Begin Again (film)

Begin Again
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Carney
Written by	John Carney
Produced by	Anthony Bregman Tobin Armbrust Judd Apatow
Starring	Keira Knightley Mark Ruffalo Hailee Steinfeld Adam Levine James Corden Yasiin Bey CeeLo Green Catherine Keener
Cinematography	Yaron Orbach
Edited by	Andrew Marcus
Music by	Gregg Alexander
Production companies	Exclusive Media Sycamore Pictures Black Label Media Likely Story Apatow Productions
Distributed by	The Weinstein Company
Release dates	September 7, 2013 (2013-09-07) (TIFF) June 27, 2014 (2014-06-27) (United States)
Running time	104 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$8 million[2]
Box office	$63.4 million[3]

Begin Again is a 2013 American musical comedy-drama film written and directed by John Carney and starring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. Knightley plays a singer-songwriter who is discovered by a struggling record label executive (Ruffalo) and collaborates with him to produce an album recorded in public locations all over New York City.

After the success of his 2007 musical film Once, Carney wrote the script for Begin Again in 2010 and employed Gregg Alexander to compose most of the film's music. With a US$8 million budget, production began in July 2012 with filming taking place in various locations around New York City. The film premiered in September 2013 at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released theatrically on June 27, 2014, in conjunction with the release of the film's soundtrack. It has grossed over $63 million worldwide and received mostly positive reviews from critics. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lost Stars".