Kill Your Darlings
“A true story of obsession and murder.”
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
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Cast
36 people
Daniel Radcliffe
Allen Ginsberg
Known for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Woman in Black
Dane DeHaan
Lucien Carr
Known for
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Chronicle
Michael C. Hall
David Kammerer
Known for
Dexter
Six Feet Under
Jack Huston
Jack Kerouac
Known for
Boardwalk Empire
Spider-Noir
Ben Foster
William Burroughs
Known for
Pandorum
Warcraft
David Cross
Louis Ginsberg
Known for
Arrested Development
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Naomi Ginsberg
Known for
The Hateful Eight
Annihilation
Elizabeth Olsen
Edie Parker
Known for
WandaVision
Godzilla
John Cullum
Professor Steeves
Known for
Before We Go
Northern Exposure
Brenda Wehle
Permissions Librarian
Known for
American Beauty
NOS4A2
Erin Darke
Gwendolyn
Known for
Still Alice
Good Girls Revolt
Craig Chester
Businessman
Also in
Adam & Steve
Swoon
John Krokidas Director · Austin Bunn Screenplay Nico Muhly Composer
Worldwide gross $1.6M · Budget $5.6M · United States release October 16, 2013
Box office
Budget
$5,600,000
Worldwide gross
$1,600,000
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Killer Films
Production
Sunny Field Entertainment
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 18, 2013
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · October 16, 2013
Theatrical
Australia
February 11, 2014 · Physical · DVD
Canada
September 10, 2013 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
November 8, 2013 · Limited theatrical
France
June 15, 2014 · Premiere · Champs-Élysées Film Festival
September 28, 2015 · Digital
Germany
October 16, 2013 · Premiere · Filmfest Homochrom
January 30, 2014 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 19, 2013 · Premiere · Jameson CineFest International Film Festival
Ireland
November 16, 2013 · Premiere · Cork International Film Festival
Italy
September 1, 2013 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
October 17, 2013 · Theatrical
Japan
June 27, 2014 · Physical · DVD
Mexico
October 16, 2013 · Limited theatrical
Netherlands
November 1, 2013 · Premiere · Amsterdam Film Week
November 2, 2013 · Premiere · Leiden International Film Festival
Poland
October 25, 2013 · Premiere · American Film Festival
Portugal
September 19, 2013 · Premiere
Sweden
October 16, 2013 · Limited theatrical
United Kingdom
October 17, 2013 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
December 6, 2013 · Theatrical
March 26, 2014 · Physical
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