Beats (2019 British film)

Beats
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBrian Welsh
Screenplay by
  • Kieran Hurley
  • Brian Welsh
Based onBeats
by Kieran Hurley
Produced byCamilla Bray
Starring
CinematographyBenjamin Kračun
Edited byRobin Hill
Music by
  • Stephen Hindman
  • Penelope Trappes
Production
company
Distributed byAltitude Film Distribution
Release dates
  • 24 January 2019 (2019-01-24) (IFFR)
  • 17 May 2019 (2019-05-17) (United Kingdom)
  • 26 June 2020 (2020-06-26) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget> £25,000[1]
Box office$325,493[2]

Beats is a 2019 British drama film directed by Brian Welsh.[3][4] It was based upon a play of the same name by Kieran Hurley, who adapted the screenplay with Welsh; Steven Soderbergh acts as an executive producer. The plot follows a pair of teenage friends in 1994 Scotland who try and sneak into an illegal rave party. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 17 May 2019.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rave was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Beats (2019)". The Numbers. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Beats 2019, directed by Brian Welsh". Time Out London. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Meet the stars of 90s-set Scottish rave movie Beats - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2019.