2023 British film
| Greatest Days |
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| Directed by | Coky Giedroyc |
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| Written by | Tim Firth |
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| Produced by |
- Danny Perkins
- Kate Solomon
- Jane Hooks
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| Cinematography | Mike Eley |
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| Edited by | Mark Davies |
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| Music by | Oli Julian
Nick Foster |
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| Distributed by | Bron Releasing |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Language | English |
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Greatest Days is a 2023 British musical film based on the Take That jukebox musical of the same name (originally titled The Band), directed by Coky Giedroyc and written by Tim Firth.[1] The film was released on 16 June 2023.[2]
Plot
Four friends, who have not seen each other for 25 years, reunite after one of them wins tickets to a reunion concert of their childhood favourite band. Then learn to get over the death of the fifth friend.
Cast
Production
Producing the film are Danny Perkins, Kate Solomon and Jane Hooks. Executive producers include Take That themselves, Damian Jones of DJ Films, Tobias Gutzwiller of SPG3, David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers who produced the original musical, and Joe Naftalin.[1]
In March 2022, it was announced Aisling Bea would star in the film alongside Alice Lowe, Amaka Okafor, Jayde Adams, Marc Wootton, Matthew McNulty, Lara McDonnell, Jessie Mae Alonzo, Nandi Sawyers-Hudson, Carragon Guest, and Eliza Dobson. Aaron Bryan, Dalvin Cory, Joshua Jung, Mark Samaras and Mervin Noronha would make up the film's fictional boy band.[1]
Principal photography took place in Clitheroe, Lancashire in April 2022 before moving to Athens.[3]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 75% of 20 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.9/10.[4]
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