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Kill Your Friends

  • 20152015
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
9.7K
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Nicholas Hoult in Kill Your Friends (2015)
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An A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extremes in order to find his next hit.An A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extremes in order to find his next hit.An A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extremes in order to find his next hit.
IMDb RATING
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9.7K
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  • Director
    • Owen Harris
  • Writer
    • John Niven(novel and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Nicholas Hoult
    • Thomas Conroy(uncredited)
    • James Corden
  • Director
    • Owen Harris
  • Writer
    • John Niven(novel and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Nicholas Hoult
    • Thomas Conroy(uncredited)
    • James Corden
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 43User reviews
    • 100Critic reviews
    • 45Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

    Videos5

    Official Trailer #2
    Trailer 1:28
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    Trailer 1:01
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    Kill Your Friends: The Lazies Gig
    Clip 1:56
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    Kill Your Friends: Indie Kids
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    Kill Your Friends: Nichols Hoult Q & A
    Featurette 5:37
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    Nicholas Hoult in Kill Your Friends (2015)
    Nicholas Hoult, Craig Roberts, and Joseph Mawle in Kill Your Friends (2015)
    Nicholas Hoult in Kill Your Friends (2015)
    Nicholas Hoult in Kill Your Friends (2015)
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    Nicholas Hoult in Kill Your Friends (2015)
    Nicholas Hoult and Georgia King in Kill Your Friends (2015)
    Nicholas Hoult in Kill Your Friends (2015)
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    Nicholas Hoult and Georgia King in Kill Your Friends (2015)
    Nicholas Hoult, Craig Roberts, Joseph Mawle, and Georgia King in Kill Your Friends (2015)
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    Nicholas Hoult
    Nicholas Hoult
    • Steven Stelfox
    Thomas Conroy
    • Clubber
    • (uncredited)
    James Corden
    James Corden
    • Roger Waters
    Georgia King
    Georgia King
    • Rebecca
    Craig Roberts
    Craig Roberts
    • Darren
    Jim Piddock
    Jim Piddock
    • Derek Sommers
    Joseph Mawle
    Joseph Mawle
    • James Trellick
    Dustin Demri-Burns
    Dustin Demri-Burns
    • David Schnieder
    Damien Molony
    Damien Molony
    • Ross
    Bronson Webb
    Bronson Webb
    • Rob Hasting
    Ella Smith
    Ella Smith
    • Nikki
    Rosanna Hoult
    Rosanna Hoult
    • Katy
    Ed Skrein
    Ed Skrein
    • Rent
    Tom Riley
    Tom Riley
    • Parker Hall
    Kurt Egyiawan
    Kurt Egyiawan
    • Tim
    Hugh Skinner
    Hugh Skinner
    • John
    Moritz Bleibtreu
    Moritz Bleibtreu
    • Rudi
    Alex Gillison
    Alex Gillison
    • Gunter
    • (as Alexander Gillison)
    • Director
      • Owen Harris
    • Writer
      • John Niven(novel and screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The film takes place in 90s, a 'Cool Britannia' era where Britpop music has dominated the industry. Most of the songs in official soundtrack album feature real-life stars at the moment such as 'Oasis', Blur and Radiohead.
    • Goofs
      The film is set in 1997. Stelfox is standing outside the 'Eventim Apollo' (A.K.A. The Hammersmith Odeon). A sign on the building can be seen saying Eventim Apollo, when this film is set the venue was called 'Hammersmith Apollo' it has changed hands several times and did not become the Eventim Apollo until 7th of September 2013.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      James Trellick: What is the meaning of life?

      Darren: [as Steven is about to answer] To drive your enemies before you and hear the lamentations of their women.

    • Crazy credits
      In the fine print at the end of the credits, it says "No animals or A&R persons were harmed in the making of this film."
    • Connections
      Featured in Film '72: Episode #44.8 (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Beetlebum
      Written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree

      Performed by Blur

    User reviews43

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    7/10
    Entertaining enough to me
    The movie is all about Steven Stefox (played by Nicholas Hoult), a guy working in the music industry, as a guy that is supposed to discover and sign new bands. He's not very good at his job, so he tries other ways to achieve his goals. I'm not sure why it's also categorized as a comedy because you won't laugh one bit. It's more a crime story with a lot of drugs and a narrating voice describing what to do to make it in the music industry. It's entertaining to watch. Steven is a narcissistic person, addicted to fancy drugs, and doing everything it takes to make it to the top. There are no likable characters in the movie but that's not the point. They are all career driven and very egoistic. Since it is about the music industry you have a lot of tunes, some good ones but also bad ones. It's not a bad movie even though I saw better similar ones.
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    • deloudelouvain
    • Apr 23, 2016

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 1, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Arkadaşlarını Öldür
    • Filming locations
      • Black Hangar Studios, Hampshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Unigram
      • Altitude Film Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $533,147
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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