Slow West

Slow West
UK theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Maclean
Written byJohn Maclean
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRobbie Ryan
Edited byJon Gregory
Music byJed Kurzel
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 24 January 2015 (2015-01-24) (Sundance)
  • 21 May 2015 (2015-05-21) (New Zealand)
  • 26 June 2015 (2015-06-26) (United Kingdom[1])
Running time
84 minutes[4]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • New Zealand
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.3 million[3]

Slow West is a 2015 revisionist Western film written and directed by John Maclean in his directorial debut. It stars Kodi Smit-McPhee as a young Scotsman searching for his lost love in the American West, accompanied by a bounty hunter played by Michael Fassbender. It premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2015,[5] where it was awarded the Sundance Institute's World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic Winner.[6]

The film was first released on 15 May 2015 in the United States, with a simultaneous release on video on demand.[7]

  1. ^ a b "'Slow West' set for UK summer release". Screendaily.com. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Slow West". New Zealand Film Commission. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Slow West". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Slow West (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Slow West". sundance.org. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Slow West". Tuppence Magazine. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Michael Fassbender Saddles Up In First Trailer For Slow West". TheFilmStage.com. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.