Project Detail

Brand: A Second Coming

Synopsis

Following comedian/author/activist Russell Brand as he dives headlong into drugs, sex and fame in an attempt to find happiness, only to realize we have all been nurtured on bad ideas and empty celebrity idols. Brand leaves Los Angeles to embark on a stand-up comedy tour about his own true icons - Gandhi, Che Guevara, Malcolm X and Jesus Christ - and transforms from addict and Hollywood star into an unexpected political disruptor and new found hero to the undeserved.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Gala Screening

Details

Year: 2015
Type of project: Features
Running time: 104 mins
Director: Ondi Timoner
Producer: Ondi Timoner
Editor: Tim Rush, David Timoner, Ondi Timoner, Clay Zimmerman
Screenwriter: Ondi Timoner
Director of Photography: Svetlana Cvetko, Paul Marchand, Mark Schwartzbard
Composer: Simon Sello
Principal cast: Russell Brand, Ron Brand, Barbara Brand, Noel Gallagher, David Lynch, Stephen Merchant

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, US coproduction

Mayfair Film Partnership (UK), Interloper Films (US)

Mayfair Film Partnership

3-5 College Street
Burnham On Sea
Somerset
TA8 1AR

Sales Company

Myriad Pictures (US)

3015 Main St., # 400
Santa Monica
CA 90405
USA

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