Killing Bono

Killing Bono
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNick Hamm
Screenplay by
Based onKilling Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger
by Neil McCormick
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyKieran McGuigan
Edited byBilly Sneddon
Production
companies
  • Greenroom Entertainment
  • Wasted Talent
  • The Salt Company
  • Generator Entertainment
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • 1 April 2011 (2011-04-01)
Running time
114 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Ireland
LanguageEnglish

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

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

  1. ^ McCormick, Neil (11 March 2011). "Neil McCormick on 'Killing Bono'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 November 2022.