The Knife That Killed Me | |
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Directed by | Kit Monkman Marcus Romer |
Screenplay by | Marcus Romer Kit Monkman |
Based on | The Knife That Killed Me by Anthony McGowan |
Produced by | Thomas Mattinson Alan Latham |
Starring | Jack McMullen Reece Dinsdale Haruka Abe Andrew Dunn Oliver Lee Charles Mnene Josh Brown Thomas Teago Rosie Goddard Andrew Ellis Alfie Stewart Reece Douglas Richard Crehan |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures (UK) Focus Features (US) |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £3 million |
The Knife That Killed Me is a 2014 British drama film that was funded as a Kickstarter project.[1] The story about a teenage boy who becomes involved in knife crime was adapted from the novel by Anthony McGowan.[2] It was filmed in York, North Yorkshire in a purpose-built green screen stage at GSP Studios (at the former ARTTS International film school) at Bubwith,[3] entirely on green screens.[2] Production began in mid-February 2012[3] and filming began in mid-April.[4] The film was released on 24 October 2014.
A casting call for the role of Paul was posted on 26 October 2011[5] and another for 'Yorkshire-based teenagers' was posted on 9 January 2012;[6] the latter also states that Jeremy Zimmerman was the casting director.
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