Green Room (film)

This article is about the 2015 American film. For the 1978 French film, see The Green Room (film).

Green Room
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJeremy Saulnier
Written byJeremy Saulnier
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySean Porter
Edited byJulia Bloch
Music by
  • Brooke Blair
  • Will Blair
Production
companies
Distributed byA24
Release dates
  • May 17, 2015 (2015-05-17) (Cannes)
  • April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[3]
Box office$3.8 million[4]

Green Room is a 2015 American horror-thriller film[5][6] written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier, and produced by Neil Kopp, Victor Moyers and Anish Savjani. Starring Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, Callum Turner and Patrick Stewart, the film focuses on a punk band who find themselves attacked by neo-Nazi skinheads after witnessing a murder at a remote club in the Pacific Northwest. The film came from Saulnier's desire to direct a thriller set in a green room.

Principal photography took place during October 2014 in Portland, Oregon. The film was financed and produced by Broad Green Pictures. Green Room was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[7] At the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, the film finished third in the balloting for the Grolsch People's Choice Midnight Madness Award.[8] The film began a limited release on April 15, 2016, before being widely released on May 13 through A24.[9] It appeared on many critics' lists as one of the best films of 2016 and received a 2017 Empire Award nomination for Best Horror, but grossed just $3 million against a budget of $5 million.

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  2. ^ "Green Room (2015)". Archived from the original on May 24, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  3. ^ Phillips, Ian. "The best action movie out now cost just $5 million and is more intense than anything by Marvel or Disney". Business Insider. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  4. ^ "Green Room (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
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  7. ^ "The Directors' Fortnight 2015 selection!". Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. Archived from the original on April 23, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  8. ^ "Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2015 Award Winners" (PDF) (Press release). TIFF. September 20, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  9. ^ Jaugernath, Kevin (February 2, 2016). "Watch: Arm-Snapping, Punk Rock, Red-Band Trailer For Jeremy Saulnier's 'Green Room' Starring Patrick Stewart". Indiewire.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.