High-Rise
Synopsis
Based on the novel by J. G. Ballard: London, 1975. A slick apartment tower rises above the Thames, the beginnings of what will soon become the world's biggest financial hub. Dominating the landscape, it is simply called the HIGH-RISE... its address a mark of exclusivity.
Its newest resident is Robert Laing, an ambitious young doctor utterly seduced by the lifestyle and cutting-edge technology the high-rise has to offer. He is introduced to the seedy underbelly of the high-rise by Wilder, a charismatic provocateur. The cracks in this apparently flawless society grow rapidly, and Laing is shocked at the depravity he sees. Life in the high-rise quickly descends into madness and violence, and Laing finds himself amongst the marauding hordes of bloodthirsty tenants who take over the building, floor by floor.
Toronto International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2015
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 118 mins
- Director
- Ben Wheatley
- Producer
- Jeremy Thomas
- Co-Producer
- Co-Produced by Nick O'Hagan, Co-Producer: Alainée Kent
- Executive Producer
- Peter Watson, Thorsten Schumacher, Lizzie Francke, Sam Lavender, Anna Higgs, Gabriella Martinelli, Christopher Simon, Genevieve Lemal
- Editor
- Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump
- Screenwriter
- Amy Jump (screenplay), J.G. Ballard (novel)
- Director of Photography
- Laurie Rose
- Production Designer
- Mark Tildesley
- Sound
- Martin Pavey
- Music
- Clint Mansell
- Principal Cast
- Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 22nd April 2016
