Saltburn (film)
Saltburn is a 2023 dark comedy thriller film written, directed, and produced by Emerald Fennell, starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe and Carey Mulligan. Set in Oxford and Northamptonshire, it focuses on a student at the University of Oxford who becomes fixated with a popular, aristocratic fellow student, who later invites him to spend the summer at his eccentric family's estate.
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7.0Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.
Released: 2023-11-16131 minDir: Emerald FennellDrama, Comedy, ThrillerBudget: $20.0MBox office: $21.0M
Cast
- Barry Keoghan as Oliver Quick
- Jacob Elordi as Felix Catton
- Rosamund Pike as Elspeth Catton
- Richard E. Grant as Sir James Catton
- Alison Oliver as Venetia Catton
- Archie Madekwe as Farleigh Start
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Saltburn is a 2023 dark comedy thriller film written, directed, and produced by Emerald Fennell, starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe and Carey Mulligan. Set in Oxford and Northamptonshire, it focuses on a student at the University of Oxford who becomes fixated with a popular, aristocratic fellow student, who later invites him to spend the summer at his eccentric family's estate.
Saltburn premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on 31 August 2023. It was released in cinemas in the United Kingdom on 17 November 2023 and in select cinemas in the United States on the same day. The film had its US wide release on 22 November before its streaming release by Amazon Prime Video on 22 December, on which it became one of the most-streamed films. The film received critical acclaim (particularly for the performances of Keoghan and Pike, production design, score, and cinematography) and was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and five BAFTA Film Awards.