Killing Bono
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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
Editing by Billy Sneddon
Studio Northern Ireland Screen
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) April 1, 2011 (2011-04-01)
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Killing Bono is a forthcoming comedy film directed by Nick Hamm, based on Neil McCormick's memoir Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger. The storyline features Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their secondary school friends U2 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. It also features the late Pete Postlethwaite in his final film role.
The movie, which was shot in Northern Ireland, was funded by Northern Ireland Screen and will be released by Paramount Pictures (the distributor of U2's previous film Rattle and Hum) in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2011. Sony Music Entertainment will release the movie's soundtrack worldwide.
Cast
* Ben Barnes as Neil McCormick
* Robert Sheehan as Ivan McCormick
* Pete Postlethwaite as Karl
* Krysten Ritter as Gloria
* David Fennelly as Frankie
* Charlie Cox
* Ralph Brown as Leo
* Justine Waddell as Danielle
* Luke Treadaway as Nick
* Martin McCann as Bono
* Peter Serafinowicz as Hammond
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
Editing by Billy Sneddon
Studio Northern Ireland Screen
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) April 1, 2011 (2011-04-01)
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Killing Bono is a forthcoming comedy film directed by Nick Hamm, based on Neil McCormick's memoir Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger. The storyline features Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their secondary school friends U2 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. It also features the late Pete Postlethwaite in his final film role.
The movie, which was shot in Northern Ireland, was funded by Northern Ireland Screen and will be released by Paramount Pictures (the distributor of U2's previous film Rattle and Hum) in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2011. Sony Music Entertainment will release the movie's soundtrack worldwide.
Cast
* Ben Barnes as Neil McCormick
* Robert Sheehan as Ivan McCormick
* Pete Postlethwaite as Karl
* Krysten Ritter as Gloria
* David Fennelly as Frankie
* Charlie Cox
* Ralph Brown as Leo
* Justine Waddell as Danielle
* Luke Treadaway as Nick
* Martin McCann as Bono
* Peter Serafinowicz as Hammond
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