Project Detail

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Name: How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Genre: Horror, Music, Comedy, Dance, Fantasy
Released: 2017
Duration: 102 mins

Synopsis

Croydon, suburban London 1977: Under the spell of the Sex Pistols, every teenager in the country wants to be a punk, including our hopeless hero Enn. Crashing local punk queen Boadicea’s party, Enn discovers every boy’s dream; gorgeous foreign exchange students. When he meets the enigmatic Zan, it’s love at first sight.
But these teens are, in fact, aliens from outer space, sent to Earth to prepare for a mysterious rite of passage. When their dark secret is revealed, the love-struck Enn must turn to Boadicea and her followers for help in order to save the girl he loves from certain death. When the punks take on the aliens, neither Enn’s nor Zan’s universe will ever be the same again.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Love Strand

Details

Year: 2017
Type of project: Features
Running time: 102 mins
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Producer: Howard Gertler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, John Cameron Mitchell
Executive Producer: Neil Gaiman, Winnie Lau, Michael J. Werner
Editor: Brian A. Kates
Screenwriter: Philippa Goslett (screenplay), John Cameron Mitchell (screenplay), Neil Gaiman (original short story)
Director of Photography: Frank DeMarco
Production Designer: Helen Scott
Composer: Nico Muhly, Jamie Stewart, Matmos
Principal cast: Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, Ruth Wilson, Matt Lucas and Nicole Kidman
Costume Designer: Sandy Powell

Genre

Horror Music Comedy Dance Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

US, UK coproduction

A See-Saw Films (UK), Little Punk (US) production. Presented by Film4 (UK) and Screen Yorkshire (UK), in association with Delish Films (UK), Cross City Films (UK) and HanWay Films (UK)

See-Saw Films

74 Rivington Street
London
EC2A 3AY

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Sales Company

HanWay Films

24 Hanway Street
London
W1T 1UH

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