Film · 2015

High-Rise

Name: High-Rise
Genre: Action, Drama, Science fiction
Released: 2016-03-18
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Michael Condron, Toby Williams, Keeley Hawes, Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons

Directed by Ben Wheatley · starring Michael Condron, Toby Williams and Keeley Hawes

1 h 58 min
15
Action · Drama · Science fiction
UK
Released in the UK 17 March 2016

6.2 AverageMovieNCo
6.2 Users8 votes
6.2 Critics14 reviews

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Synopsis

'High-Rise' is a science fiction film based on the novel by J. G. Ballard. Located in London, 1975. Robert Laing is a young doctor, seduced by a luxury lifestyle and high social class, living in a community isolated from the rest of society as a luxury apartment building, along with its creator the architect Anthony Real. He lives on the 25th floor of the building. Laing discovers a world of quite complex loyalties, besides starting a relationship with a Royal's devoted aide, Charlotte. Laing befriends Richard Wilder, a director of documentaries frustrated living on the second floor. This friendship will start a break in the perfect high class, provoking a dangerous and violent social situation.

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Runtime: 118 min1 hour and 58 minutes
Box office: £1.5min UK
Rating: 15Suitable only for 15 years and over

How long is High-Rise?: 1 hour and 58 minutes (118 minutes).
When was High-Rise released in the UK?: It was released in the UK on 17 March 2016.
Who directed High-Rise?: Ben Wheatley.
Who is in High-Rise?: It stars Michael Condron, Toby Williams, Keeley Hawes and Tom Hiddleston.
Where can I watch High-Rise?: In the UK you can watch it with a channel on Apple TV and a channel on Prime Video.
How much did High-Rise make?: It took £1.5 million in UK.

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Cast

Full cast (27)

Director: Ben Wheatley
Writers: Amy Jump
Producers: Anna Higgs, Geneviève Lemal, Jeremy Thomas

Videos and trailers

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'High-Rise' Trailer 2:1617 March 2016

Photos and posters

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+24 photosand 12 posters

Reviews

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What the critics say average 6.2 from 14

8.3 HitfixDrew McWeeny Wheatley is all about control of tone and how he's using this big obvious metaphor. His film is alive with human behavior, heightened at times and stylized as hell, but alive and identifiable and… Read
8.2 El MundoCarlos Reviriego An kubrickian and ambitious journey to the heart of dementia. (...) The impact that the film (...) places the British director in another league, determined to compete with the greatest filmmakers… Read
8.0 The TelegraphTim Robey Ballard?s concept is meticulously, lovingly recreated, like a museum exhibit of itself. But the tone is always more playful than it is disturbing, a walled-off black joke which opts out of saying… Read

Box office

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UK £1.5m

Soundtrack

All 14 songs

Co Co PinoDeutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
Fly UnitedAmon Düül II Spotify
Sailing ByPublished Mozart Edition, Great Britain, Ltd, The Perry, Gardner Orchestra Spotify
Industrial EstatePublished Bicycle Music Company, Inc, The Fall Spotify

Trivia

Tom Hiddleston spent time with a forensic pathologist to prepare for his role since his character, Dr. Robert Laing, is a physiologist.
'High-Rise' has been a stalled passion project for producer Jeremy Thomas for decades. It was once deemed "unfilmable."
When Jeremy Thomas first bought the rights back in 1975, he intended for Nicolas Roeg to direct.
At one point, Vincenzo Natali was attached to direct this movie.
Elisabeth Moss said that the most difficult thing for her when preparing for High-Rise was to speak in a convincing British accent since she was American.