Free Fire (film)

Free Fire
British release poster
Directed byBen Wheatley
Written by
  • Amy Jump
  • Ben Wheatley
Produced byAndy Starke
Starring
CinematographyLaurie Rose
Edited by
  • Amy Jump
  • Ben Wheatley
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byStudioCanal
Release dates
  • 8 September 2016 (2016-09-08) (TIFF)
  • 31 March 2017 (2017-03-31) (United Kingdom)
Running time
90 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7 million[2]
Box office$3.8 million[3]

Free Fire is a 2016 British action comedy film directed by Ben Wheatley, from a screenplay by Wheatley and Amy Jump. It stars Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor, Babou Ceesay, Enzo Cilenti, Sam Riley, Michael Smiley and Noah Taylor.

The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2016,[4] and also served as the closer of the 2016 BFI London Film Festival on 16 October.[5] The film was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2017, by StudioCanal UK, and in the United States on 21 April 2017, by A24.

  1. ^ "Free Fire". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  2. ^ "'Free Fall' Director Ben Wheatley Talks Making Movies For $7 Million And U.K. Tax Incentives". Forbes. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Free Fire (2016)". The Numbers. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  4. ^ Pond, Steve (9 September 2016). "Toronto Film Festival Adds Movies by Leonardo DiCaprio, Werner Herzog, Marlon Brando". The Wrap. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (1 August 2016). "Ben Wheatley's 'Free Fire' To Close London Film Fest; Martin Scorsese Exec Produces". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 1 August 2016.