Saltburn (film)

Saltburn
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEmerald Fennell
Written byEmerald Fennell
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLinus Sandgren
Edited byVictoria Boydell
Music byAnthony Willis
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 31 August 2023 (2023-08-31) (Telluride)
  • 17 November 2023 (2023-11-17) (United Kingdom and United States)
Running time
131 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$21.1 million[2][3]

Saltburn is a 2023 British/American black comedy psychological thriller film written, directed, and co-produced by Emerald Fennell, starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe and Carey Mulligan. Set in Oxford and Northamptonshire, it focuses on a student at Oxford who becomes fixated with a popular, aristocratic fellow student, who later invites him to spend the summer at his eccentric family's estate.[4][5][6][7]

Saltburn premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on 31 August 2023. It was released in cinemas in the United Kingdom on 17 November 2023 and in select cinemas in the United States on the same day. The film had its US wide release on 22 November before its streaming release by Amazon Prime Video on 22 December, on which it became one of the most-streamed films.[8] The film received generally positive reviews, and was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and five BAFTA Film Awards.

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  2. ^ "Saltburn". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Saltburn". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  4. ^ Mahale, Jenna. "Jacob Elordi to star in explicit The Talented Mr Ripley-esque new movie". i-D. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Saltburn: Stars say film isn't afraid to push a lot of sex scene boundaries". BBC News. 13 December 2023. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  6. ^ Kaufman, Sophie Monks (16 November 2023). "Saltburn: an ostentatious black comedy designed to shock". Sight and Sound. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  7. ^ Barber, Nicholas (5 October 2023). "Saltburn film review: 'Lurid' comedy skewers Britain's super-rich". BBC. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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