FRANK
synopsis
Frank is a comedy about a young wannabe musician, Jon, who discovers he's bitten off more than he can chew when he joins a band of eccentric pop musicians led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank and his terrifying sidekick, Clara. Frank’s uniqueness lies in the fact that he makes music purely for the joy of creating…and because he wears a giant fake head. After a rocky start, Jon ingratiates himself with the band members, and they retreat to a cabin in the woods to record an album. As his influence waxes, creative tensions mount, and the band’s entire raison d'être is called into question.
international title: | Frank |
original title: | Frank |
country: | United Kingdom, Ireland |
sales agent: | Protagonist Pictures |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Lenny Abrahamson |
film run: | 95' |
release date: | UK 02/05/2014, IE 02/05/2014, NL 11/09/2014, IT 30/10/2014, FR 04/02/2014, NL 9/04/2015, DE 27/08/2015 |
screenplay: | Jon Ronson, Peter Straughan |
cast: | Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, Domhnall Gleeson, Paul Howard Smith, Hayley Derryberry, Mark Huberman, François Civil |
cinematography by: | James Mather |
film editing: | Nathan Nugent |
art director: | Richard Bullock |
costumes designer: | Suzie Harman |
producer: | David Barron, Ed Guiney, Stevie Lee |
production: | Element Pictures, Film4 |
backing: | British Film Institute, the Irish Film Board, Protagonist Pictures |
distributor: | Curzon Artificial Eye, KMBO, I Wonder Pictures, Weltkino Filmverleih Gmbh, September Film Distribution Netherlands |