9 Songs

9 Songs (2004)

Timing: 1:10 (70 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2004-07-16

Country

United Kingdom

Production

Revolution Films

Genre

Drama, Music, Romance

Budget

$1 000 000

Revenue

$1 574 623

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Director

Michael Winterbottom

Actors

Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Alex Kapranos, Guy Garvey, Robert Levon Been, Peter Hayes, Gruff Rhys, Jason Stollsteimer, Marcie Bolen
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Scenario

Michael Winterbottom

Producer

Michael Winterbottom, Andrew Eaton

Operator

Marcel Zyskind

Composer

Artist

Audition

Steve Daly, Julie Dunne

Editing

Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross
All team (26)

• The film's premiere at the Cannes Film Festival was accompanied by a loud scandal – many considered '9 Songs' to be outright pornography.
• Margo Still did not want her name to appear in the film's credits and asked the director to replace it with the name of her character – Lisa.
• This is the first British film with strong sexual content to be recognized as part of the mainstream, rather than a specialized, film circuit.
• It is also the first film bordering on pornography to be released legally in Irish cinemas.
• The film was shot entirely on a digital video camera.
• During the filming of the intimate scenes, Michael Winterbottom removed all crew members from the set, leaving only the most essential personnel – the cinematographer and sound engineer.
• Kieran O’Brien and Margo Still did not communicate with each other during the filming of the movie.
• The film's premiere at the Cannes Film Festival was accompanied by a loud scandal – many considered '9 Songs' to be outright pornography.