London Kills Me (Original title)
Dates: 1991 (Copyright), 13 December 1991 (Release)Countries: Germany, United KingdomDirector: Hanif Kureishi
Synopsis: In Ladbroke Grove, Clint, a member of a drug-dealing posse who has just celebrated his twentieth birthday, decides to go straight despite lack of understanding from his old friend Sylvie and drug dealing associate Muffdiver. At a fashionable local diner, he is promised a job as a waiter on condition that he turns up for work in a decent pair of shoes but with no home and no money he struggles to find any suitable footwear.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Drugs related offences, Drug abuse, Rave music, Homelessness, Squatting, Unemployment, Shoes, Friendships
Releases
Date: 13 December 1991Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 106 mins 46 secs - Length: 9608 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Date: July 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 105 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: [Interview - v22 n7 July 1992: no known title]Author: COHEN, Jessica Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review.
In: Sight and Sound v2 n3 July 1992 Page: 58
Title: [Sight and Sound - v2 n3 July 1992: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note
In: Bazaar n20 Spring 1992 Page: 26
Title: [Bazaar - n20 Spring 1992: no known title]Author: MOSAM, Rukhsana Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v323 n15 6 Aug 1992 Page: 6, 17
Title: Film Review: London Kills MeAuthor: BYRGE, Duane Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Review. Credits.
In: Empire n31 January 1992 Page: 27
Title: New filmsAuthor: ERRIGO, Angie Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v1 n8 December 1991 Pages: 43-44
Title: [Sight and Sound - v1 n8 December 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: In Camera Spring 1991 Page: 9
Title: [In Camera - Spring 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Brief credits and note of film stock used.
In: Sight and Sound v1 n5 September 1991 Page: 13
Title: Sounds newAuthor: GILLETT, Charlie Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Charlie Gillett discusses his music for the film.
In: Sight and Sound v1 n5 September 1991 Pages: 8-13
Title: Requiem for a raveAuthor: DODD, Philip Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Hanif Kureishi talks about style, comedy and politics in his new film.
In: Variety 25 Nov 1991 Page: 41
Title: [Variety - 25 Nov 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: The Producer n16 Summer 1991 Pages: 6-7
Title: On Location with London Kills Me.Author: DOBSON, Patricia Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article about the background to the film's production, its storyline and comments from Kureishi about the themes, locations and filming.
In: Screen International n793 8 Feb 1991 Page: 36
Title: [Screen International - n793 8 Feb 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Author: KALETA, Kenneth C Pages: 293p.
Title: London kills me
Author: KUREISHI, Hanif Pages: 96p.
Description: Include the essay Eight arms to hold you, by Hanif Kureishi.
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Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-623718
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-623718-2
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
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Description: AS-11 UK DPP SD - MXF OP1aDuration: 01:42:03 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-523866
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Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 01:41:36 minutesD10 - ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-623723
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Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 01:41:36 minutesD10 - ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-623723-2
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Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:40:43 minutesProRes 422 - ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-623713
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Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:40:43 minutesProRes 422 - ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-623713-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-623718
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-623718-2
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Video materials(2)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 102.05 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-12-06BFI identifier: C-797878
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376674
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Dates: 1991 (Copyright), 13 December 1991 (Release)Countries: Germany, United KingdomDirector: Hanif Kureishi
Synopsis: In Ladbroke Grove, Clint, a member of a drug-dealing posse who has just celebrated his twentieth birthday, decides to go straight despite lack of understanding from his old friend Sylvie and drug dealing associate Muffdiver. At a fashionable local diner, he is promised a job as a waiter on condition that he turns up for work in a decent pair of shoes but with no home and no money he struggles to find any suitable footwear.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Drugs related offences, Drug abuse, Rave music, Homelessness, Squatting, Unemployment, Shoes, Friendships
Releases
Date: 13 December 1991Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 106 mins 46 secs - Length: 9608 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Date: July 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 105 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(102)
©: PolyGram Film Produktion GmbH, Developed by: Working Title (Developments) Limited, Production Company: London Kills Me Limited, Produced by: PolyGram, Working Title Films, Presents: PolyGram, Presents: Working Title Films, [Presented] in association with: Film Four International, Distributed by: Manifesto Film Sales B.V., Executive Producer: Graham Bradstreet, Producer: Tim Bevan, Co-producer: Judy Hunt, Associate Producer: David Gothard, Production Manager: Tania Windsor, Production Co-ordinator: Maxine Price, Production Accountant: Penny Anderson, Accounts Assistant: Fiona Dunn, Unit Manager: Bill Darby, Location Manager: Tim Mcdonald, Production Secretary: Melissa Wyn Griffith, Runner: Jolyon Symonds, Runner: Tom Elgood, Runner: Leanne Saunders, Runner: Lisa Bates, 1st Assistant Director: Benita Allen, 2nd Assistant Director: Peter Heslop, 3rd Assistant Director: Steve Robinson, Script Supervisor: Sue Shepherd, Casting Director: Joyce Nettles, Extras Casting by: Sharon John, American Casting by: Kate Dowd, Written by: Hanif Kureishi, Director of Photography: Ed Lachman, Steadicam Operator: John Ward, Focus Puller: Nick Schlesinger, Clapper Loader: Ben Davis, Camera Department Jobfit Trainee: Inge Blackman, Gaffer: Chuck Finch, Gaffer: John Higgins, Best Boy: Billy Merrell, Electrician: Fred Brown, Electrician: Steve Harvey, Generator Operator: Alan Grosch, Grip: Stuart Godfrey, Stills Photographer: Jacques Prayer, Film Editor: Jon Gregory, 1st Assistant Editor: Kate Mackenzie, 2nd Assistant Editor: Ian Seymour, Editing Department Jobfit Trainee: Fiona Walsh, Post-production Facilities: De Lane Lea Sound Centre, Production Designer: Stuart Walker, Art Director: Diane Dancklefsen, Art Director: Colin Blaymires, Signwriter: Steve Hedinger, Storyboard Artist: John Hewitt, Production Buyer: Gill Ducker, Property Master: Ty Teiger, Dressing Props: Mark Fruin, Chargehand Standy Prop: Eddie McMahon, Standy Prop: Barry Du Pille, Art Department Assistant: Bob Neaverson, Construction Manager: Jack Carter, Costume Designer: Amy Roberts, Wardrobe Assistant: Lynn Horrie, Wardrobe Mistress: Gilly Martin, Make-up Supervisor: Sula Loizou, Make-up Assistant: Michelle Daniels, Hair Supervisor: Kimberley Dewar, Titles Designed by: Julian Rothenstein, Titles and Opticals by: General Screen Enterprises, Originated on: Eastman Colour Film from Kodak, Colour by: Technicolor Ltd, Original Music by: Mark Springer, Sarah Sarhandi, Music Performed by: Mark Springer, Music Performed by: Sarah Sarhandi, Music Performed by: Bruce Smith, Music Co-ordinator: Charlie Gillett, Music Produced by: André Jacquemin, Music Recorded and Mixed at: André Jacquemin Recording, Choreographer: William Tucket, Sound Recordist: Albert Bailey, Boom Operator: St. Clair Davis, Sound Maintenance: Jude Andrews, Dubbing Mixer: Peter Maxwell, Assistant Mixer: Mick Boggis, Sound Re-recording: De Lane Lea Sound Centre, Dubbing Editor: Sue Baker, Assistant Dubbing Editor: Imogen Pollard, Footsteps Editor: Peter Carlton, Stunt Arranger/Performer: Andy Bradford, Stuart St. Paul, Stand-in: Celia Radband, Stand-in: Paul Ellison, Research Consultant: Glynn Roberts, Publicity: Michelle Sewell, Grip Equipment Supplied by: Grip House, Electrical Equipment: Bell Lighting Ltd, Completion Guarantee Supplied by: Completion Bond Company Inc., Special Thanks to: David Rose, Michael Kuhn
Cast
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Justin Chadwick (Clint Eastwood), Steven Mackintosh (Muffdiver), Emer McCourt (Sylvie), Roshan Seth (Dr Bubba), Fiona Shaw (Headley), Brad Dourif (Hemingway), Tony Haygarth (Burns), Stevan Rimkus (Tom Tom), Eleanor David (Lily), Alun Armstrong (Stone), Nick Dunning (Faulkner), Naveen Andrews (Bike), Joseph Alessi, David Hounslow (plainclothes policeman), Ben Peel (DJ at party), Danny John-Jules (black man at party), Oliver Kester (black thug at party), Paudge Behan (white thug at party), Yemi Ajibade (tramp), Anthony Cairns (busy bee), Rowena King (Melanie), Veronica Smart, Sandy McDade (woman diner), Tracey MacLeod (TV interviewer), George Miller (Mr Runcipher), Philip Glenister (suited man), Charles Creed-Miles (kid in lift), Delroy Nunes (2nd kid in lift), Karl Collins (barman), Sean Pertwee, Pippa Hinchley (German tourist), Steven Lawrence (drug dealer), Greg Saunders (rent boy), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (nanny), Sally Whitman (mother), Leila Whitman (baby), Garry Cooper (Mr G), Gordon Warnecke (Mr G's assistant), Evelyn Doggart, Chale Charles (Mr G's girl), James Caplan (boy in country), Sarah Worth (girl in country), Joe England (young Clint), Dave Atkins (heavy)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(12)
In: Interview v22 n7 July 1992 Page: 50Title: [Interview - v22 n7 July 1992: no known title]Author: COHEN, Jessica Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review.
In: Sight and Sound v2 n3 July 1992 Page: 58
Title: [Sight and Sound - v2 n3 July 1992: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note
In: Bazaar n20 Spring 1992 Page: 26
Title: [Bazaar - n20 Spring 1992: no known title]Author: MOSAM, Rukhsana Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v323 n15 6 Aug 1992 Page: 6, 17
Title: Film Review: London Kills MeAuthor: BYRGE, Duane Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Review. Credits.
In: Empire n31 January 1992 Page: 27
Title: New filmsAuthor: ERRIGO, Angie Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v1 n8 December 1991 Pages: 43-44
Title: [Sight and Sound - v1 n8 December 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: In Camera Spring 1991 Page: 9
Title: [In Camera - Spring 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Brief credits and note of film stock used.
In: Sight and Sound v1 n5 September 1991 Page: 13
Title: Sounds newAuthor: GILLETT, Charlie Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Charlie Gillett discusses his music for the film.
In: Sight and Sound v1 n5 September 1991 Pages: 8-13
Title: Requiem for a raveAuthor: DODD, Philip Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Hanif Kureishi talks about style, comedy and politics in his new film.
In: Variety 25 Nov 1991 Page: 41
Title: [Variety - 25 Nov 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: The Producer n16 Summer 1991 Pages: 6-7
Title: On Location with London Kills Me.Author: DOBSON, Patricia Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article about the background to the film's production, its storyline and comments from Kureishi about the themes, locations and filming.
In: Screen International n793 8 Feb 1991 Page: 36
Title: [Screen International - n793 8 Feb 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(2)
Title: Hanif Kureishi: post-colonial storytellerAuthor: KALETA, Kenneth C Pages: 293p.
Title: London kills me
Author: KUREISHI, Hanif Pages: 96p.
Description: Include the essay Eight arms to hold you, by Hanif Kureishi.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(9)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-623718
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-623718-2
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Digital materials(7)
Description: AS-11 UK DPP SD - MXF OP1aDuration: 01:42:03 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-523866
Status: Master
Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 01:41:36 minutesD10 - ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-623723
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 01:41:36 minutesD10 - ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-623723-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:40:43 minutesProRes 422 - ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-623713
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:40:43 minutesProRes 422 - ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-623713-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-623718
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-623718-2
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Video materials(2)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 102.05 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-12-06BFI identifier: C-797878
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376674
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape