Killing Bono

Killing Bono

Directed by	Nick Hamm
Produced by	Ian Flooks Mark Huffam Piers Tempest
Screenplay by	Dick Clement Ian La Frenais Simon Maxwell Ben Bond (additional material)
Story by	Neil McCormick (novel)
Starring	Ben Barnes Robert Sheehan Martin McCann
Cinematography	Kieran McGuigan
Edited by	Billy Sneddon
Production company	Northern Ireland Screen
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (UK) Arc Entertainment (US)
Release dates	1 April 2011 (2011-04-01)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	United Kingdom Ireland
Language	English

Killing Bono is a 2011 British-Irish comedy film directed by Nick Hamm, based on Neil McCormick's 2003 memoir Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger.^[1]

The film loosely recreates the story of young Irish rocker McCormick and his younger brother, Ivan, who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their secondary school friends form U2 and become the biggest band in the world. The film stars Ben Barnes as Neil McCormick, Robert Sheehan as Ivan McCormick, and Martin McCann as Irish singer Bono.^[2] It marked Pete Postlethwaite's final film role.

Cast

Ben Barnes as Neil
Robert Sheehan as Ivan
Martin McCann as Bono
Stanley Townsend as Danny
Pete Postlethwaite as Karl
Krysten Ritter as Gloria
Peter Serafinowicz as Hammond
Hugh O'Conor as Gary
Aidan McArdle as Bill
Luke Treadaway as Nick
Justine Waddell as Danielle
Ralph Brown as Leo

Production

The film was shot in Northern Ireland^[3] and was funded by Northern Ireland Screen^[4] and was released by Paramount Pictures (the distributor of U2's film Rattle and Hum) in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2011. Sony Music Entertainment released the movie's soundtrack worldwide.^[5] The European premiere was held in the Savoy Cinema in Dublin.^[6]

References

↑ Neil McCormick (2011-03-11). "Neil McCormick on 'Killing Bono’". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
↑ IMDb - Killing Bono
↑ "'Killing Bono' shooting to begin". BBC News. 2009-12-28. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
↑ "Filming of Killing Bono underway in Belfast - News, Film & TV". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
↑ "Paramount Takes UK rights to Killing Bono from Salt". Screendaily.com. 2010-04-22. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
↑ Killing Bono premiere | meg

External links

Films directed by Nick Hamm

Dancing Queen (1993) Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998) Talk of Angels (1999) The Hole (2001) Godsend (2004) Killing Bono (2011)

Works by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais

Sitcoms	The Likely Lads (1964–66) Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973–74) Porridge (1974–77) Thick as Thieves (1974) Going Straight (1978) Tracey Takes On... (1996–99) Parents of the Band (2008–09)

Other series	Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004) Lovejoy (1986–94) Archangel (2005) The Rotters' Club (2005)

Films	The Jokers (1967) Otley (1968) To Catch a Spy (1971) Villain (1971) The Likely Lads (1976) Porridge (1979) The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) Never Say Never Again (1983) Water (1985) The Commitments (1991) Excess Baggage (1997) Still Crazy (1998) Honest (2000) Goal! (2005) Flushed Away (2006) Across the Universe (2007) The Bank Job (2008) Killing Bono (2011) Bunyan and Babe (2016)

Theatre work	Billy (1974)

As script editors	Astronauts (1981–82)

Other film work	Bullshot (1983) Vice Versa (1988)

Clement alone	Anyone for Denis? (director, 1982)

La Frenais alone	Percy's Progress (film, 1971) My Old Man (with others, 1974–75) The Other 'Arf (with others, 1980–84) Spender (with others, 1991–93)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, January 17, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.