Special Correspondents

Special Correspondents
Official poster
Directed byRicky Gervais
Written byRicky Gervais
Based onEnvoyés très spéciaux
by Simon Michaël & Jacques Labib
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTerry Stacey
Edited byNicolas Chaudeurge
Music byDickon Hinchliffe
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • 22 April 2016 (2016-04-22) (Tribeca)
  • 29 April 2016 (2016-04-29) (Worldwide)
Running time
100 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Canada
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

Special Correspondents is a 2016 satirical comedy film written, directed by and starring Ricky Gervais. The film stars Gervais, Eric Bana, Vera Farmiga, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin Pollak, Benjamin Bratt, America Ferrera and Raúl Castillo. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on 22 April 2016 and was released worldwide by Netflix on 29 April 2016. The film follows two radio journalists who concoct a scheme to fake their kidnappings in South America.

The movie is a remake of the French film Envoyés très spéciaux.

  1. ^ "Feature Narrative: Special Correspondents". Tribeca Film Festival. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2016.