KILL YOUR FRIENDS
by Owen Harris
synopsis
Young music manager and talent scout Steven Stelfox is riding the very tip of the Britpop wave, which reached its highpoint in 1997 with Blur, Oasis and The Verve. He is one of the many unscrupulous string-pullers behind the scenes of a music industry that is as hedonistic as it is manipulative. Brimming with greed, ambition and a vast amount of drugs, he uncompromisingly fights his way to the top. Stubborn clients, jealous col- leagues and intolerable superiors are eclipsed by wild parties and paid-for love. When his executive-floor bubble threatens to burst, his actions turn lethal. Kill your friends is a bitter satire based on the book of the same name by John Nivens, who also contributed to the screenplay.
international title: | Kill Your Friends |
original title: | Kill Your Friends |
country: | United Kingdom |
sales agent: | Altitude Film Entertainment Sales |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Owen Harris |
film run: | 100' |
release date: | FR 4/11/2015, UK 6/11/2015 |
screenplay: | John Niven |
cast: | Nicholas Hoult, Craig Roberts, James Corden, Tom Riley, Joseph Mawle, Georgia King, Ed Skrein, Jim Piddock, Edward Hogg, Rosanna Arquette, Moritz Bleibtreu |
cinematography by: | Gustav Danielsson |
film editing: | Bill Smedley |
art director: | Charlotte Pearson, James Price |
costumes designer: | Susie Coulthard, Hannah Glossop |
music: | Junkie XL |
producer: | Gregor Cameron |
production: | Altitude Film Entertainment, Unigram, AI-Film (US) |
distributor: | Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, Chrysalis Films |