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{{Infobox film
| name           = Killing Bono
| image          = Killing Bono.jpg
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| director       = [[Nick Hamm]]
| producer       = Ian Flooks<br />Mark Huffam<br />Piers Tempest
| screenplay     = [[Dick Clement]]<br />[[Ian La Frenais]]<br />[[Simon Maxwell]]<br />[[Ben Bond (additional material)]]
(contracted; show full)r brother, Ivan, who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their secondary school friends form [[U2]] and become the biggest band in Ireland. The film stars [[Ben Barnes (actor)|Ben Barnes]] as Neil McCormick, [[Robert Sheehan]] as Ivan McCormick, and [[Martin McCann (actor)|Martin McCann]] as Irish singer [[Bono]].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535101/</ref> It also features the late [[Pete Postlethwaite]] in his final film role.

The movie, which was shot in Northern Ireland
,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8432048.stm |title='Killing Bono' shooting to begin |publisher=BBC News |date=2009-12-28 |accessdate=2010-02-15}}</ref>, was funded by [[Northern Ireland Screen]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/filming-of-killing-bono-underway-in-belfast-14651577.html |title=Filming of Killing Bono underway in Belfast - News, Film & TV |publisher=Belfasttelegraph.co.uk |date=2010-01-26 |accessdate=2010-02-15}}</ref> and was released by [[Paramount Pictures]] (the distributor of U2's previous film ''[[Rattle and Hum]]'') in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2011. Sony Music Entertainment released the movie's soundtrack worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/uk-ireland/paramount-takes-uk-rights-to-killing-bono-from-salt/5012977.article |title=Paramount Takes UK rights to Killing Bono from Salt |publisher=Screendaily.com |date=2010-04-22 |accessdate=2010-12-25}}</ref> The European premiere was held in Tthe Savoy Cinema in Dublin.<ref>http://www.meg.ie/killing-bono-premier/</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Ben Barnes (actor)|Ben Barnes]] as Neil McCormick
*[[Robert Sheehan]] as Ivan McCormick
*[[Pete Postlethwaite]] as Karl
*[[Krysten Ritter]] as Gloria
*[[David Fennelly]] as Frankie
*[[Charlie Cox]] 
*[[Ralph Brown]] as Leo
*[[Justine Waddell]] as Danielle 
*[[Luke Treadaway]] as Nick
*[[Martin McCann (actor)|Martin McCann]] as [[Bono]]
*[[Peter Serafinowicz]] as Hammond

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1535101|Killing Bono}}
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/killingbonomovie The Official ''Killing Bono'' Trailer]
* [http://www.flixelpix.com/?s=killing+bono ''Killing Bono'' Film Set Photos]

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[[Category:British films]]
[[Category:Irish films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]

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