Kill Your Darlings
2013 film directed by John Krokidas
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7.0A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
Released: 2013-10-16103 minDir: John KrokidasDrama, Romance, ThrillerBudget: $5.6MBox office: $1.6M
Cast
- Daniel Radcliffe as Allen Ginsberg
- Dane DeHaan as Lucien Carr
- Michael C. Hall as David Kammerer
- Jack Huston as Jack Kerouac
- Ben Foster as William Burroughs
- David Cross as Louis Ginsberg
Themes
- confession
- mistaken identity
- poet
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Kill Your Darlings is a 2013 American biographical drama film about the college lives of leading members of the Beat Generation: Lucien Carr, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac. Written by Austin Bunn, it is directed by John Krokidas in his feature film directorial debut.
The film had its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, garnering positive first reactions. It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and it had a limited theatrical North American release from October 16, 2013. Kill Your Darlings became available on Blu-ray and DVD in the US on March 18, 2014, and then in the UK on April 21, 2014.