100 Streets

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100 Streets
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British release poster
Directed byJim O'Hanlon
Written byLeon F. Butler
Produced byLeon F. Butler
Pippa Cross
Idris Elba
Ros Hubbard
Starring Idris Elba
Gemma Arterton
Charlie Creed-Miles
Franz Drameh
Kierston Wareing
Tom Cullen
Ken Stott
CinematographyPhilipp Blaubach
Edited byMark Eckersley
Chris Gill
Music byPaul Saunderson
Production
companies
CrossDay Productions Ltd.
Green Door Pictures
Kreo Films FZ
West Fiction Films
What's the Story
Distributed by Vertigo Releasing
Release dates
  • 8 June 2016 (2016-06-08)(Los Angeles)
  • 11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)(UK)
  • 13 January 2017 (2017-01-13)(US)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£3 million [1]
Box officeless than $372 [2]

100 Streets is a British drama film directed by Jim O'Hanlon and starring Idris Elba. It made its debut in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2016, before being released in American cinemas and on video-on-demand on 13 January 2017 by Samuel Goldwyn Films. [3]

Contents

Premise

The film consists of three separate stories that occur contemporaneously within a one-square mile area in London. In each story, the main character must deal with the consequences of his previous actions, as each man struggles to overcome obstacles in the path to a better life. One of the characters is Max, a former rugby captain for Team England and celebrity who struggles to keep his marriage together with his estranged wife, Emily. The film also follows a small time drug dealer named Kingsley, who through a chance encounter with an aging actor Terence, finds inspiration to escape his life of petty crime and his disapproving mother. Lastly, George is a gentle cab driver looking for the chance to adopt a child and build a family with his long suffering wife, Kathy. How each man deals with his personal challenges reveals how circumstance, accidental encounters and conscious decisions determine our fate.

Cast

Production

Writer and producer Leon Butler penned the script and also single-handedly raised the entire £3 million budget from private equity. [1]

Release

The film was released in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2016, and was released in the United States in theaters and on video-on-demand on 13 January 2017 by Samuel Goldwyn Films. [3]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 41%, based on 39 reviews, and an average score of 4.9/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "100 Streets strands its talented cast - led by a clearly overqualified Idris Elba - in the midst of a well-meaning but fatally contrived drama." [5] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 44%, based on reviews from 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [6]

Accolades

YearAssociationCategoryRecipient(s)Result
2017Diversity in Media AwardsMovie of the Year100 StreetsNominated

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