CHRISTINE (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Rebecca Hall (The Gift), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Tracy Letts (Wiener-Dog), Maria Dizzia (Martha Marcy May Marlene), J. Smith-Cameron (Mighty Aphrodite), John Cullum (The Notorious Bettie Page), Timothy Simons (Goosebumps), Kim Shaw (Did You Hear About The Morgans?)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Antonio Campos (Simon Killer), director; Craig Shilowich (film debut), writer, producer; Melody C. Roscher (James White), producer; Danny Bensi (The Gift) and Saunder Jurriaans (Enemy), composers; Joe Anderson (The Benefactor), cinematographer; Sofía Subercaseaux (Nasty Baby), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Christine Chubbuck (Hall), a 1970s television reporter, struggles with depression that eventually becomes so severe, that she soon decides to make a final stand on live TV…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Rebecca Hall is chilling as the real-life journalist whose on-air actions marked a seriously disturbing footnote in the history of live television.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 27TH JANUARY 2017

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