Killing Bono

Killing Bono is a 2011 British-Irish comedy film directed by Nick Hamm, based on Neil McCormick's 2003 memoir Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger.

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• Killing bono movie official trailer 2011 hd
• The official killing bono trailer
• Cast
• Production
• References

The film loosely recreates the story of young Irish rocker McCormick and his younger brother, Ivan, who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their secondary school friends form U2 and become the biggest band in the world. The film stars Ben Barnes as Neil McCormick, Robert Sheehan as Ivan McCormick and Martin McCann as Irish singer Bono. It marked the final film role of Pete Postlethwaite, who died three months before its release. In the movie the 3rd Croke Park concert 1987 is referenced when on the morning of 27 June 1987, Bono asks Neil McCormick to support the gig on The Joshua Tree Tour.

Cast

Ben Barnes as Neil

Robert Sheehan as Ivan

Martin McCann as Bono

Stanley Townsend as Danny

Pete Postlethwaite as Karl

Krysten Ritter as Gloria

Peter Serafinowicz as Hammond

Hugh O'Conor as Gary

Aidan McArdle as Bill

Luke Treadaway as Nick

Justine Waddell as Danielle

Ralph Brown as Leo

Production

The film was shot in Northern Ireland, was funded by Northern Ireland Screen and was released by Paramount Pictures (the distributor of U2's film Rattle and Hum) in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2011. Sony Music Entertainment released the movie's soundtrack worldwide. The European premiere was held in the Savoy Cinema in Dublin.