Aidan Walsh: Master of the Universe(2000)

Aidan Walsh: Master of the Universe is a film about an Irish comedian and entrepreneur who became an unlikely pop star in 1987 Dublin, when U2 dominated the global music scene and record scouts descended on Ireland hunting for the next breakthrough act. Walsh secured the quickest record deal in pop history with a three-minute rendition of the Hokey Cokey, launching an eccentric and improbable career. The film traces his journey from a troubled childhood in a Cork orphanage through his rise as one of Ireland's most bizarre underground figures, while exploring his painful search for family and belonging. Walsh's story is a strange and compelling portrait of ambition, reinvention, and the cost of fame in an era when Dublin was reshaping popular music.