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2013 film directed by John Krokidas

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Kill Your Darlings is a 2013 American biographical drama, romance and thriller film set in 1944 New York City, directed and written by John Krokidas and produced by Christine Vachon and Krokidas through Killer Films and Sunny Field Entertainment. It stars Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Elizabeth Olsen and Michael C. Hall, with Reed Morano as director of photography and Nico Muhly as composer. Released on 16 October 2013 with a budget of 5,600,000 dollars, it took in 1,600,000 dollars at the box office and ran 104 minutes. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and later Netflix, it received review scores of 6.6 out of 10, 77 percent and 65 out of 100.

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7.0

A 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
  • postcard
  • fascist
  • murder
  • drinking
  • mental illness
  • lgbt
  • record player

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Ratings

IMDb

6.4/10

43,426 votes

Year
2013
Runtime
104 min
Genres
Biography, Drama, Romance

via IMDb

Key facts

Directed by
John Krokidas
Screenplay by
John Krokidas, Austin Bunn
Story by
Austin Bunn
Produced by
Michael Benaroya Christine Vachon Rose Ganguzza Jared Ian Goldman John Krokidas
Starring
Daniel Radcliffe Dane DeHaan Ben Foster Michael C. Hall Jack Huston Jennifer Jason Leigh Elizabeth Olsen
Cinematography
Reed Morano
Edited by
Brian A. Kates
Music by
Nico Muhly
Production companies
Killer Films , Benaroya Pictures , Future Film
Distributed by
Sony Pictures Classics
Release dates
January 18, 2013 ( 2013-01-18 ) ( Sundance ) October 16, 2013 ( 2013-10-16 ) (United States)
Running time
104 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$5.6 million
Box office
$1.8 million

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Screenwriter
John Krokidas
Cast member
Zach Appelman
Composer
Nico Muhly
Cinematographer
Reed Morano
Narrative location
New York City
Filming location
New York City
Duration
104
FilmAffinity ID
802865
Distribution format
video on demand
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distributed by
Netflix
publication date
2014-01-30
title
Kill Your Darlings
Commons category
Kill Your Darlings
set in period
1944
assessment
Bechdel test
review score
65/100
end time
2013-10-16
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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