Kill Your Darlings (2013)

A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.

Director:

John Krokidas

Writers:

Austin Bunn (screenplay), Austin Bunn (story)

Stars:

Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall

5 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Daniel Radcliffe	...	Allen Ginsberg
Dane DeHaan	...	Lucien Carr
Michael C. Hall	...	David Kammerer
Jack Huston	...	Jack Kerouac
Ben Foster	...	William Burroughs
David Cross	...	Louis Ginsberg
Jennifer Jason Leigh	...	Naomi Ginsberg
Elizabeth Olsen	...	Edie Parker
John Cullum	...	Professor Steeves
Brenda Wehle	...	Permissions Librarian
Erin Darke	...	Gwendolyn
Craig Chester	...	Businessman
Lenore Harris	...	DA Secretary
Mark Ethan	...	Campus Guard
Zach Appelman	...	Luke Detweiler

Storyline

In the early 1940s, Allen Ginsberg is an English major at Columbia University, only to learn more than he bargained for. Dissatisfied by the orthodox attitudes of the school, Allen finds himself drawn to iconoclastic colleagues like Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Together, this gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead to more serious transgressions that would mark their lives forever.

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Plot Keywords:

allen ginsberg | beat generation | columbia university | poet | murder | 

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Taglines:

A true story of obsession and murder

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, language, drug use and brief violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 January 2014 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Kill Your Darlings - Junge Wilde

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$53,452 (USA) (18 October 2013)

Gross:

$1,029,949 (USA) (21 February 2014)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Killer Films, Benaroya Pictures, Outpost Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Actor Ezra Miller turned down the role of Lucien Carr and was then give to Dane Dehaan.

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Goofs

The Columbia University library tour guide proudly identifies a book as a first folio edition of "Hamlet." There is no such edition. "Hamlet" was published in quarto editions (half the size of folio) during Shakespeare's life. The only folio editions of Shakespeare's work were the posthumous collections of his complete plays.

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Quotes

Allen Ginsberg: Some things, once you've loved them, become yours forever./And if you try to let them go... /They only circle back and return to you./They become part of who you are...
Lucien Carr: ...or they destroy you.

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Connections

Referenced in The Graham Norton Show: Johnny Depp/Benedict Cumberbatch/James McAvoy/Daniel Radcliffe/The Corrs (2015)

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Soundtracks

The Magic Fiddler
Written by Bernie Baum and Florence Kaye
Performed by Florence Kaye (as Florence Karlen)

User Reviews

Absolutely amazing.

I had the opportunity to see this movie at the Sundance film festival this year. Absolutely amazing. John Krokidas is a visionary. This is proof that there is an acting life for Daniel Radcliffe after Harry Potter. It is a thrilling and provocative must see. The film flows beautifully and keeps you entranced. This film pushes the limits to new depths that the industry is in desperate need of. I left the film feeling like my mind had been opened to a whole new level. I will watch this movie again and again. But keep in mind it is not for the faint of heart, it is very intense. If you want passion, betrayal, sex, drugs and as rock and roll as the 40's can get, this is your movie.