Sing Street

For other uses, see Synge Street CBS.
Sing Street

Theatrical release poster
Directed by John Carney
Produced by
Written by John Carney
Starring
Cinematography Yaron Orbach
Edited by
  • Andrew Marcus
  • Julian Ulrichs
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 24 January 2016 (2016-01-24) (Sundance)
  • 17 March 2016 (2016-03-17) (Ireland)
  • 15 April 2016 (2016-04-15) (United States)
  • 20 May 2016 (2016-05-20) (United Kingdom)
Running time
 105 minutes[2]
Country
  • Ireland
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
Language English
Box office $1.6 million[3]

Sing Street is a 2016 musical comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Carney. Starring Lucy Boynton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jack Reynor, Kelly Thornton, and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, the story revolves around a boy starting a band to impress a girl. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2016.[4] It was released in Ireland on 17 March 2016[5] and in the United States on 15 April. It will be released in the United Kingdom on 20 May.[6]

Plot

In south inner-city Dublin in 1985, the Lalor family has some problems. Patriarch Robert (Aiden Gillen) is struggling with his architecture practice and his marriage, and drinks and smokes to excess. At a family meeting, he announces that in order to save money he is taking the film's protagonist - his youngest son Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) - out of his expensive fee-paying school and moving him to a free state-school, Synge Street CBS, which Robert asserts is of equally high repute. Conor’s elder brother Brendan (Jack Reynor) ribs him about the change as well as about the state of the family unit.

Conor appears in school on the first day in his new uniform, but without the regulation black shoes. The main antagonist, school principal Br. Baxter (Don Wycherley) takes him to task for this despite Conor’s pleas of being unable to afford new black shoes, eventually forcing him to complete the day shoeless. The shoe problem is resolved by painting the shoes black using paint from the art room. An encounter with the school bully introduces Conor to Darren (Ben Carolan) an ally and budding entrepreneur. When Conor tells the beautiful Raphina (Lucy Boynton) that he needs a model for a music video his band is making in order to impress her, Darren agrees to manage the outfit and introduces him to multi-instrumentalist Eamon (Mark McKenna).

The band practice in Eamon’s living room, playing a bunch of 1980s covers. But Conor has a sibling-induced epiphany when Brendan encourages him to drop the covers and develop the band’s own style. He begins writing original songs with Eamon. The band film their first music video, wearing a motley assortment of often comical costumes, with Raphina acting as ingenue and makeup artist. Raphina gives Conor the name "Cosmo" which she says is more in keeping with his new band's image.

At home Robert and Penny’s (Maria Doyle Kennedy) marriage is falling apart, while Raphina and Cosmo’s relationship blossoms, leading to Cosmo taking her out to Dalkey Island in his granddad’s motor cruiser. Here they view the car ferry leaving Dun Laoghaire for Britain and discuss Raphina's dream of leaving Ireland for London.

An opportunity arises for the band to play live at an end of year party at school. Cosmo prepares a new song mocking Baxter, which the band perform as an encore while distributing homemade masks of Baxter’s face, leaving the party and school in uproar. Cosmo and Raphina persuade Brendan to drive them to Dalkey so they can escape in the motor cruiser and head out to sea following the ferry across the rough Irish Sea to a new life in London.

Dedication

The film's closing titles include the dedication "For brothers everywhere".[7]

Cast

Production

Development

In February 2014, It was announced that John Carney would be directing the film, from a screenplay he wrote about a boy starting a band in order to impress a girl, with Carney producing through his Distressed Films banner, along with Anthony Bregman through his Likely Story Banner, Kevin Frakes for PalmStar Media, and Raj Brinder Singh for Merced Media Partners, with Paul Trijbits and Christian Grass for FilmWave.[9] The film is a semi autobiographical depiction of Carney's upbringing in Dublin.[10]

Casting

In a July 2014 interview, Carney announced he would be casting unknown actors in the film.[11][12] The unknown actors turned out to be Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Ben Carolan, Mark McKenna, Percy Chamburuka, Conor Hamilton, Karl Rice, and Ian Kenny.[13] In September 2014, it was announced that Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, and Jack Reynor had joined the cast of the film, portraying the role of a father, wife and son respectively.[14][15]

Filming

Principal photography on the film began in September 2014 in Dublin, Ireland, and concluded on 25 October 2014.[16] Among the locations where the film was shot was at its namesake school Synge Street CBS.[17]

Music

In February 2014, it was announced that Carney would be teaming up with Bono of U2 to be involved with the music.[9] The film features music from The Cure, A-ha, Duran Duran, The Clash, Hall & Oates, Spandau Ballet, and The Jam.[18]

On April 8, 2016, Adam Levine of Maroon 5 released a music video for "Go Now".

Soundtrack

The movie soundtrack album was released by Decca Records on 18 March 2016.[19] The track listing is as follows:

  1. Rock N Roll Is A Risk (Dialogue) – Jack Reynor
  2. Stay Clean – Motörhead
  3. The Riddle Of The Model – Sing Street
  4. Rio – Duran Duran
  5. Up – Sing Street
  6. To Find You – Sing Street
  7. Town Called Malice – The Jam
  8. Inbetween Days – The Cure
  9. A Beautiful Sea – Sing Street
  10. Maneater – Hall & Oates
  11. Steppin' Out – Joe Jackson
  12. Drive It Like You Stole It – Sing Street
  13. Up (Bedroom Mix) – Sing Street
  14. Pop Muzik – M
  15. Girls – Sing Street
  16. Brown Shoes – Sing Street
  17. Go Now – Adam Levine

Release

In February 2014, it was announced that FilmNation Entertainment had been selected to sell international rights to the film.[20] In May 2014, it was announced The Weinstein Company had acquired U.S distribution rights to the film, for $3 million.[21]

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2016.[4] The film screened at the Dublin Film Festival on 18 February 2016,[22] and at South by Southwest on 11 March 2016.[23] The film was released in Ireland on 17 March,[24] and is due to be released in the United Kingdom on 20 May 2016.[5] It was released in the United States on 15 April 2016.[6]

Critical response

Sing Street has received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 97% score on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 98 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Sing Street is a feel-good musical with huge heart and irresistible optimism, and its charmimg cast and hummable tunes help to elevate its familiar plotting."[25] Metacritic reports a 78 out of 100 rating based on 35 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[26]

Guy Lodge of Variety.com gave the film a positive review, writing "Perched on a tricky precipice between chippy kitchen-sink realism and lush wish-fulfilment fantasy, this mini-“Commitments” gets away with even its cutesiest indulgences thanks to a wholly lovable ensemble of young Irish talent and the tightest pop tunes — riffing on Duran Duran and the Cure with equal abandon and affection — any gaggle of Catholic schoolboys could hope to write themselves. Given the right marketing and word of mouth, this Weinstein Co. release could "Sing" a song of far more than sixpence."[27]

References

  1. ↑ "Film Distributor's Association - Past, present and future releases". Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ "SING STREET (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sing Street (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Sing Street". Sundance.org. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Sing Street". FilmDates.co.uk.
  6. 1 2 D'Alessandro, Anthony (23 February 2016). "Weinstein Co. Dates ‘Sing Street’ & Roberto Duran Boxing Title ‘Hands Of Stone’". Deadline.com. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Malahovska, Julia (27 February 2016). "#GFF16 Glasgow Film Festival 2016: SING STREET Review". Screen Relish. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Sing Street". RTE.ie. 18 February 2016.
  9. 1 2 McNary, Dave (February 6, 2014). "Berlin: Bono, The Edge on Board for John Carney’s ‘Sing Street’". Variety.com. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  10. ↑ "'Once' director reteaming with U2 on new movie". HitFix. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Molumby, Deirdre (1 July 2014). "John Carney Will Cast Unknown Actors in ‘Sing Street’". Iftn.ie. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Douglas, Edward (1 July 2014). "Interview: Once Director John Carney Begins Again". Comingsoon.net. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Sing Street Production Notes" (PDF). TWCPublicity.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  14. ↑ Butler, Laura (17 September 2014). "Love/Hate's Aiden Gillen will join Jack Reynor for John Carney's new film Sing Street". Independent.ie. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  15. ↑ Brosnan, Sean (17 September 2014). "Aiden Gillen Joins Maria Doyle Kennedy and Jack Reynor in John Carney’s Sing Street’.". Iftn.ie. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  16. ↑ SSNInsider Staff (27 October 2014). "On the Set for 10/27/14: Russell Crowe & Ryan Gosling Start Shooting ‘The Nice Guys’, Kate Beckinsale Wraps ‘The Disappointments Room’". SsnInsider.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Look! Photos from Sing Street set in Dublin". RTE TEN. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "SING STREET - Official US Trailer - The Weinstein Company". The Weinstein Company. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  19. ↑ "‘Sing Street’ Soundtrack Details". filmmusicreporter.com. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  20. ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike (6 February 2014). "Berlin: John Carney’s 'Sing Street' With U2's Bono And The Edge To Be Sold Offshore By FilmNation". Deadline.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  21. ↑ Seetoodeh, Ramin (May 17, 2014). "CANNES: Weinstein Co. Picks Up John Carney’s ‘Sing Street’". Variety.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  22. ↑ Chapman, Adam (17 December 2015). "'Sing Street' to open Dublin film festival". ScreenDaily.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  23. ↑ "SXSW schedule Sing Street". South by Southwest. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  24. ↑ "Rave reviews for Carney's Sing Street at Sundance". RTE.ie. 25 January 2016.
  25. ↑ "Sing Street (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  26. ↑ "Sing Street reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  27. ↑ Lodge, Guy (25 January 2016). "Sundance Film Review: ‘Sing Street’". Variety.com. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

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