- Music
- 16 May 16
Supersonic is from the same team who made the Oscar-winning Amy
The team behind the Oscar-winning Amy have announced details of Supersonic, the mother of all documentaries about “the rock ‘n’ roll band that defined a generation”, Oasis.
“‘Supersonic’ is the word that truly sums up the phenomenal journey that took Oasis from releasing their first single in 1994, to record-breaking sellout shows at Knebworth Park in 1996, where 2.6 million people applied for tickets,” reads the blurb. “The band played to 125,000 fans per night - they could have played 20 nights. From Award-winning filmmaker Mat Whitecross and Academy Award-winning producer James Gay Rees (Amy), alongside Fiona Neilson, Simon Halfon and Academy Award-winning executive producer Asif Kapadia, Supersonic documents the band’s journey from the moment when Noel Gallagher joined his brother Liam’s band - the two boys who shared a bedroom growing up, were now sharing a stage.
“From the release of Definitely Maybe'- which at that moment became the fastest-selling debut of all time - it was then less than two years before they played their historic shows at Knebworth Park. The filmmakers have been given unprecedented access to the band allowing a rare and candid insight into their world along with never before seen archive material.”
Hitting screens in October, it’s already been given the thumbs up by Liam who says: “Oasis was definitely like a fucking Ferrari, great to look at, great to drive and it will fucking spin out of control every now and again when you go too fast. I loved every minute of it."