The Freddie Mercury Story: Who Wants to Live Forever?
2016•1h 35m•8.0•Released
DocumentaryTV MovieMusic
The last years of Freddie Mercury (1946-1991), rock legend and frontman of Queen, a band that conquered the world of music in the seventies and eighties: what was his lifestyle and the path that led him to a tragic death due to AIDS when he was only 46 years old.
Director
John Fothergill
Writer
John Fothergill
Languages
English
Studio
Channel 5 Productions
Cast
John Blunt
Freddie Mercury
Mark Brennan
Jim Hutton
Paul Culshaw
Peter Freestone
Laura Edghill
Mary Austin
Patrick Warner
Brian May
Martin Teall
Roger Taylor
Jack Beale
John Deacon
Rietta Austin
Barbara Valentin
Owen Oldroyd
Winnie Kirchberger
Patrick Brenann
Jim Beach
Colin Reed
John Murphy
Richard Allinson
Narrator (voice)
Paul Gambaccini
Peter Hince
Harvey Goldsmith
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