Sunshine on Leith (film)

Sunshine on Leith
Film poster
Directed byDexter Fletcher
Written byStephen Greenhorn
Produced byArabella Page Croft[1]
Kieran Parker[1]
Andrew Macdonald[1]
Allon Reich[1]
StarringPeter Mullan
Jane Horrocks
George MacKay
Antonia Thomas
Freya Mavor
Kevin Guthrie
CinematographyGeorge Richmond
Edited byStuart Gazzard
Music byPaul Englishby
Craig Reid
Charlie Reid
Production
companies
Distributed byEntertainment Film Distributors
Release dates
  • 9 September 2013 (2013-09-09) (TIFF)
  • 4 October 2013 (2013-10-04) (UK)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£4.1 million[2]

Sunshine on Leith is a 2013 British romantic musical film directed by Dexter Fletcher. It is an adaptation of the stage musical of the same name, a jukebox musical featuring songs by The Proclaimers.[3] It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[3][4]

The songs, arranged by musical director Paul Englishby,[5] are performed by the cast. The Proclaimers themselves appear in a brief cameo.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d "Sunshine on Leith (2013)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Sunshine on Leith". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Sunshine on Leith Special Presentation". tiff.net. Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Toronto Adds 75+ Titles To 2013 Edition". Indiewire. 13 August 2013. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  5. ^ Morgan, Emma (3 October 2013). "Sunshine On Leith". Total Film. Archived from the original on 23 January 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  6. ^ Brocklehurst, Steven (2 October 2013). "McMamma Mia: Proclaimers follow in Abba's musical footsteps". BBC News. BBC. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.