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Premiere: 24. maj

Længde: 90 minutter

Censur: 15 år

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Synopsis:

Boston, 1978. En våbenhandel mellem flere suspekte typer går spektakulært og eksplosivt galt og udvikler sig til en kæmpe skududveksling. Justine (Brie Larson) har arrangeret et møde mellem to irlændere og en kriminel bande ledet af det umage makkerpar Vernon () og Ord (Armie Hammer). Sidstnævnte skal sælge en stor samling våben til irlænderne, men da situationen pludselig tilspidses, starter en kaotisk skudduel, hvor alle må kæmpe for egen overlevelse.

Kontakt: Peter Sølvsten Thomsen, [email protected]

FILM4 and BFI Present

A Rook Films Production

Free Fire

Starring Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor Babou Ceesay, Enzo Cilenti, , and Noah Taylor

Screenplay by Amy Jump Ben Wheatley

Directed by Ben Wheatley

Produced by Andy Starke

SHORT SYNOPSIS

Justine (Brie Larson) has brokered a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two Irishmen (Cillian Murphy, Michael Smiley) and a gang led by Vernon (Sharlto Copley) and Ord (Armie Hammer) who are selling them a stash of guns. But when shots are fired in the handover, a heart stopping game of survival ensues.

LONG SYNOPSIS

Massachusetts late ‘70s. A Winnebago cruises through the night towards the waterfront district with some urgency. The driver, Bernie (Enzo Cilenti), hurls abuse at other road users while in the passenger seat Stevo (Sam Riley) attempts to hold it together, his bruised face and air of dishevelment the result of the previous night’s antics, something he’s not keen to discuss. He smokes a joint to centre himself. At the dockside Stevo’s Irish brother-in-law Frank (Michael Smiley) agitatedly waits by a car containing the far more relaxed Chris (Cillian Murphy), a fellow Irishman and Frank’s business partner, and Justine (Brie Larson), an American intermediary in this deal.

The Winnebago arrives, the stoned inhabitants fall out of it. Frank roughs Stevo up, annoyed by his unprofessional attitude. A man approaches this motley crew on the dockside. He is well groomed, dressed in sports jacket and polo neck sweater, exuding confidence and control with every step, this is Ord (Armie Hammer). Introductions are made, Ord pats everyone down, he doesn’t mind they are mostly armed his concern is for wires. Satisfied all is kosher the party moves into a nearby abandoned factory. “Fuck the small talk, let’s buy some guns, eh,” says Chris. They enter the main warehouse. It’s huge, half demolished, a few pillars, piles of rubble and broken down office partitions mark out the landscape. Rubbish, building debris, pieces of machinery and broken glass are everywhere. Ord calls out and two men enter: “international asshole” Vernon (Sharlto Copley) dressed expensively but with little taste and his business partner Martin (Babou Ceesay), the arms traders. Despite the discrepancy between what was ordered and what is delivered, the deal is struck and the cash changes hands.

In an adjoining part of the factory, Gordon (Noah Taylor) and Harry (Jack Reynor) wait in a red Chevy van. Harry’s knuckles are badly bruised, also the result of some mysterious altercation the previous night...

Satisfied with the cash count, Vernon and Martin radio to their underlings to bring in the rest of the consignment. Across the warehouse, Stevo spots Harry driving the Chevy and immediately becomes agitated, hiding his face and cursing. Gordon and Harry exit the Chevy and start to unload the gun crates from the back. Frank, annoyed with Stevo’s apparent shirking of his duties, sends him over to pick up the crates. Harry spots him, is stunned for a second then lunges for him with a crowbar, we learn it’s no coincidence that he and Stevo share fresh injuries. Both men have to be pulled apart by their respective gangs while Vernon, Martin, Ord and Justine try to figure out just what is going on and how to fix this ill-timed outburst of violence. Harry quietly reaches into the van, produces a revolver and shoots Stevo, hitting him in the shoulder, knocking him to the ground. Harry is dragged away, in the ensuing melee Stevo draws his pistol and starts firing indiscriminately. The situation is now out of control. More guns are drawn, everyone dives for the nearest available cover, the warehouse becomes a shooting gallery.

Shots and insults are traded between gangs, there’s no coming back from this mess. Just about everyone takes a bullet as tempers continue to flare. Just when it seems as if there’s no way things can get worse, high on a balcony overlooking the warehouse two snipers, Howard (Patrick Bergin) and Jimmy (Mark Monero), open fire. No one seems to know who ordered the snipers.

In an effort to appease, Chris proposes they let Justine leave so she can contact everyone’s people to come and help sort out this escalating mess before they all bleed to death. As she attempts to leave a phone is heard ringing in the offices that overlook the warehouse. The uneasy truce is broken, the stakes are raised, shooting resumes as the gangs realise whoever reaches the phone first to call for outside help will win. To do this the other side must be stopped. At all costs.

PRODUCTION STORY

Free Fire sees Ben Wheatley return home to Rook Films after briefly leaving the fold for the critically acclaimed adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s High-Rise, produced by . Reuniting with producer Andrew Starke, who has produced all Wheatley’s feature films bar High-Rise, Free Fire is Rook Films’ largest undertaking, adding to the company’s impressive resume containing not only Wheatley’s films but other such interesting and unique works as Peter Strickland’s The Duke of Burgundy, ’s Aaaaaaaah! and the upcoming The Greasy Strangler from Jim Hosking.

Origins

Free Fire sees Wheatley’s longtime love of action cinema take full flourish. “It’s kind of pure cinema. I wanted to do something that was dynamic and kinetic, that played up to things I really enjoy, like editing” says Wheatley. “You can see a bit of it in stuff like and it’s in the ‘’ episodes I did as well. I grew up watching Sam Peckinpah films, I remember having a heightened reaction to things like the editing in The Wild Bunch, Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia and Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, incredible.”

It wasn’t just the influence of these classics that spawned Free Fire, the gulf between accounts of real life gun battles and how such events are portrayed on the big screen also played into its creation. “I’d read a lot of transcripts of shootouts. There’d been a big one that the FBI had in Miami, there’s a blow-by-blow account of what happened online. It’s insane and it’s always been at the back of my mind to put that into a film,” recounts Wheatley. “Looking at transcripts and ballistics reports, you see you don’t necessarily die right away if you get shot if the vital organs are missed. Another thing is that most people in gun battles aren’t very well trained. I was trying to think what it would really be like, obviously still within the bounds of entertainment, it’s not something I’ve really seen in a film.”

The other key element in the creation of Free Fire was the casting, as Wheatley explains: “These things come from a lot of different places, as usual. Some of it came from wanting to work with Cillian Murphy, trying to work out what would be a good role for him. Cillian’s agent had phoned my agent, said he wanted to meet up and we chatted about what we might do together. So I went away and wrote him something, so that’s a bit different from other members of the cast.” With Murphy locked the rest of the cast fell into place. As the cast grew so it shaped the script, which evolved to accommodate and capitalise on the unique qualities each performer was bringing to the table.

“Michael Smiley’s character was obviously written specifically for him because you couldn’t cast anyone else but Michael Smiley in that role I don’t think,” explains Wheatley. “The others were through casting. Amy (Jump) and I both really loved The Lone Ranger, so just on a punt we’d asked, “can we talk to Armie Hammer?” And they got in contact and said yes, so that was really nice. Amy rewrote it as we went along, as we were shooting, to mold it more into Armie’s voice. Sharlto, I’ve always been a massive fan of Sharlto, he was quite late into it but again we changed the role to fit him, made him South African. Sam Riley reached out with his agents, had a brief chat on Skype and he’s brilliant, like a young John Hurt.” The impressive cast also boasts a freshly minted Oscar winner. “Brie Larson, which is obviously a complete bonus and lucky for us,” says Wheatley. “I met her just through the agents again and they said she’s really cool do you want to meet up and have a chat with her? Of course I did and I’d seen some of her other films and thought she was great. We’d heard of Room, heard it was amazing but had no idea.”

With such a strong cast, Free Fire is able to explore some intriguing themes overlaid into its shoot-’em-up framework. Wheatley expounds: “Everyone has this massive baggage of ideas about themselves and very rarely do we get tested. You might think you are a great hero then find out what a terrible coward you are. Or you thought you were nice and you’re quite nasty and mean. It’s interesting to see those characters, their whole lives reduced down to very tiny actions. Like should I crawl over here or what if I went up those stairs or what if I get to a telephone? That was the thing I was thinking of: micro decisions leading to terrible consequences.”

For Free Fire it was also important that the pain and punishment of a shootout was meted out to all the characters. “You’ve got to bring them all down to the same level,” explains Wheatley. “Also to stop them from walking out, escaping. It’s not impossible to hit people in a gun battle, as history has proven, but totally wiping someone out is a little harder.”

Period

The ‘70s setting of Free Fire isn’t just a stylistic nod to the great action movies of that era, it also deprives the characters of some modern technology that would cause difficulty for any thriller, as Wheatley explains: “It’s a time before mobile phones, that was the whole gag: that they couldn’t get help. That stuff works up to about 1990. Also, there’s a bit of film history to it and the socio-political stuff is kind of interesting, it’s not the main focus of the film but it’s there in the background. I also wanted to get away from the idea of stock criminals and stock mafia, that stuff has just been so mutated by cinema it has less of a meaning these days. None of these guys are those stock characters, they are businessmen or they’re international fixers. I didn’t want it to be genre sat on top of genre, it’s its own thing.”

Shooting shooting

Free Fire was shot over six weeks in a warehouse on the outskirts of Brighton. The clean, empty space was dressed to appear derelict and dangerous. Even with fake debris scattered everywhere it still meant the actors had to spend weeks crawling around in the mess. Adding to the reality of the situation was the decision to eschew digital effects, going for more realistic on-set, in camera physical effects as much as possible. “I’d say it was 99% practical, the only times we used CG was when it was too close to the actors to be safe, that’s like one or two shots, the rest of it’s all real,” says Wheatley. “We had something like 500 pyrotechnical detonations and 6000 rounds of ammunition fired. The other thing is sometimes you need to add or replace muzzle flash because the shutter can’t catch it, even though it’s real. Very rare. We did things in camera whenever we could.”

With the location nestled next to a working supermarket, did the explosive effects disturb the neighbours? “Not for the first month,” answers producer Andrew Starke, cryptically.

The shoot needed a great deal of planning: “You have to do this with this type of film, there’s a lot to sort out, they have to build things like explosives and bullet hits into the set,” explains Wheatley. “We had storyboards for everything, made maquettes of the set, marked things out with cardboard boxes to check line of sight, etc. The whole film was almost shot in chronological order.”

Music

For the soundtrack of Free Fire, Wheatley chose the duo of and Ben Salisbury, fresh from scoring Ex Machina and responsible for an unused soundtrack for . “I’d involved (Barrow’s band) Portishead in High-Rise and loved their work for Ex Machina. For Free Fire we had them write some music before shooting began, it was massively helpful having it to play in pitch meetings to show what the tone of the movie was going to be,” says Wheatley. “A lot of the film has no music, so when their score is used it’s allowed to take over, it’s really effective.”

Scorsese

Another unexpected boon for the film is the involvement of , who, along with his production partner Emma Tillinger Koskoff, is one of Free Fire’s executive producers. “That whole thing is just amazing, when he was shooting Hugo Scorsese checked out a lot of British films, including Kill List. Our agents got in contact with each other and I got to go and meet him in New York. He was everything you’d expect, this ball of energy, knowing everything about movies; he’s a cinema god and the greatest living filmmaker. When Free Fire came about we sent him the script and he liked it and got involved. He’s had advice along the way. What can I say, he’s always right!”

CAST & FILMAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Brie Larson (Justine)

Brie Larson won 2016 Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA, Critics Choice and National Board of Review awards for her breakthrough lead performance as Ma in Room, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and adapted from the best-selling book by Emma Donoghue, about a young woman and her 5-year-old son who finally gain their freedom after being held captive for years in an enclosed space. Up next, she stars in Kong: Skull Island directed by Jordan Vogt Roberts; The Glass Castle based on the best-selling memoir by Jeannette Walls and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.

In 2014, she starred in Short Term 12, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. Her dramatic role as Grace, the director of a foster care facility, earned her Best Actress wins at the Locarno Film Festival and Gotham Awards, and a Best Actress nomination at the Critics Choice Awards. The Los Angeles Times labeled her the It Girl of the SXSW film festival, where it first premiered.

Larson has worked with top directors and co-stars on esteemed films including Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck opposite writer/star Amy Schumer; Rupert Wyatt’s The Gambler opposite Mark Wahlberg; James Ponsoldt’s The Spectacular Now opposite and Miles Teller; Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut Don Jon; Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s 21 Jump Street as the love interest to Jonah Hill; Oren Moverman’s Rampart as the defiant daughter of Woody Harrelson; ’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World; and Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg as a young temptress flirting with Ben Stiller.

Larson is still widely recognized for her portrayal of ’s sarcastic and rebellious daughter in Showtime’s breakout drama ‘United States of Tara’, which was created by Academy Award-winning writer Diablo Cody and based on an original idea by Steven Spielberg. She has appeared on stage at the prestigious Williamstown Theater Festival in the role of “Emily” in ‘Our Town’ and recurred on the F/X cult favorite series, ‘The League.’

In addition to acting, Larson is a writer and director. Her short film, The Arm, won the Special Jury Award for Best Comedic Storytelling at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

Cillian Murphy (Chris)

One of the most acclaimed, versatile actors of his generation, Cillian Murphy has starred in major studio hits, award-winning independent films, a celebrated television series and on the stages of , New York and around the globe.

Murphy first gained international attention for his performance as Jim, the reluctant survivor in Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later. In 2005, he made an indelible impression as Dr. Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, for which he received a London Film Critics Circle Award nomination. He reprised the role in Nolan’s The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises and later reunited with the director to play the billionaire heir apparent in Inception.

In 2006, Murphy garnered a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as the transgender outcast Patrick "Kitten" Brady in Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto and starred opposite Rachel McAdams in Wes Craven’s thriller Red Eye. He was BIFA nominated for his role in Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or winner The Wind That Shakes the Barley and in 2007; he re-teamed with Boyle and writer on the thriller, Sunshine. In 2012, Murphy appeared in Broken, which won the Best British Independent Film Award and for which he received his third British Independent Film Award nomination.

Murphy’s diverse filmography also includes Claudia Llosa’s Aloft with Jennifer Connelly, Perrier’s Bounty with and Jim Broadbent, John Crowley’s dark comedy Intermission with Colin Farrell and Kelly Macdonald, Peter Webber’s period drama Girl With a Pearl Earring with Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Minghella’s Cold Mountain and John Carney’s On the Edge.

Murphy made his West End debut in 2006 at the New Ambassador Theatre in John Kolvenbach’s ‘Love Song,’ directed by John Crowley. His stage collaborations with Tony Award-winning director Garry Hynes include ‘The Country Boy,’ ‘Juno and the Paycock,’ and ‘Playboy of the Western World’ at the Gaity Theatre in Dublin. Murphy regularly returns to the stage, often working with Irish playwright Enda Walsh. Their first collaboration was also Murphy’s first job – ‘Disco Pigs’ which toured extensively to great acclaim, this was followed by the monologue ‘Misterman’. Their most recent collaboration 'Ballyturk' also ran at the National Theatre in London. The duo have won a number of awards and nominations for their work together.

Murphy most recently co-starred with and Benjamin Walker in Warner Bros’ In the Heart Of The Sea, inspired Melville’s 'Moby Dick.’ Murphy also completed the third season of the acclaimed BBC Two/ drama series 'Peaky Blinders' which is currently on air and a hugely popular with both fans and critics. Murphy will soon be seen starring in Sean Ellis’ WWII drama Anthropoid.

Babou Ceesay (Martin)

Babou Ceesay can currently be seen in the feature film Eye in the Sky (2016) starring opposite Helen Mirren. Other recent filmography includes the BAFTA nominated feature ’71 where he appeared alongside Jack O’Connell, as well as Half of a Yellow Sun (2013) with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton.

Ceesay recently completed filming on the TV mini-series, ‘National Treasure’ alongside Julie Walters and Robbie Coltrane. The mini-series will premiere later this year.

In 2015 he landed the pivotal role of John, in the Mark Burnett and Roma Downey produced television series ‘A.D. The Bible Continues’, which aired on NBC. His TV career also includes guest roles in ‘Luther’, ‘Law & Order’, ‘Silent Witness’, ‘Getting On’ and HBO’s ‘Strikeback’, as well as TV films such as the BAFTA award winning dramas ‘Shirley’ and ‘Stolen’. He also caused a stir playing the new sidekick for ITV’s ‘Lewis’ in 2013.

Ceesay trained at the highly respected Oxford School of Drama. He has been involved in many significant projects on stage include ‘The Overwhelming’ opposite Andrew Garfield and ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ directed by Ed Hall, where Babou “created a strikingly original interpretation” of Shakespeare’s Helena.

Michael Smiley (Frank)

Michael Smiley has worked closely and extensively with Ben Wheatley and has previously appeared in three of Wheatley's films: A Field in , Kill List (for which he won a BIFA) and . Michael's varied filmography includes performances in , Orthodox, Grassland, Black Sea, The World's End, The Other Boleyn Girl and Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. This year, he has major roles in a number of highly anticipated films, including My Name is Emily and Jawbone, with .

Smiley's television appearances include high profile roles in ‘Murder’, ‘’ and ‘Wire In The Blood’. He played the much-loved Tyres in ‘’. Most recently, he has been seen as computer ninja Benny in ‘Luther', opposite Idris Elba, and as Antoine in E4's latest series, 'The Aliens'. Michael is an award winning stand-up; he's also hosted successful TV shows in , which focus on his love of cycling.

Sharlto Copley (Vernon)

In 2009 director, producer and actor Sharlto Copley shot to international fame as the star of the smash hit District 9 - and has since gone to feature and star in several hugely successful projects, both on the big screen and television, including The A-Team, Elysium and Maleficent.

Following another internationally successful film, Chappie, in which Sharlto played a sentient robot raised by gangsters. He then went on to the release of his highly-anticipated film : Sharlto both executive produced for and starred in this insane roller-coaster of a movie, the worlds first action POV feature film - which took home the highly sought-after Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness Audience Choice Award.

Following the success of ‘Powers’ Season 1 - Sony PlayStation's first original series - Sharlto is back with Season 2, in which he again stars as Christian Walker, a homicide detective and ex-superhero. He is also in development of several other projects as well as the imminent release of John Krasinski's ‘The Hollars’, in which Copley stars alongside Richard Jenkins, Anna Kendrick, Josh Groban and Charlie Day.

Sam Riley (Stevo)

Sam Riley made his debut in a leading role starring in Anton Corbijn’s Control, which won the Directors’ Fortnight award at Cannes. His other major films include Brighton Rock, in which he starred in the lead role of ‘Pinkie’ alongside Helen Mirren and John Hurt, On The Road, in which he was supported by Viggo Mortensen, Kristin Stewart and Kirstin Dunst, and Disney’s Maleficent, in which he stars alongside Angelina Jolie. His recent work includes Suite Francaise, directed by Saul Dibb, in which he starred alongside Michelle Williams and Kristen Scott-Thomas, and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, with , Matt Smith and Charles Dance. He has recently finished filming on the TV mini-series ‘SS-GB’, directed by Philipp Kadelbach.

Jack Reynor (Harry)

Jack Reynor first enthralled audiences in his breakout role in Lenny Abrahamson’s critically acclaimed film What Richard Did, which screened at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival to outstanding reviews and for which he earned an Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) Award for Best Actor in 2013. In the film, Reynor gives a striking portrayal of the fall of a high school rugby star and golden boy whose world unravels after his involvement in an act of careless violence. He can also be seen starring in Gerard Barrett’s Glassland, in which he plays a young taxi driver who struggles to instill a sense of structure in his life while his mother suffers from severe alcoholism. The film garnered rave reviews at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where Reynor took home The World Cinema Dramatic Acting Award for his performance. Reynor also appeared in Macbeth opposite Michael Fassbender and and in Julian Jarrold’s Royal Night Out opposite Bel Powley and Sarah Gordon as a commoner who captures the heart of a princess. His other film credits include a lead role in Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction opposite Mark Wahlberg. The feature has shattered worldwide box office records, making over $1.1 billion. He also appeared opposite Vince Vaughn in the comedy Delivery Man.

Reynor most recently starred in The Weinstein Company’s Sing Street, directed by John Carney, opposite Aidan Gillen, in a story about a boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s who escapes his strained family life by starting a band and moving to London. Jack received an Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) Award for Actor in a Supporting Role for Sing Street. Later this year, he will star opposite Rooney Mara and alongside Eric Bana, Theo James, and Vanessa Redgrave in Jim Sheridan’s The Secret Scripture, based on the award-winning novel of the same name.

Reynor’s upcoming projects include The Weinstein Company’s Nazi thriller HHhH directed by Cedric Jimenez, he stars opposite and Jason Clarke. Also ’ Warner Bros. feature The Jungle Book alongside Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Enzo Cilenti (Bernie)

Enzo Cilenti is an accomplished television and film actor who has previously worked with Ben Wheatley on High-Rise, playing the character Adrian Talbot. His extensive filmography includes roles in The Martian directed by , Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, James Marsh's Oscar winning The Theory of Everything starring Eddie Redmayne, the Oscar nominated political comedy directed by Armando Ianucci, and most recently, The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015) starring Jeremy Irons and Dev Patel.

Cilenti's television credits include the multi award-winning ‘Wolf Hall', 'Game of Thrones’, ‘Rome’, 'Jekyll & Hyde' and 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell' among many others. He also starred in the drama 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' and will soon be seen in 'The Last Tycoon’ for Amazon Studios with Matt Bomer, Lily Collins and Kelsey Grammer.

His most recent film performances include roles in Bridget Jones's Baby starring Renée Zellweger, HHhH, a WWII action thriller starring Rosamund Pike, Jack O'Connell and Mia Wasikowska, and as the voice of Aiden in Magik, an animation about Lewis Clark starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jim Broadbent - all due out in cinemas in 2016.

Noah Taylor (Gordon)

Noah Taylor is one of Australia's most accomplished film actors and has worked with some of the world's finest directors and actors. Taylor’s film credits include The Menkoff Method and Free Fire. Other notable film credits include Edge of Tomorrow, Predestination, The Double, Lawless, Red Dog, Submarine, Max and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Noah has been nominated for many awards (The Life Aquatic, Almost Famous) and is a four-time winner of the Film Critic's Circle of Australia Best Actor Award (The Year My Voice Broke, Shine). He also starred in The New World, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. His TV credits include ‘The Borgias’, ‘Hatfields & McCoys’, ‘Game of Thrones’, ‘Peaky Blinders’, ‘And Then There Were None’ and ‘Powers’.

Taylor’s theatre credits include leading roles in ‘The Seagull’, ‘Alien in The Park’, ‘Pierrot Luminaire’ and ‘Bloody Mama’.

Taylor is also an accomplished musician and performed on the soundtrack for The Year My Voice Broke.

Patrick Bergin (Howie)

Patrick Bergin is best known internationally for playing the menacing husband of Julia Roberts' character in the thriller Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) and for his role as Irish terrorist Kevin O'Donnell in Patriot Games opposite Harrison Ford (1992).

Other notable film credits include Mountain of the Moon alongside Iain Glen and Richard E. Grant and The Wee Man. He appeared as Robin Hood opposite Uma Thurman in a 1991 TV movie and played Patrick in the 2000 TV movie ‘St Patrick: The Irish Legend’. He also played the role of psychotic Provisional Irish Republican Army gunman in 'Jonny Was' opposite Vinnie Jones and Roger Daltrey.

Bergin can also be seen in Sacha Bennett's We Still Steal the Old Way and in GrindHouse 2wo. He is currently filming in the lead role of Roth, about a former Rock promoter.

Tom Davis (Leary)

Tom Davis is a stand up , writer and actor. He is best known for his roles in comedy shows such as ‘Murder in Successville’ and ‘The Keith Lemon Sketch Show’. Also appearing as a series regular in the critically acclaimed ‘Plebs’ and ‘Cockroaches’. His feature film career has grown dramatically in the last few years with roles in The Bad Education Movie and Prevenge.

Mark Monero (Jimmy)

Monero’s film roles include Wild Bill, Somers Town, Sid and Nancy. His television roles include being a long standing cast member in ‘Eastenders’, and roles in ‘Suspects’, ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Skins’, ‘Murphy’s Law’, ‘Walking Dead’, ‘Young, Gifted and Broke’, ‘Lovejoy’ and ‘’.

Theatre roles include ‘One Man Two Guvnors’ (The National), ‘Measure for Measure’ (The Almedia) and the lead role in ‘Pepper Soup’ ( Lyric). He has appeared in a number of productions at The Soho Theatre (‘Pure Gold’, ‘Animal’ and ‘The Christ of Cold Harbour Lane’).

Ben Wheatley (Director / Writer / Editor)

Ben Wheatley is the award-winning British director of Down Terrace, Kill List, , and High-Rise. He has also directed notable TV shows, adverts and idents, animated shorts and Internet viral ads. Initially a short filmmaker and animator, Wheatley gained a cult following for his work online. He directed live-action sections of the TV series ‘Modern Toss’, which was aired on Channel 4. Between 2006-09 he directed episodes of ‘Time Trumpet’, ‘Shuffle’, ‘The Wrong Door’ and ‘Ideal’ for the BBC.

In 2009 Wheatley directed his feature debut Down Terrace in eight days in his hometown of Brighton, which went on to win prizes at and Raindance. 2011 saw the release of thriller Kill List. The first of five films written and co- edited by Amy Jump, it won prizes at Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, the Empire Awards, and the British Independent Film Awards. Wheatley’s third film was the black comedy Sightseers. With characters created by its stars and Steve Oram and writing by Jump, it premiered in Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012, and won an Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Comedy. Next came the psychedelic historical thriller A Field in England. Shot in 12 days in B&W, it was the first film in the UK to be released simultaneously in cinemas, VOD, DVD and Freeview, a revolutionary distribution strategy. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Wheatley also received the Film4 Frightfest Variety Award in 2013. In 2014, Wheatley premiered the first two episodes of the eighth series of ‘Doctor Who’, a show he has been a fan of since childhood. High-Rise opened in March 2016 after screening at a number of key festivals around the world and a sold out Q&A tour of 23 cinemas in the UK. Wheatley’s forthcoming projects include a remake of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s classic Wages of Fear.

Amy Jump (Writer / Editor)

Screenwriter Amy Jump co-wrote the distinctive British thrillers Kill List, Sightseers, A Field In England, High-Rise and Free Fire for director Ben Wheatley, all of which she co-edited. She received a British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay for Kill List, and has been nominated for her work at numerous festivals. Jump also acted as executive-producer on Peter Strickland’s The Duke of Burgundy and is the writer of Wheatley’s forthcoming project Wages of Fear.

Andy Starke (Producer)

After ten years in television post-production, and five years as part of psychedelic rock group “Regular Fries” Starke founded Boum Productions with film historian Pete Tombs. For Boum, Starke has written, produced, directed & edited numerous TV, film and documentary projects.

Boum has received worldwide acclaim for its ground breaking Mondo Macabro DVD label, focusing on "the wild side of world cinema” and dedicated to preserving formally “lost” genre movies from countries not usually associated with “popular” cinema.

In 2008 Starke and director Ben Wheatley founded Rook Films – since then Rook has made 4 more films with Wheatley including Free Fire. Rook has also produced films by Peter Strickland, Steve Oram and Jim Hosking and has a slate of movies and television in production and development.

Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury (Music)

Geoff Barrow is a British music producer, composer and founding member of the band Portishead. He wrote the original score, and was music supervisor for, the artist ’s film Exit Through The Gift Shop. Ben Salisbury is an Emmy nominated film and television composer, whose previous credits include the last 3 of David Attenborough’s ‘Life Of.’ series and Beyonce’s self-directed documentary feature ‘Beyonce - Life Is But A Dream.’ Ben and Geoff’s first co-composed feature film score was Alex Garland’s Oscar winning sci-fi / thriller, Ex_Machina, for which they won the 2016 Ivor Novello award for Best Original Film Score. Together, the pair also write and perform as electronic act Drokk, and in 2012 they released the album ‘Drokk: Music Inspired By Mega-City One.’

FRONT CREDITS

FILM4 And BFI Present

A Rook Films Production

Starring

Sharlto Copley Armie Hammer Brie Larson Cillian Murphy Jack Reynor

Also starring

Babou Ceesay Enzo Cilenti Sam Riley Michael Smiley Noah Taylor Tom Davis Mark Monero With Patrick Bergin

Executive Producers Martin Scorsese Emma Tillinger Koskoff

Executive Producer Reno Antoniades

Executive Producers David Kosse Sam Lavender

Ben Roberts Lizzie Francke

Danny Perkins Dan MacRae

Produced by Andy Starke Screenplay by Amy Jump Ben Wheatley

Directed by Ben Wheatley

First Assistant Director Joe Geary

Second Assistant Director Scott Bunce

VFX Supervisor Murray Barber

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In Order of Appearance Bernie ENZO CILENTI Stevo SAM RILEY Frank MICHAEL SMILEY Justine BRIE LARSON Chris CILLIAN MURPHY Ord ARMIE HAMMER Vernon SHARLTO COPLEY Martin BABOU CEESAY Gordon NOAH TAYLOR Harry JACK REYNOR Jimmy MARK MONERO Howie PATRICK BERGIN Telephone Sales Voice SARA DEE Leary TOM DAVIS

STUNTS Stunt Coordinator PETER PEDRERO Vernon Stunt Double JOHN SHARP Howie Stunt Doubles FREDDIE MASON RUSSELL MACLEOD Ord Stunt Double JAMES O’ DAILY Leary Stunt Double RYAN OLIVA Frank Stunt Double REG WAYMENT Harry Stunt Doubles JEAN-PAUL JESSTIECE ROY TAYLOR Chris Stunt Doubles IAN PEAD NEIL CHAPELHOW Stevo Stunt Doubles CRAIG MILLER JUDE POYER Stunt Performer NEIL CHAPELHOW Fire Safety AL HOLLAND

Supervising Art Director NIGEL POLLOCK Art Director PAUL FROST Standby Art Director JAMIE EGNER Set Decorator LIZ GRIFFITHS Art Department Assistants LUCY WILLIAMS RACHEL BARKER

Model Maker PATRICK CREIGHTON Storyboard Artist TOBY HARVARD

A Camera Operator LAURIE ROSE B Camera Operator NICK GILLESPIE 1st Assistant A Camera KIM VINEGRAD 1st Assistant B Camera DAN GADD 2nd Assistant A Camera WILL LYTE 2nd Assistant B Camera CLARE FULLER Camera Trainee JONNY STILLWELL Video Assists SOLOMON TAAN MARTYN CUPLAN

Second Unit Camera Operators SHAUN COBLEY RICHARD PHILPOTT Steadicam Operators ALF TRAMONTIN JOHN HEMBROUGH 1st Assistant C Camera JULIA GREEN GABRIEL HYMAN KIRSTEN DE MAID CHRIS KANE MARY KYTE 2nd Assistant C Camera VICTORIA HARRIS ROB SHAW NICK COLEMAN Additional Camera Trainees MITCHELL PAYNE DOMENICO PALOMBA NEAL PARSONS

Digital Imaging Technician HARRY BENNETT-SNEWIN Dailies Lab Technician NEIL GRAY

Script Supervisor ANITA CHRISTY Still Photographers KERRY BROWN JAMES LEIGHTON-BURNS Production Coordinator FILIZ-THERES EREL Assistant Production Coordinator CAROLINA GRISORIO Production Assistant BULL Production Runner JOHN WOOD Production Trainee EDWARD KAHN

Second Unit 1st Assistant Director IAN HUGHES 3rd Assistant Director PAULA C. FRIAS Additional 3rd Assistant Director DAVID BISPHAM Base Runner LOUIS CAPRON Runners CALLUM COSTELLO JAMIE BENYON Trainee AD COLIN D. CAMPBELL

Location Manager JAMES PLAYER Unit Managers BEN FROST Assistant Unit Manager NICK WILLIAMS

Boom Operators ASHOKE GHOSH RYAN MCMURRAY AMY STOKES Sound Recording Assistant STANLEY WHITE

Production Accountant LOIS DRYSDALE Accounts Trainee PENNY UDALL

Costume Supervisor SIAN EVANS Costume Buyer SALLY CHURCHYARD Costume Standbys PHILIP GOLDSWORTHY NICKY BARRON

ALISON LYONS

Costume Trainee FINOLA WOOLGAR Textile Artists GREER WHITEWICK RICHARD SWERYDA

Chief Hair PETA DUNSTALL Make Up & Hair Artists SARAH NUTH JEMMA CARBALLO Make Up & Hair Trainee EMILY DODGE

Best Boy PAUL MCNULTY Electricians LEE JOHNSON PAT CRAWFORD

JAMIE PANNELL

DANIEL MCCOLE

Key Grip KEVIN FOY B Camera Grip NICK CUPAC C Camera Grips LUKE CHISHOLM IAN OGDEN DAVE LITTLEJOHNS FRANK HELLEBRAND Additional Grip TERRY POTTHURST Grip Trainee REBECCA HORSBURGH Crane Techs CHRISTIAN MAGUIRE DAN BLUNDY

Property Master CRAIG PRICE Prop Storeman TONE GIBBS Chargehand Dressing Propman MIKE SYSON Dressing Propmen GARETH BAILEY RODDY DOLAN DANIEL PRICE Standby Propmen BRUCE COLLIER PAUL ROBINSON

Production Buyer ADRIAN GREENWOOD Petty Cash Buyer JANNECKE NILSEN

Construction Manager STEVE PATTERSON Construction Coordinator STEPHEN DORRIAN Operation Carpenter LUKE OWENS Chargehand Painter ROBERT DUGDELL Chargehand Stagehands IAN (BRUSH) COMBES RICHARD MORRISS Painters ED GRIFFORD NATALIE LAWS JUSTINE BURTON TOM JOLIFFE TABBY RILEY ADAM CUTTS ED GIFFORD HARRY WOODWARD Carpenters JASON KIRK TOM WELLS SIMON HALL GAVIN PACKER DEAN BRYANT JOE BLACKLEY DAN ASCOMBE Stagehands VASILY POP RORY FORDHAM Plasterers ROB NUTTLE NATHAN EDWARDS Sculptures CHRISTINA MARANCA Riggers STEVE FITZPATRICK JIM LLOYD REES GURNEY RICKY VALLANCE EORIN PEMAJ

HOD Standby Painter JIM FENNESY Standby Plasterer TIMOTHY DALTON-DOBSON Standby Carpenters TOM SYMES JACK DUNNE Standby Rigger ASHLEY CONNELL

Supervising Armourer MARK SHELLEY Armourers SIMON EDWARDS PHILIP STONE JASON PAYNE

Special Effects Supervisor DANNY HARGREAVES Special Effects Technicians WARWICK BOOLE TOM VINCENT PAUL CARTER

MASSIMO VICO DAVE KNEATH DANIEL VICO DOMINIC BLAKE RICHARD BABINGTON RUSS PERKINS Special Effects Trainees EM GROVE SAFFRON POWELL CARYS BROWN CONNOR FARR VERITY FILIPOW RACHEL GODFREY RACHEL MAO MONICA PAISLEY SAM SWANBOROUGH THOMAS TUOHY NICHOLAS UNWIN-SPIGNESE SARAH WELSMAN

Special Effects Supervisor Prosthetics DAN MARTIN Special Effects Assistant Prosthetics DAN GOMER Special Effects Technicians Prosthetics LIAM DOYLE EMMA SLATER

HERMES PITTAKOS

SIAN REVILL

SOPHIE BROWN GILLIAN JARVIS KARL GALLIVAN

Assistant to Mr. Wheatley CHRIS BELL Additional Production Assistants CONOR LORIGAN LAURA RICHARD JACK SAMBROOK Additional AD Runners SCOTT WHITSTON BEN PENGUILLY SIOBHAN LLOYD Stand-ins POLLY LEWIS DOM OLIVER MARCO GIOVANNINI NATHAN ALLEN ALEXANDRU VEREB JAMES HENRI MARTIN RAZPOPOV ASHLEY LAWRENCE

CHRIS GOLDHAWK OLUBUSAYO ADEGA JEREMY CLARK RICHARD GREEN CAMERON LAKE MARTYN JERKINS SIMON COOKE MICHAEL AKINSULIRE

Casting Assistants LAYLA MERRICK-WOLF MICHELLE GIOVANNI Dialect Coaches TIM CHARRINGTON CORIN MELLINGER Health and Safety Advisor MICK HURRELL Health and Safety Officers DEREK WARMAN ANDY WARD

Island Medical Services SHANN NICHOL Medic MATT BURNS

Unit Publicist ZOE FLOWER EPK DANIEL BIRD

Security DANIEL PRICE MALCOLM CHEATLE

Drivers HUGHIE MANN DANNY VITO GABRIEL ALEXANDRO GRAHAM POPPLETON STEVE COOKE EDWARD WILLCOX VIOREL ALEXANDRU FLORIN BOBES

PAUL DRISCOLL

DANIEL PETRACHE

Action Vehicle Coordinator KARL MOORE-LEWY

Facilities by TRANSLUX Translux HOD WALT EDSON Translux Facility KATERINA RUSKOVA

Catering by CATERING COLLECTIVE Caterer RUSS BOSWELL

TORONTO UNIT

Unit Producer JAYE GAZELEY Unit Production Manager JEFF HANES

2nd Unit Director JAYE GAZELEY

2nd Unit Director of Photography KARIM HUSSAIN, CSC 1st Assistant Camera EVA PERCEWICZ 2nd Assistant Camera MARGARET DEMCHENKO Camera Trainee MISHA SNYDER Gear Head Operator JOHNNY ASKWITH Aerial Remote Head Operator MICHAEL DARBY Camera Car Technician RICK LEGER Crane Technician MIKE SMITH Stabilized Head Technician BRIAN BLACK Digital Imaging Technician ANDREW EASSON

1st Assistant Director ALEJANDRO VALBUENA 2nd Assistant Director DARIA STADNICK

Key Production Assistant MIKHAIL PETGRAVE Production Assistant GOODWILL OKOT Set PA ALAN KOK Stand In Casting MARJORIE LECKER Stand In JORDAN ANGROVE

Location Manager ANDREW GAINOR

Key Grip MARTIN KENJI Best Boy Grip RYAN ACKER Grips BERNIE MacNEIL JOHN PERRIN

On Set Props Dresser BRITT SKELLY

Helicopter Pilot DAVE TOHMANSINI

Precision Drivers CANADIAN STUNTS INC. Transport Coordinator TONY BIFANO Transport Captain TOM CHAPMAN Drivers MOODY SHWALES PAUL POTENZA On Set Mechanic HUGO LEDO

Craft Server KARIM ENGLISH On Set Medic REEL MEDICA IN MOTION

1st Assistant Editor JASON RAYTON Edit Trainee INIGO MANBY Edited at THE ROOKERY, BRIGHTON Post Production Supervisor EMMA ZEE Post Production Co-Ordinator TRACEY SMITH Post Production Paperwork MICHELLE MULLEN

Sound Design by MPMP THE POWERLOFT Sound Design and Re-Recording Mixer MARTIN PAVEY Dialogue Editor NIKKI RUCK Foley Recording by UNIVERSAL SOUND Foley Supervisor PHILL BARRETT Foley Mixer SIMON TRUNDLE Foley Artist PAUL HANKS

ADR Recording by GOLDCREST POST PRODUCTION SRL ADR Mixer PETER GLEAVES ADR Assistants MIKE TEHRANI HARRY PLATFORD ADR Studio WB DE LANE LEA ADR Mixer ANDY STALLABRASS ADR Studio GRAND CENTRAL RECORDING STUDIOS ADR Recording Engineers TRISTAN ROSE TOM PUGH ADR Studio, Ireland NUMBER FOUR WINDMILL LANE PICTURES LTD. ADR Engineer MARK HENRY ADR Assistant Engineer JORDAN MULLEN Post Production Audio, LA FORMOSA FEATURES ADR Mixer MICHAEL MILLER Post Audio Producer JENNIFER BOWMAN-GALLAGHER

Mix Technicians KOBI QUIST RONNIE MUKWAYA

Bespoke Weapon Recordings ROB ENTWISTLE & MARTIN PAVEY

Main Titles Designed and Produced by CYRIAK HARRIS End Titles by FUGITIVE STUDIOS

Digital Intermediate Provided by GOLDCREST POST PRODUCTION Digital Online Editors SINÉAD CRONIN DANIEL TOMLINSON RUSSELL WHITE Head of Production ROB FARRIS Digital Intermediate Producer JONATHAN COLLARD Digital Intermediate Assistant Producer GEMMA MCKEON Digital Intermediate Assistant Colourists MARIA CHAMBERLAIN DIANA VASQUEZ Digital Film Bureau GEORGINA CRANMER GIANLUCA FERRARI LAWRENCE HOOK TIMOTHY P JONES GORDON PRATT Head of Department PATRICK MALONE Commercial Director MARTIN POULTNEY Digital Intermediate Technologist LAURENT TREHERNE Head of Data Management PETER COLLINS Senior DI Administrator NEIL HARRISON

Visual Effects by MILK VFX VFX Producer NATALIE REID VFX Editors MARK BRIGHT JOHN COOPER 3D Tracking AMY FELCE Digital Matte Painting SIMON WICKER ANTHONY WONSOFF Compositors TAMSIE THOMAS MYFANWY HARRIS MATTHEW MCDOUGAL FERNANDO FERRER KAT SYKES MADALINA STELEA PHILLIP WRAY TIAGO CABRITA ROB TREEN

Music by BEN SALISBURY AND GEOFF BARROW

Guitars JERRY CROZIER-COLE Bass BILLY FULLER Drums GEOFF BARROW AND CLIVE DEAMER Organs BEN SALISBURY AND JASON HAZELY Saxophone ROSS HUGHES Additional Guitar SEAN SNOOK Additional Bass JOE ALLEN

Music Recorded at INVADA STUDIOS, Recording Engineer STUART MATHEWS Assistant Engineer JAMES TREVASCUS

Music Supervisor IAN NEIL

For Film 4 Head of Film Finance HARRY DIXON Senior Legal and Business Affairs Executive DONNCHADH McNICHOLL Head of Production TRACEY JOSEPHS Production Manager KASIA MALIPAN Head of Distribution & Brand Strategy SUE BRUCE-SMITH Marketing and Brand Executive HANNAH SAUNDERS

For BFI Head of Production FIONA MORHAM Head of Production Finance IAN KIRK Business Affairs Manager VIRGINIA BURGESS

For Studiocanal Chief Operating Officer, UK ROBB SMITH Chief Financial Officer, UK JAMES FORDE Head of International Creative Marketing HUGH SPEARING Head of Publicity and Corporate Communications SUZANNE NOBLE Head of UK Distribution JOHN TRAFFORD-OWEN Head of UK Legal and Business Affairs STEPHEN MURPHY Head of UK Acquisitions ALISON MEESE

Production Finance provided by Coutts & Co JUDITH CHAN and STEPHEN LANSDOWN Legal Services for Coutts Lee & Thompson LLP SAM TATTON-BROWN and ANNABELLE DUCROS

International Sales by Protagonist Pictures Chief Executive Officer MIKE GOODRIDGE Chief Operating Officer DIMITRA TSINGOU Head of Acquisitions DAVE BISHOP Head of Legal and Business Affairs SIMON OSBORN Head of Marketing BRIDGET PEDGRIFT Head of Sales VANESSA SAAL Delivery Manager HASHIM ALSARAF

For ROOK FILMS Associate Producer PETE TOMBS Executive Producing Services ZONE ONE FILMS

Completion Bond Services provided by European Film Bonds A/S and DFG Deutsche Filmversicherungs Gemeinschaft

Production Executive PETER LA TERRIERE Legals JOHAN EWING Coordinator AGAR FORJAN BEIRO

Collection Agent Services by FREEWAY CAM BV

Legal Services Lee & Thompson LLP Reno Antoniades Antony Swiatek

Camera Systems by TAKE TWO Lighting By CINELEASE Props Transport 4 Seasons Transport Loaded Logistics Groundwork G.P.T. Services Insurance DAVID JOHNSTONE WKIG Sustainability GREEN SHOOT, MELANIE DICKS & PAUL EVANS Post Production Scripts by FATTS

Original Music Composed by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow Published by BDI Music and Kobalt Music © 2015

“Do The Boob” Written by John Felice Published By Bug Music Ltd (GB), a BMG Company © 1977 Used with permission. All rights reserved. Performed by The Real Kids Licensed courtesy of Norton Records "Run Through the Jungle" Written by John C Fogerty Published by Jondora Music (BMI) Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc. Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival Recording licensed courtesy of Bucks Music Group Limited on behalf of Concord Music Group, Inc.

“Annie’s Song” Written by John Denver Published By BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., a BMG Company © 1974 Used with permission. All rights reserved. & Reservoir Media Music (ASCAP) Performed by John Denver Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

“It’s Up To You” Written by Steve Weisberg Published By BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., a BMG Company © 1974 Used with permission. All rights reserved. & Reservoir Media Music (ASCAP) Performed by John Denver Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

“This Old Guitar” Written by John Denver Published By BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., a BMG Company © 1974 Used with permission. All rights reserved. & Reservoir Media Music (ASCAP) Performed by John Denver Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

With Special Thanks to Mark Ankner, Pollyanna Cheung, Charles Collier, Amy Collin, Richard Cook, Phil D'Amecourt,Stephanie Dickens James Farrell, Chris Fioto, Sam Fox, Emma Kayee, David Kimbangi, Franklin Latt, Brandon Lieberman Christos Michaels, Gerardine O'Flynn, Tom Reed, Mick Sullivan, Alan Westlake, Jacqueline White, Claire Willats, Bella Wingfield, Olav Wyper, Hugo Young

The Production would also like to Thank Sasha Aaron, Academy Costumes, American Crew, bumble & bumble, Eddie Dias – Cinelease, Chilli Pickle, Coach, Coal Shed, De Lane Lea, Nicole Dempster, Dermalogica, Elliot Rhodes, Gabicci, Kashca Garwood-Walker, Grand Central, Halo, Hilton, Image Skincare, Levis Vintage Store, Mac Makeup, Maekup Ltd Ray Marston Wig Studio, Mark Purvis - Mission Digital, Paul Mitchell, Kevin Murphy, Red Wing, RRL, Sahara, Salt Room, Silo, Sisley, Tony Parker – Shoreham Port, Smedley, Dominic Smith, Vince Wild - Take 2, The Costume Workshop, The Great Eastern, RM Williams

The characters and events in this film are entirely fictional, and any similarity to any persons living or dead is coincidental and unintentional.

© Rook Films Freefire Ltd/The British Film Institute/Channel Four Television Corporation 2016