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{{Infobox film
| name           = Killing Bono
| image          = Killing Bono.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| 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)]]
| story          = [[Neil McCormick]] {{small|(novel)}}
| starring       = [[Ben Barnes (actor)|Ben Barnes]]<br />[[Robert Sheehan]]<br />[[Martin McCann]]
| music          = 
| cinematography = Kieran McGuigan
| editing        = Billy Sneddon
| studio         = [[Northern Ireland Screen]]
| distributor    = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|2011|4|1}}
| runtime        = 114 minutes
| country        = {{Film UK}}
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}
'''''Killing Bono''''' is a comedy film directed by Nick Hamm, based on [[Neil McCormick]]'s 2003 memoir ''Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8376077/Neil-McCormick-on-Killing-Bono.html |title=Neil McCormick on 'Killing Bono’ |author=Neil McCormick |publisher=telegraph.co.uk |date=2011-03-11 |accessdate=2011-06-09}}</ref>

The film loosely recreates the story of young Irish rocker McCormick and his younger 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 before his death.

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 the 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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