Kill Your Friends (film)
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| Directed by | Owen Harris |
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| Screenplay by | John Niven |
| Based on | Kill Your Friends by John Niven |
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| Music by | Junkie XL |
| Cinematography | Gustav Danielsson |
| Edited by | Bill Smedley |
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| Distributed by | Well Go USA Entertainment |
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103 minutes[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $420,091[2] |
Kill Your Friends is a 2015 British dark comedy crime-thriller film directed by Owen Harris, script written by John Niven based on his own written 2008 novel of the same name. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Craig Roberts, Tom Riley, and Georgia King.[3] The film was selected to be shown in the City to City section of the 2015 Toronto Film Festival.[4]
Plot
London, 1997; the British music industry is on a winning streak. Britpop bands Blur, Oasis, and The Verve rule the airwaves and Cool Britannia is in full swing. Twenty-seven-year-old A&R man Steven Stelfox (Nicholas Hoult) is slashing and burning his way through the music business, a world where ‘no one knows anything’ and where careers are made and broken by chance and the fickle tastes of the general public. Fuelled by greed, ambition and inhuman quantities of drugs, Stelfox lives the dream, as he searches for his next hit record. But as the hits dry up and the industry begins to change, Stelfox takes the concept of “killer tunes” to a murderous new level in a desperate attempt to salvage his career.
Cast
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- Nicholas Hoult[5] as Stelfox
- James Corden as Waters
- Georgia King as Rebecca
- Craig Roberts as Darren
- Jim Piddock[6] as Derek Sommers
- Joseph Mawle as Trellick
- Ed Skrein as Rent
- Tom Riley as Parker-Hall
- Ed Hogg as DC Woodham
- Rosanna Arquette as Barbara
- Moritz Bleibtreu as Rudi
- Damien Molony as Ross
- Al Weaver as Bill
- Bronson Webb as Hasting
- Ella Smith as Nikki
- David Avery as Fisher
Production
On 12 February 2014, Nicholas Hoult has joined the cast of the film to play lead role as (A&R) agent Steven Stelfox, set in 1997 in London.[5] On 3 March 2014, Jim Piddock joined the film's cast to play Derek Sommers, the managing director of the record label.[6]
Filming
Principal photography commenced on 10 March 2014 in London, and wrapped five weeks later.[3] The film was shot at Pinewood Studios, London and Greater London.
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External links
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- 2010s comedy films
- British films
- British black comedy films
- British criminal comedy films
- British satirical films
- Films about music and musicians
- Film scores by Junkie XL
- Films based on British novels
- Films set in 1997
- Films set in London
- Films shot in London
