Starred Up

Starred Up
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Mackenzie
Written byJonathan Asser
Produced byGillian Berrie
StarringJack O'Connell
Ben Mendelsohn
Rupert Friend
Sam Spruell
Anthony Welsh
David Ajala
Peter Ferdinando
Raphael Sowole
Gilly Gilchrist
Gershwyn Eustache Jnr
Ashley Chin
Tommy McDonnell
Frederick Schmidt
CinematographyMichael McDonough
Edited byJake Roberts
Nick Emerson
Music byTony Doogan
David Mackenzie
Production
companies
Film4
Creative Scotland
Quickfire Films
Northern Ireland Screen
LipSync Productions
Sigma Films
Distributed byFox Searchlight Pictures
Release dates
Running time
106 minutes[1] (1h and 46min)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3 million [2]

Starred Up is a 2013 British prison crime drama film directed by David Mackenzie and written by Jonathan Asser. Starring Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend, the film is based on Jonathan Asser's experiences working as a voluntary therapist at HM Prison Wandsworth, with some of the country's most violent criminals.[3] The title refers to the early transfer of a criminal from a Young Offender Institution to an adult prison.[4]

  1. ^ "Starred Up (2013)". British Board of Film Classification. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Starred Up". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  3. ^ Asser, Jonathan (9 March 2014). "'If I move he'll attack': mastering rage in prisoners". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Starred Up" (PDF) (Press release). London. Premier Public Relations Ltd. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2016.