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Sing Street

Synopsis

A boy growing up in Dublin during the ’80s escapes his strained family life and tough new school by starting a band to win the heart of a beautiful and mysterious girl.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2016 - Premieres - World premiere

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Features
Running time
106 mins
Director
John Carney
Producer
Anthony Bregman, John Carney, Kevin Scott Frakes, Christian Grass, Martina Niland, Raj Brinder Singh, Paul Trijbits
Editor
Andrew Marcus, Julian Ulrichs
Screenwriter
John Carney
Director of Photography
Yaron Orbach
Sound
Supervising Sound Editor: Niall Brady
Composer
Music Supervisor: Becky Bentham; Music Producer: Kieran Lynch
Principal cast
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Aidan Gillen, Mark McKenna

Genre

Music Drama Dance

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Ireland, UK, US coproduction

Cosmo Films (IE), Distressed Films (IE), FilmWave (UK), Likely Story (US), PalmStar Media (US)

FilmWave

Christian Grass
4th Floor
27 Margaret Street
London
W1W 8RY

Sales Company

FilmNation Entertainment LLC (World sales excluding US)

150 West 22nd Street, 9th Floor
New York
NY 10011
USA

William Morris Endeavor (WME) (US sales)

Joe Austin
9601 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor
Beverly Hils
CA 90210
USA

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