Sightseers

Sightseers
American theatrical release poster
Directed byBen Wheatley
Written by
Produced by
Starring
  • Alice Lowe
  • Steve Oram
CinematographyLaurie Rose
Edited by
Music byJim Williams
Production
companies
Distributed byStudioCanal
Release dates
  • 23 May 2012 (2012-05-23) (Cannes)
  • 30 November 2012 (2012-11-30) (United Kingdom)
Running time
85 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom[2]
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.1 million[3]

Sightseers is a 2012 British black comedy film directed by Ben Wheatley and written by and starring Alice Lowe and Steve Oram.[4]

Sightseers was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival on 23 May 2012, and was released in the United Kingdom on 30 November, by StudioCanal.[5][6] The film received generally positive reviews from critics.

  1. ^ "SIGHTSEERS (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Sightseers (EN)". Lumiere. European Audiovisual Observatory. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Sightseers (2013)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  4. ^ Plumb, Ali (3 October 2011). "Ben Wheatley Is Now Shooting Sightseers". Empire. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  5. ^ Leffler, Rebecca (24 April 2012). "Cannes 2012: Michel Gondry's 'The We & The I' to Open Director's Fortnight". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  6. ^ "2012 Selection". Directors' Fortnight. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.