A celebration of the Irish punk/poet Shane MacGowan, lead singer and songwriter of The Pogues, that combines unseen archive footage from the band and MacGowan’s family with original animations.
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan is a 2020 documentary film about the life of Shane MacGowan, the lead singer and songwriter of The Pogues who fused punk rock with Irish folk music and whose biggest hit was the Christmas song Fairytale of New York. The film was written and directed by Julien Temple and produced by Johnny Depp.