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The Pink Floyd and Syd Barret Story

Type: TV - Single documentary
Released: 2001
Length: 50 min.
Directed by: John Edginton

Crew

Producer John Edginton

Camera Graham Smith

Editor Ray Frawley

Sound Tony Meering

Production Company Otmoor Productions Ltd

Full credits (Main credits only)

Themes

Status

  • Available on DVD/VHS
  • Broadcast within UK

Synopsis:

First shown as part of the BBC’s Omnibus series.
The late Syd Barrett was  a major cult figure and rock music legend. He was the charismatic and brilliant lead guitarist of the early Pink Floyd . John Edginton’s  documentary tells the  full bizarre, tragic, but also celebratory story of the doomed Syd with unique insights from the band themselves.
“Haunting, magical, compulsive viewing” - The Times
“John Edginton’s film is an open love letter to Syd “ - The Guardian

Synopsis:
First shown as part of the BBC’s Omnibus series.
The late Syd Barrett was  a major cult figure and rock music legend. He was the charismatic and brilliant lead guitarist of the early Pink Floyd . John Edginton’s  documentary tells the  full bizarre, tragic, but also celebratory story of the doomed Syd with unique insights from the band themselves.
“Haunting, magical, compulsive viewing” - The Times
“John Edginton’s film is an open love letter to Syd “ - The Guardian

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