'71 (film)

'71
UK release poster
Directed byYann Demange
Written byGregory Burke
Produced by
  • Angus Lamont
  • Robin Gutch
Starring
CinematographyTat Radcliffe
Edited byChris Wyatt
Music byDavid Holmes
Production
companies
Distributed byStudioCanal
Release dates
  • 7 February 2014 (2014-02-07) (Berlin Film Festival)
  • 10 October 2014 (2014-10-10) (United Kingdom)
Running time
99 minutes[2]
CountryUnited Kingdom[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget£8.1 million[3]
Box office$3.1 million[4]

'71 is a 2014 British thriller film[1] directed by Yann Demange (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Gregory Burke. Set in Northern Ireland, it stars Jack O'Connell, Sean Harris, David Wilmot, Richard Dormer, Barry Keoghan, Paul Anderson and Charlie Murphy, and tells the fictional story of a British soldier who becomes separated from his unit during a riot in Belfast at the height of the Troubles in 1971. Filming began on location in Blackburn, Lancashire, in April 2013 and continued in Sheffield, Leeds and Liverpool.[5] The film was funded by the British Film Institute, Film4, Creative Scotland and Screen Yorkshire,[6] and had its premiere in the competition section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, held in February 2014,[7][8] where it was particularly praised for O'Connell's performance and Demange's direction.

  1. ^ a b c d "'71 (2014)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  2. ^ "'71 (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  3. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (7 February 2014). "Yann Demange, '71". Screen Daily. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. ^ "'71". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  5. ^ "'71 – Screen Yorkshire". Screen Yorkshire. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Production Begins on Northern Ireland-set '71'". The Irish Film & Television Network. Iftn.ie. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  7. ^ "First Films for Competition and Berlinale Special". berlinale. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  8. ^ Lodge, Guy (7 February 2014). "Film Review: ' '71'". variety.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.