12 YEARS A SLAVE
synopsis
In Saratoga Springs, New York, 1841, Solomon Northup is a free man making his living as a musician. After accepting a job offer from two men to play for a circus, he soon finds himself kidnapped, transported to the South and sold into slavery. Forced to take a new name, he is thrown together with other enslaved African Americans, each suffering the horrors of gruelling labour, daily humiliations, and families torn apart. But for Northup, there is the added nightmare of remembering the freedom and identity he so recently enjoyed.
international title: | 12 Years a Slave |
original title: | 12 Years a Slave |
country: | United States, United Kingdom |
sales agent: | Summit Entertainment, a Lionsgate company |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Steve McQueen |
film run: | 133' |
release date: | DE 31/10/2013, GR 12/12/2013, ES 13/12/2013, SE 20/12/2013, FR 22/01/2014, FI 24/01/2014, UK 24/01/2014, NO 31/01/2014, NL 20/02/2014, DK 27/02/2014 |
screenplay: | John Ridley |
cast: | Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Sarah Paulson, Lupita Nyong'o |
cinematography by: | Sean Bobbitt |
film editing: | Joe Walker |
art director: | Adam Stockhausen |
costumes designer: | Patricia Norris |
music: | Hans Zimmer |
producer: | Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad |
production: | Film4, Plan B Entertainment, New Regency Pictures, River Road Entertainment |
distributor: | Mars Films Distribution, Independent Films, Tobis Film, DeAPlaneta, eOne entertainmentOne |