Sound of Metal

Sound of Metal
Sound of Metal
	Official release poster
Directed by	Darius Marder
Screenplay by	Darius Marder; Abraham Marder;
Story by	Darius Marder; Derek Cianfrance;
Produced by	Bill Benz; Kathy Benz; Bert Hamelinck; Sacha Ben Harroche;
Starring	Riz Ahmed; Olivia Cooke; Paul Raci; Lauren Ridloff; Mathieu Amalric;
Cinematography	Daniël Bouquet
Edited by	Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
Music by	Abraham Marder; Nicolas Becker;
Production; companies	Caviar; Ward Four; Flat 7 Productions;
Distributed by	Amazon Studios
Release dates	September 6, 2019 (TIFF); November 20, 2020 (United States);
Running time	120 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	American Sign Language; English;
Budget	$5.4 million
Box office	$516,520

Sound of Metal is a 2019 American drama film directed and co-written by Darius Marder. It stars Riz Ahmed as a metal drummer who loses his hearing, and also features Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, and Mathieu Amalric. Sound of Metal had its world premiere in the Platform Prize program at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2019. Amazon Studios released the film in theaters on November 20, 2020, and on Amazon Prime Video on December 4. The film was critically acclaimed, with particular praise for the performances of Ahmed and Raci, the sound design, the editing and Marder's direction and screenplay. It was listed on 52 film critics' top-ten lists for 2020. At the 93rd Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor (Ahmed) and Best Supporting Actor (Raci), and won for Best Sound and Best Film Editing.^[4]

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