| London Road | |
| Director: | Rufus Norris |
| Producer: | Dixie Linder |
| Music: | Adam Cork |
| Cinematography: | Danny Cohen |
| Editing: | John Wilson |
| Distributor: | Picturehouse Entertainment |
| Runtime: | 91 minutes[1] |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | £3,000,000 |
| Gross: | £216,000[2] |
London Road is a 2015 British musical mystery crime drama film directed by Rufus Norris and written by Adam Cork and Alecky Blythe based on their National Theatre musical of the same name, which in turn is based on the interviews about the Steve Wright killings. The film stars Olivia Colman, Anita Dobson and Tom Hardy.
The film was selected to be shown in the to City section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]
The film was shot in Bexley in London. A number of cast members from the original production reprise their roles in the film, including Fleetwood, Burt, Moore, Shaeffer, Thornley, Fowler, and Holder.
The live film premiere was screened in cinemas across the UK as part of National Theatre Live on 9 June 2015 and was released on 12 June 2015.[4]
London Road received generally positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports 76% of 67 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Equal parts enthralling and unsettling, London Road uses an unusual documentary/musical hybrid to tell a grim true-life tale."[5]
The film's choreographer, Javier de Frutos, was nominated for and won the 2017 Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Choreography in a Feature Film, beating fellow nominees Beauty and the Beast and La La Land. The film was nominated for two awards at the London Film Critics Circle Awards 2015 and won one: