In Bruges

In Bruges (2008)

Timing: 1:48 (108 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2008-02-08

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Production

Focus Features, Film4 Productions, Scion Films, Blueprint Pictures, Twins Financing

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Crime

Budget

$15 000 000

Revenue

$33 394 440

Website

http://www.filminfocus.com/film/in_bruges

Director

Martin McDonagh

Actors

Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy, Thekla Reuten, Jordan Prentice, Elizabeth Berrington, Jérémie Renier, Mark Donovan, Eric Godon
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Scenario

Producer

Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Tessa Ross, Jeff Abberley, Julia Blackman

Operator

Eigil Bryld

Composer

Carter Burwell

Artist

Tim Browning

Audition

Jina Jay

Editing

Jon Gregory
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• The word “Fuck” in various forms is uttered 137 times in the film.
• The idea for the film came to Martin McDonagh after he visited Bruges and experienced two conflicting feelings: deep delight and terrible boredom. Hence the different attitude towards the city of the two main characters.
• To create a resort atmosphere, Christmas decorations remained on some streets of Bruges until the end of March. The city council issued an official statement to the people of Bruges explaining the reason.
• In the film, Colin Farrell's character says he grew up in Dublin. In real life, Colin is actually from there.
• The joke about Tottenham that appears in the film, when the characters played by Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are standing in the Groeninge Museum near Hieronymus Bosch's triptych 'The Last Judgment,' refers to the Tottenham Hotspur football club.
• To obtain the weapon, Harry gives Ken the address Raamstraat 17 over the phone. In reality, the scene of the meeting with Yuri was filmed at the intersection of Spinolarei and Verversdijk streets.
• Martin McDonagh came up with the idea for the film after visiting Bruges and experiencing two contradictory feelings: deep delight and terrible boredom.
• Filming took place in Belgium from February 2nd to March 28th, 2007.
• The joke about Tottenham that appears in the film, when the characters played by Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are standing in the Groninger Museum near Hieronymus Bosch's triptych "The Last Judgement," refers to the Tottenham Hotspur football club.