JOE STRUMMER - STRUMMER FILM SHOWS LAST TOUR

A film of ex-CLASH singer JOE STRUMMER's last concerts will be premiered at the TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL in New York next month (MAY04).

Strummer and his band THE MESCALEROS were filmed for movie LET'S ROCK AGAIN by director DICK RUDE on their tour of America and Japan in late 2002.

Shortly afterward, Strummer died of a heart attack aged 50. (DEC02).

Rude says, "Initially we made this movie so we could get his music out to more people. As it went on, I wanted to show what he was talking about - going from hero to zero and then back again.

"But what I ended up achieving was an intimate portrait of somebody who was a hero as a human being in a working class way.

"We're looking at an ordinary guy who came across as a hero on an ordinary guy level."

The rockumentary features energetic live footage and conversations between Strummer and Rude, as well as contrasting images from Japan, where some fans are seen sobbing uncontrollably when they meet the rock legend.

And Rude hopes the film reflects his and Strummer's original intentions.

He explains, "It still came from the deepest place of love and respect and missing my best friend and my hero and my mentor and my brother and everything else that he was to me."