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Kill Your Darlings

Theatrical release poster

Directed by John Krokidas

Produced by Michael Benaroya

Christine Vachon

Rose Ganguzza

John Krokidas

Screenplay by John Krokidas

Austin Bunn

Story by Austin Bunn

Starring Daniel Radcliffe

Dane DeHaan

Ben Foster

Michael C. Hall

Jack Huston

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Elizabeth Olsen

Music by Nico Muhly

Cinematography Reed Morano

Editing by Brian A. Kates

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kill Your Darlingsis a 2013 American biographical drama

film written by Austin Bunn and directed by John Krokidas

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,[4]and it had a limited theatrical

North American release from October 16, 2013.[5]Kill Your

Darlingsalso became available on Blu-ray and DVD, March

18, 2014 in the US, followed by its UK release on April 21,

2014.[6]

The story is about the college days of some of the earliest

members of the Beat Generation, their interactions, and a

killing that took place.

1 Plot

2 Cast

3 Production

4 Release

4.1 Critical reaction5 Accolades

6 See also

7 References

8 External links

As a young man in the 1940s, poet Allen Ginsberg wins aplace at Columbia University in New York City. He arrives

as a very inexperienced freshman, but soon runs into Lucien

Carr, who is very anti-establishment and rowdy.

After a while, Ginsberg discovers that Carr only manages to

stay at Columbia thanks to a somewhat older man, a teacher,

David Kammerer, who writes all of his term papers for him,

and seems perhaps to have been an ex-lover of Carr's. It

appears that Kammerer is still in love with Carr, but it also

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John Cullum as Professor Steeves

In 2008, while performingEquuson Broadway, Daniel Radcliffe auditioned and got the part of Ginsberg.

Radcliffe went on to film the last twoHarry Potterfilms,Deathly Hallows Part 1and Part 2, and with him

unavailable for filming, Chris Evans, Jesse Eisenberg, and Ben Whishaw were cast without Radcliffe. Shortly

after, financing for the film fell through. When director John Krokidas started production on the film again, heoffered the role of Ginsberg back to Radcliffe.

Critical reaction

Kill Your Darlingshas received generally positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten

Tomatoes gives a 76% rating based on reviews from 123 critics, with an average score of 6.6/10. The site's

consensus states: "Bolstered by the tremendous chemistry between Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan, Kill

Your Darlingscasts a vivid spotlight on an early chapter in the story of the Beat Generation".[7]On Metacritic,

which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the film has a score of 65 based on

36 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]

The Daily Telegraphgranted the film a score of three out of five stars, stating that, "Unlike Walter Salles's

recent adaptation of On the Road, which embraced the Beat philosophy with a wide and credulous grin, Kill

Your Darlingsis inquisitive about the movement's worth, and the genius of its characters is never assumed".[9]

Reviewing Kill Your Darlingsafter its showing at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, critic Damon Wise of The

Guardianlauded the film for being "the real deal, a genuine attempt to source the beginning of America's first

true literary counterculture of the 20th century". Kill Your Darlings, wrote Wise, "creates a true sense of energy

and passion, for once eschewing the clacking of typewriter keys to show artists actually talking, devising, andultimately daring each other to create and innovate. And though it begins as a murder-mystery, Kill Your

Darlings may be best described as an intellectual moral maze, a story perfectly of its time and yet one that still

resonates today." Wise awarded the film four out of five stars.[10]Justin Chang of Varietywrote, "A mysterious

Beat Generation footnote is fleshed out with skilled performances, darkly poetic visuals and a vivid rendering of

1940s academia in 'Kill Your Darlings.' Directed with an assured sense of style that pushes against the narrow

confines of its admittedly fascinating story, John Krokidas' first feature feels adventurous yet somewhat

hemmed-in as it imagines a vortex of jealousy, obsession and murder that engulfed Allen Ginsberg, William S.

Burroughs and Jack Kerouac in the early days of their literary revolution."[11]


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Awards

AwardDate of

ceremonyCategory

Recipients and

nomineesResult

BFI London Film FestivalOctober 19,2013

Sutherland Trophy John Krokidas Nominated

Gotham Awards[12]December 2,2013

Best BreakthroughActor

Dane DeHaan Nominated

Hamptons International

Film Festival[13]October 12,2013

Breakthrough PerformerDane DeHaan Won

Jack Huston Won

Palm Springs International

Film Festival[14]January 5,2013

Directors to Watch John Krokidas Won

Sundance Film Festival[15]January 26,2013

Grand Jury Prize Nominated

Venice Film Festival[16]September 7,2013

The Venice DaysInternational Award

Won

And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, a collaborative novel by Burroughs and Kerouac inspired by

the events depicted in the film.

^" 'KILL YOUR DARLINGS (15)"(http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/kill-your-darlings-film) . The Works. British

Board of Film Classification. October 21, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2014.

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Retrieved November 19, 2013.

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^"Kill Your Darlings" (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=killyourdarlings.htm) .Box Office

Mojo. Retrieved February 3, 2014.

3.

^"Toronto film festival 2013: the full line-up" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jul/23/toronto-film-festival-

lineup) . The Guardian. 2013-07-23. Retrieved 2013-11-18.

4.

^Chitwood, Adam (June 7, 2013). "KILL YOUR DARLINGS Set for October 18th Release; Matthew

McConaugheys DALLAS BUYERS CLUB Opens December 6th" (http://collider.com/kill-your-darlings-release-

date-dallas-buyers-club-release-date/) . collider.com. Retrieved June 8, 2013.

5.

^"Kill Your Darlings 2013 - Movie Rental & DVD Release Dates" (http://www.ondvdreleases.com/1835-kill-your-

darlings-dvd-release-date.html) . http://www.ondvdreleases.com . Retrieved February 11, 2014.

6.

^"Kill Your Darlings (2013)" (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kill_your_darlings_2013/) . Rotten Tomatoes.

Retrieved March 6, 2013.

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^"Kill Your Darlings" (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/kill-your-darlings) . Metacritic. Retrieved October 16,

2013.

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^Collin, Robbie (September 5, 2013). "Kill Your Darlings, Venice Film Festival, review"9.


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(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/venice-film-festival/10288843/Kill-Your-Darlings-Venice-Film-Festival-

review.html) . The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved September 12, 2013.

^Wise, Damon (January 20, 2013). "Sundance film festival 2013: Kill Your Darlings - first look review"

(http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jan/20/sundance-film-festival-review-kill-your-darlings) . The Guardian

(London). Retrieved January 20, 2013.

10.

^Chang, Justin (January 18, 2013). "Sundance film festival 2013: Kill Your Darlings - first look review"

(http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117949009/) . Variety. Retrieved January 18, 2013.

11.

^Schoenbrun, Dan (24 October 2013). "Nominees Announced for the 23rd Annual Gotham Independent Film

Awards By IFP" (http://www.ifp.org/press/nominees-announced-for-the-23rd-annual-gotham-independent-

film-awards-by-ifp/) . Independent Filmmaker Project. Retrieved 17 November 2013.

12.

^"Varietys 10 Actors to Watch Honored at Hamptons Film Festival" (http://variety.com/2013/scene/news/varietys-

10-actors-to-watch-honored-at-hamptons-film-festival-1200718938/) . Variety. PMC. 12 October 2013. Retrieved

17 November 2013.

13.

^Janosik, Erin (6 August 2013). "WATCH: Daniel Radcliffe in Kill Your Darlings Teaser"

(http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/watch-daniel-radcliffe-in-kill-your-darlings-teaser/) .BBC

America. BBC Worldwide. Retrieved 17 November 2013.

14.

^"Kill Your Darlings slays Venice" (http://www.news.cornell.edu/essentials/2013/09/kill-your-darlings-slays-

venice) . Cornell Chronicle. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.

15.

^"The Venice Days International Award goes to Kill Your Darlings" (http://www.venice-days.com

/NEWS.asp?id_dettaglio=355&lang=eng) . Venice Days. 07/09/2013.

16.

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Kill Your Darlings(http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=killyourdarlings.htm) at Box Office

Mojo

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