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Kill Your Friends

Synopsis

London, 1997; the British music industry is on a winning streak. Britpop bands Blur, Oasis, The Verve rule the airwaves and Cool Britannia is in full swing. 27-year-old A&R man Steven Stelfox 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.
Official selection Toronto International Film Festival 2015

Details

Year
2015
Type of film
Features
Running time
103 mins
Director
Owen Harris 1st Feature
Producer
Gregor Cameron, Will Clarke, Len Blavatnik
Executive Producer
Amanda Ghost, Johnny Vaughan, Andy Mayson, Mike Runagall, Aviv Giladi, Ben Giladi, Vince Holden, Ivan Dunleavy, Steve Norris, Nicholas Hoult, Kate Buckley, Danny Perkins, Dan MacRae, James Sulley
Editor
Bill Smedley
Screenwriter
John Niven (novel and screenplay)
Director of Photography
Gustav Danielsson
Production Designer
Charlotte Pearson
Sound
Henry Milliner
Composer
Junkie XL
Principal cast
Nicholas Hoult, Tom Riley, Georgia King, Craig Roberts, Joseph Mawle, James Corden, Jim Piddock, Edward Hogg, Ed Skrein, Rosanna Arquette, Moritz Bleibtreu

Genre

Action Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Altitude Film Entertainment

34 Foubert's Place
London
W1F 7PX

AI Film

4th Floor
8–12 Broadwick Street
London
W1F 8HW

UNIGRAM

125 St. Marks Road
London
W10 6NP

Sales Company

Altitude Film Sales

34 Foubert's Place
London
W1F 7PX

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