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Directed by | Iain Forsyth Jane Pollard |
Produced by | Dan Bowen Alex Dunnett James Wilson |
Written by | Iain Forsyth Jane Pollard Nick Cave |
Music by | Warren Ellis |
Cinematography | Erik Wilson |
Edited by | Jonathan Amos |
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Distributed by | Drafthouse Films |
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95 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | $2,095,156 |
20,000 Days on Earth is a 2014 British documentary musical drama film co-written and directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard.Nick Cave also co-wrote the script with Forsyth and Pollard. The film premiered in-competition in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on 20 January 2014. It won two Awards at the festival.
After its premiere at Sundance Film Festival, Drafthouse Films acquired distribution rights of the film. The film released on 17 September 2014 in United States.
The film depicts a fictitious 24-hour period in the life of Australian musician, model, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and actor Nick Cave, prior to and during the recording of his 2013 album Push the Sky Away.
The film also premiered at 64th Berlin International Film Festival in Panorama Dokumente section, in February 2014 and at the 2014 True/False Film Festival. It also served as the opening night film at 2014 Sydney Film Festival on 4 June 2014.
It was released on 19 September 2014 in United Kingdom.
20,000 Days on Earth received general acclaim upon its premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 97% of 38 film critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 7.4 out of 10. On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 reviews from film critics, the film holds an average score of 84, based on 15 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".