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Killing Bono is a 2011 comedy film directed by Nick Hamm, based on Neil McCormick's 2003 memoir Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger.[1]

Killing Bono
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nick Hamm
Screenplay by	Dick Clement Ian La Frenais Simon Maxwell Ben Bond (additional material)
Based on	Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger by Neil McCormick
Produced by	Ian Flooks Nick Hamm Mark Huffam Piers Tempest
Starring	Ben Barnes Robert Sheehan Krysten Ritter Peter Serafinowicz Stanley Townsend Justine Waddell Martin McCann Pete Postlethwaite
Cinematography	Kieran McGuigan
Edited by	Billy Sneddon
Production companies	Greenroom Entertainment Wasted Talent The Salt Company Generator Entertainment
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	1 April 2011 (2011-04-01)
Running time	114 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom Ireland
Language	English

The film stars Ben Barnes as Neil McCormick, Robert Sheehan as Ivan McCormick and Martin McCann as Irish singer Bono.[2] It marked the final film role of Pete Postlethwaite, who died three months before its release.

Plot

The film loosely recreates the story of young Irish rocker McCormick and his younger brother, Ivan, who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their secondary school friends form U2 and become one of the biggest bands in the world.

Cast

Ben Barnes as Neil
Robert Sheehan as Ivan
Martin McCann as Bono
Stanley Townsend as Danny
Pete Postlethwaite as Karl
Krysten Ritter as Gloria
Peter Serafinowicz as Hammond
Hugh O'Conor as Gary
Aidan McArdle as Bill
Luke Treadaway as Nick
Justine Waddell as Danielle
Ralph Brown as Leo

Production

The film was shot in Northern Ireland,[3] was funded by Northern Ireland Screen[4] and was released by Paramount Pictures (the distributor of U2's film Rattle and Hum) in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 1 April 2011. Sony Music Entertainment released the film's soundtrack worldwide.[5] The European premiere was held in the Savoy Cinema in Dublin.[6]

References

McCormick, Neil (11 March 2011). "Neil McCormick on 'Killing Bono'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
"Killing Bono (2011)".
"'Killing Bono' shooting to begin". BBC News. 28 December 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
"Filming of Killing Bono underway in Belfast - News, Film & TV". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
"Paramount Takes UK rights to Killing Bono from Salt". Screendaily.com. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
"Killing Bono premier - meg". www.meg.ie.

External links

Killing Bono at IMDb
Killing Bono at Rotten Tomatoes

v t e Films directed by Nick Hamm
Rik Mayall Presents...(Dancing Queen/Mickey Love) (1993) Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998) Talk of Angels (1998) The Hole (2001) Godsend (2004) Killing Bono (2011) The Journey (2016) Driven (2018)

v t e Works by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
Sitcoms	The Likely Lads (1964–66) Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (1967) Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973–74) Porridge (1974–77) Thick as Thieves (1974) Going Straight (1978) The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (1982) The Old Boy Network (1992) Tracey Takes On... (1996–99) Parents of the Band (2008–09) Henry IX (2017)
Other series	Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004) Lovejoy (1986–94) Full Stretch (1993) Archangel (2005) The Rotters' Club (2005) Spies of Warsaw (2013)
Films	The Jokers (1967) Otley (1968) Hannibal Brooks (1969) To Catch a Spy (1971) Villain (1971) The Likely Lads (1976) Porridge (1979) The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) Never Say Never Again (1983) Bullshot (1983) Water (1985) Vice Versa (1988) The Commitments (1991) Excess Baggage (1997) Still Crazy (1998) Honest (2000) Goal! (2005) Flushed Away (2006) Across the Universe (2007) The Bank Job (2008) Killing Bono (2011)
Theatre work	Billy (1974)
Clement alone	Anyone for Denis? (1982)
La Frenais alone	Percy's Progress (film, 1971) The Other 'Arf (1980–84) Spender (1991–93)

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На других языках

- [en] Killing Bono

[ru] Убить Боно

«Убить Боно» (англ. Killing Bono) — фильм режиссёра Ника Хэмма 2011 года.

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