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Mar 13, 2015 · March 13, 2015 8:47pm. The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson Still - H 2015. Courtesy of SXSW. The cheerful final testament of a rocker who’s been told he has only a few months left to live, Julian ...
Johnson is a modern-day renaissance man who'll be quoting William Blake one moment and belting out some R&B with Roger Daltrey the next. ... The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson may ultimately be viewed ...
Live in the moment. Wilko Johnson talks about tingling with euphoria after being diagnosed with terminal cancer and given 10 months to live. 24 November 2015. 2 minutes.
Jul 17, 2015 · This is a follow-up of sorts to Julien Temple's tremendous 2009 feature doc Oil City Confidential, about Canvey Island pub band Dr Feelgood. The new film follows the guitarist Wilko Johnson after ...
The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson confronts our worst nightmares of impending death and turns them upside down. It tells the extraordinary, yet universal story of legendary musician Wilko Johnson who, diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given a few months to live, accepted his fate with uplifting positivity and embarked on a farewell tour, capturing the imagination of the world as he went.
Jul 16, 2015 · The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson. Directed by Julien Temple. In selected cinemas from 17 July 2015. In early 2013, rock guitarist Wilko Johnson was diagnosed with apparently terminal pancreatic cancer. He accepted the diagnosis without demur – or a second opinion – and emerged from the consultant’s room with a transfigured, euphoric sense of ...
Oct 20, 2015 · The ‘ecstasy’ of the title refers to Johnson’s transformed view of life in the light of being given 10 months to live after the discovery of a tumour in January 2013. As he stares the Grim Reaper in the face, the self-confessed “miserable git” finds himself taking delight in the everyday wonders of nature, seizing the day with a vigour previously undreamt.
