Bronson (film)

Bronson
UK theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nicolas Winding Refn
Written by	Brock Norman Brock Nicolas Winding Refn
Produced by	Rupert Preston Danny Hansford
Starring	Tom Hardy
Cinematography	Larry Smith
Edited by	Matthew Newman
Music by	Johnny Jewel
Production companies	Aramid Entertainment Str8jacket Creations EM Media 4DH Films Perfume Films
Distributed by	Vertigo Films[1]
Release dates	17 October 2008 (2008-10-17) (BFI London Film Festival) 13 March 2009 (2009-03-13) (United Kingdom)
Running time	92 minutes[2]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$230,000[citation needed]
Box office	$2.3 million[1]

Bronson is a 2008 British biographical^[3] black comedy prison-drama film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, based on a script written by Refn and Brock Norman Brock. The film stars Tom Hardy as Michael Peterson, known from 1987 as Charles Bronson. The film follows the life of this prisoner, considered Britain's most violent criminal, who has been responsible for a dozen or so cases of hostage taking while incarcerated.^[4] He was given the name Charles Bronson by his fight promoter, for his bare-knuckle fighting years.

Born into a respectable middle-class family, Peterson became known as one of the United Kingdom's most dangerous prisoners. Because of his violence, Bronson was repeatedly put into isolation or solitary confinement, which may have contributed to his emotional problems.