London Road (film)

London Road
London Road
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rufus Norris
Screenplay by	Alecky Blythe; Adam Cork;
Based on	London Road; by Alecky Blythe; and Adam Cork
Produced by	Dixie Linder
Starring	Olivia Colman; Anita Dobson; Tom Hardy;
Cinematography	Danny Cohen
Edited by	John Wilson
Music by	Adam Cork
Production; companies	BBC Films; Cuba Pictures; National Theatre; British Film Institute; Lipsync Productions; Arts Council England; Kreo Films; Protagonist Pictures;
Distributed by	Picturehouse Entertainment
Release date	12 June 2015;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£3,000,000
Box office	£216,000

London Road is a 2015 British musical mystery crime drama film directed by Rufus Norris and written by Adam Cork and Alecky Blythe based on their National Theatre musical of the same name, which in turn is based on the interviews about the Steve Wright killings. The film stars Olivia Colman, Anita Dobson and Tom Hardy.

The film was selected to be shown in the City to City section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.^[3]

Cast

Olivia Colman as Julie
Anita Dobson as June
Tom Hardy as Mark
Kate Fleetwood as Vicky
Clare Burt as Jan
Claire Moore as Councillor Carole
Janet Henfrey as Ivy
Paul Thornley as Dodge
Jenny Galloway as Margaret
Anna Hale as Jessica
Gillian Bevan as Colette McBeth
Michael Shaeffer as Simon Newton
James Doherty as Seb
Nick Holder as Ron
Mark Sheals as Wayne
Hal Fowler as David Crabtree
Linzi Hateley as Helen
Alecky Blythe as BBC newsreader

Production

The film was shot in Bexley, London. A number of cast members from the original production reprise their roles in the film, including Fleetwood, Burt, Moore, Shaeffer, Thornley, Fowler, and Holder.

Release

The live film premiere was screened in cinemas across the UK as part of National Theatre Live on 9 June 2015 and was released on 12 June 2015.^[4]

Critical reception

London Road received generally positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports 76% of 67 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Equal parts enthralling and unsettling, London Road uses an unusual documentary/musical hybrid to tell a grim true-life tale."^[5]

Accolades

The film's choreographer, Javier de Frutos, was nominated for and won the 2017 Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Choreography in a Feature Film, beating fellow nominees Beauty and the Beast and La La Land. The film was nominated for two awards at the London Film Critics Circle Awards 2015 and won one:

Wins

British Actor of the Year - Tom Hardy (shared with his roles in, Legend, Mad Max: Fury Road, and The Revenant)

Nominations

British Film of the Year; lost to 45 Years

References

^ "LONDON ROAD (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
^ "Jurassic World success drives monster audiences before Spectre and Star Wars". The Guardian. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "Sandra Bullock's 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' Robert Redford's 'Truth' to Premiere at Toronto". Variety. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
^ Seymour, Tom (9 June 2015). "London Road: unlike any serial killer film you've seen before". The Guardian.
^ "London Road (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

External links

London Road at IMDb
London Road at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] "LONDON ROAD (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.

[2] "Jurassic World success drives monster audiences before Spectre and Star Wars". The Guardian. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[variety-3] "Sandra Bullock's 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' Robert Redford's 'Truth' to Premiere at Toronto". Variety. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

[4] Seymour, Tom (9 June 2015). "London Road: unlike any serial killer film you've seen before". The Guardian.

[5] "London Road (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

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