In Bruges

In Bruges
Poster in the style of a picture postcard. There are three panels, each with a different character and a different picture of Bruge
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMartin McDonagh
Written byMartin McDonagh
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyEigil Bryld
Edited byJon Gregory
Music byCarter Burwell
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 17 January 2008 (2008-01-17) (Sundance Film Festival)
  • 8 February 2008 (2008-02-08) (United States)
  • 18 April 2008 (2008-04-18) (United Kingdom)
Running time
107 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million[3]
Box office$34.5 million[3]

In Bruges is a 2008 black comedy-drama crime thriller film directed and written by Martin McDonagh in his feature-length debut. It stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two London-based Irish hitmen hiding in Bruges, with Ralph Fiennes as their boss. The film is set and was filmed in Bruges, Belgium.[4][5]

In Bruges was the opening night film of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival[6] and opened in limited release in the United States on 8 February 2008. It garnered a box office of $34.5 million.

For his performance in the film, Farrell won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, while Gleeson was nominated in the same category.[7] McDonagh won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay[8] and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.[9]

  1. ^ "In Bruges (18)". British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). 28 November 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  2. ^ "In Bruges (2008)". British Film Institute (BFI). Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b "In Bruges". The Numbers. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. ^ "'In Bruges' star Gleeson coming off a big year". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  5. ^ "In Bruges, revisited – how they made a comedy classic". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  6. ^ "World premiere of Martin MacDonagh's in Bruges to open 2008 Sundance Film Festival". Sundance.org. 19 November 2007. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
  7. ^ "In Bruges". GoldenGlobes.org. HFPA. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Film – Original Screenplay in 2009". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  9. ^ "The 81St Academy Awards – 2009". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

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