” Sob.

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Frank the film (2014): Michael Fassbender as Frank Sidebottom

Frank the film (2014): Sidebottom’s avant-garde band recording unusual sounds

Frank the film (2014): Sidebottom frolics to seek inspiration

➢ Previously at Shapersofthe80s: RIP Big Frank and Little Frank who had a Fantastic Funeral

SIDEBOTTOM’S FIRST TV APPEARANCE (1985)

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