Headhunters (film)

Headhunters
Headhunters
	Norwegian theatrical poster
Directed by	Morten Tyldum
Screenplay by	Lars Gudmestad; Ulf Ryberg
Based on	Hodejegerne; by Jo Nesbø
Produced by	Marianne Gray; Asle Vatn
Starring	Aksel Hennie; Synnøve Macody Lund; Nikolaj Coster-Waldau; Eivind Sander; Julie Ølgaard;
Cinematography	John Andreas Andersen
Edited by	Vidar Flataukan
Music by	Trond Bjerknes; Jeppe Kaas
Production; companies	Friland Film; Yellow Bird
Distributed by	Nordisk Film
Release dates	26 August 2011 (Norway); 4 November 2011 (Sweden);
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Norway
Languages	Norwegian; Danish
Budget	USD 3,636,887
Box office	USD 18,962,444

Headhunters (Norwegian: Hodejegerne) is a 2011 Norwegian action thriller film based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Jo Nesbø. The film was directed by Morten Tyldum and stars Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Synnøve Macody Lund. Hennie portrays the successful but insecure corporate recruiter Roger Brown who lives a double life as an art thief to fund his lavish lifestyle. He discovers that one of his job prospects owns a valuable painting and sets out to steal it.

Released in Norway on 26 August 2011, Headhunters was a box office success, receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews, and was nominated for multiple awards, including four Amanda Awards and a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

It is the highest-grossing Norwegian film in history.^[3]

^ Pål Marius Tingve (12 October 2010). "Aksel (34) klinte til med Garp (2)". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 April 2012.
^ "'Headhunters' (2012)". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
^ Christopher Rosen (October 27, 2011). "The Norwegian Film That's a Bigger Success Than 'Harry Potter' and 'Transformers'". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.

[dagbladet-1] Pål Marius Tingve (12 October 2010). "Aksel (34) klinte til med Garp (2)". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 April 2012.

[mojo-2] "'Headhunters' (2012)". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 15 June 2012.

[3] Christopher Rosen (October 27, 2011). "The Norwegian Film That's a Bigger Success Than 'Harry Potter' and 'Transformers'". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.

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