Kill Your Darlings (2013 film)

Kill Your Darlings
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Krokidas
Screenplay byJohn Krokidas
Austin Bunn
Story byAustin Bunn
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyReed Morano
Edited byBrian A. Kates
Music byNico Muhly
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release dates
  • January 18, 2013 (2013-01-18) (Sundance)
  • October 16, 2013 (2013-10-16) (United States)
Running time
104 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5.6 million
Box office$1.6 million[2][3]

Kill Your Darlings is a 2013 American biographical drama film written by Austin Bunn and directed by John Krokidas[4] in his feature film directorial debut. The film had its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, garnering positive first reactions. It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival,[5] and it had a limited theatrical North American release from October 16, 2013.[6] Kill Your Darlings became available on Blu-ray and DVD in the US on March 18, 2014, and then in the UK on April 21, 2014.[7]

The story is about the college days of some of the early members of the Beat Generation (Lucien Carr, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac), their interactions, and Carr's killing of his long-time friend David Kammerer in Riverside Park in Manhattan, New York City.

  1. ^ "'KILL YOUR DARLINGS (15)". The Works. British Board of Film Classification. October 21, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  2. ^ "Kill Your Darlings". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  3. ^ "Kill Your Darlings". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "Kill Your Darlings". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  5. ^ "Toronto film festival 2013: the full line-up". The Guardian. July 23, 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  6. ^ Chitwood, Adam (June 7, 2013). "KILL YOUR DARLINGS Set for October 18th Release; Matthew McConaughey's DALLAS BUYERS CLUB Opens December 6th". collider.com. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  7. ^ "Kill Your Darlings 2013 - Movie Rental & DVD Release Dates". Archived from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2014.

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