Bronson (film)
2008 film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bronson is a 2008 British biographical[3] black comedy prison-drama film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, based on a script written by Refn and Brock Norman Brock. The film stars Tom Hardy as Michael Peterson, known from 1987 as Charles Bronson. The film follows the life of this prisoner, considered Britain's most violent criminal, who has been responsible for a dozen or so cases of hostage taking while incarcerated.[4] He was given the name Charles Bronson by his fight promoter, for his bare-knuckle fighting years.
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Directed by | Nicolas Winding Refn |
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Starring | Tom Hardy |
Cinematography | Larry Smith |
Edited by | Matthew Newman |
Music by | Johnny Jewel |
Production companies | Aramid Entertainment Str8jacket Creations EM Media 4DH Films Perfume Films |
Distributed by | Vertigo Films[1] |
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Running time | 92 minutes[2] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $230,000[citation needed] |
Box office | $2.3 million[1] |
Born into a respectable middle-class family, Peterson became known as one of the United Kingdom's most dangerous prisoners. Because of his violence, Bronson was repeatedly put into isolation or solitary confinement, which may have contributed to his emotional problems.