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MONEY
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Earned back only 29% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
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Kill Your Darlings
"A true story of obsession and murder."
2013 1h 43m EN
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SOLID
★7.0TMDB · 1,438
DramaRomanceThriller
Synopsis
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A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
“A true story of obsession and murder.”
Cast
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
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- John Krokidas
- Writers
- Austin Bunn, John Krokidas, Austin Bunn
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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ERA
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Released 13 years ago.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by John Krokidas, shot by Reed Morano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Nico Muhly. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Brian A. Kates shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan and Michael C. Hall carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "A true story of obsession and murder.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt1311071 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
John Krokidas directs. Reed Morano behind the camera. Nico Muhly scores. Brian A. Kates cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Earned back only 29% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 2Released 13 years ago.
- 3Directed by John Krokidas, shot by Reed Morano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Nico Muhly. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Brian A. Kates shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan and Michael C. Hall carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "A true story of obsession and murder.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt1311071 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 17 themes, including "confession", "mistaken identity", "poet", "postcard".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Reed Morano
- Original score
- Nico Muhly
- Editing
- Brian A. Kates
- Production design
- Stephen H. Carter
- Costume design
- Christopher Peterson
- Makeup / hair
- Lori Hicks
- Sound
- Warren Shaw
- Stunt coordinator
- Chris Barnes
- Runtime
- 103 min · 1h 43m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5,600,000
- Box office
- $1,600,000
- Return
- 29% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- NR
Also by
John Krokidas
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Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
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Production companies
Who made it
Killer Films
US
- SU
Sunny Field Entertainment
US
Key crew
- EditorBrian A. Kates
- Title DesignerCharles Christopher Rubino
- Music SupervisorMeghan Currier
- Co-ProducerMissy Papageorge
- Music SupervisorRandall Poster
- Associate ProducerDavid Hinojosa
- Casting DirectorLaura Rosenthal
- Co-ProducerSierra Nielsen
- Co-ProducerMarcelo Gandola
- Co-ProducerJames Lejsek
- Sound Re-Recording MixerWarren Shaw
- Visual Effects ProducerAlicia Cargile
- Sound EditorBill Sweeney
- Supervising Sound EditorWarren Shaw
- Assistant Art DirectorAnastasia White
- ProducerMichael Benaroya
- ProducerJohn Krokidas
- Executive ProducerJared Ian Goldman
- Sound Re-Recording MixerLee Dichter
- ProducerRose Ganguzza
- Visual Effects ProducerLeah Garner Orsini
- Set CostumerGina Gornik
- Executive ProducerPamela Koffler
- Executive ProducerRandy Manis
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- confession
- mistaken identity
- poet
- postcard
- fascist
- murder
- drinking
- mental illness
- lgbt
- record player
- beat generation
- 1940s
- columbia university
- college freshman
- honor slaying
- novel
- gay theme
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2013-01-18NR· Sundance Film Festival
- Theatrical2013-10-16R
Also known as
International titles
- Mata a tus Seres QueridosBO
