109 minutes – Drama
Language: English, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans
Festival release date: September 15, 2010 – Toronto International Film Festival
Release date: May 6, 2011
Canadian Distributor: Entertainment One
The Bang Bang Club was the name given to four young photographers: Greg Marinovich (Ryan Phillippe), Kevin Carter (Taylor Kitsch), Ken Oosterbroek (Frank Rautenbach) and Joao Silva (Neels Van Jaarsveld), whose photographs captured the final bloody days of white rule in South Africa. The film tells the remarkable and sometimes harrowing story of these young men – and the extraordinary extremes they went to in order to capture their pictures. Robin (Malin Akerman) is their photo-editor, who looked out for them, protected them and made sure their photographs were seen across the world. Based on the book by Marinovich and Silva, The Bang Bang Club tells the true story of these four young men, recounting their relationships with each other and the stresses, tensions and moral dilemmas of working in situations of extreme violence, pain and suffering. It is also the story of the final demise of apartheid and the birth of a new South Africa.
Crew:
Producer:
Daniel Iron
Lance Samuels
Executive Producer:
Laszlo Barna
Lal Bharwey
Ahmed Omar Carrim
Shabir Carrim
Kweku Mandela Amuah
Chris Ouwinga
Steven Silver
Neil Tabatznik
Patrice Theroux
Jannie van Wyk
Darryn Welch
Co-Producer:
Claire Welland
Director:
Steven Silver
Screenwriter:
Steven Silver
Story Editor:
Judith Rascoe
Cinematographer:
Miroslaw Baszak
Editor:
Ronald Sanders
Tad Seaborn
Composer:
Philip Miller
Production Designer:
Emilia Roux
Art Director:
Shane Bunce
Costume Designer:
Ruy Filipe
Cast:
Roles:
Ryan Phillippe Malin Akerman Taylor Kitsch
Neels van Jaarsveld
Frank Rautenbach
Nina Milner
Jessica Haines
Lika van den Bergh
Kgosi Mongake
Russel Savadier
Patrick Shai
Alf Khumalo
Craig Palm
Nick Boraine
Patrick Lyster
Kuutso Shilakwe
Vusi Kunene
Julian Rademeyer
Darren Kelfkens
Andy Stead
Greg Melvill-Smith
David Butler
Adrian Waldron
Geoffery Sekele
Kate Mbele
John Hogg
Israel Makoe
Fiona Ramsey
Ashley Mulheron
Neil Tabatznik
Jacques Gombault
Ashley Saunders
Eloiise Horjus
Katlego Bingwa
Greg Marinovich
Robin Comley
Kevin Carter
João
Ken
Samantha
Allie
Vivian
Patrick
Ronald
Pegleg
Alf Khumalo
Amir
Colin
Jim
K.K.
Petrus Maseko
Cape Town Reporter
Commanding Officer
Durban Reporter
Jacques Hugo
Journalist
Journalist 2
Local Man
Local Woman
Male Reporter
Man In White Shirt
Margy
Roxy
Mladen
Policeman
Sarel
Sheila
Smaller Boy
