Greatest Days (film)

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Greatest Days
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Film poster
Directed by Coky Giedroyc
Written by Tim Firth
Produced by
  • Danny Perkins
  • Kate Solomon
  • Jane Hooks
CinematographyMike Eley
Edited byMark Davies
Music byOli Julian
Nick Foster
Production
companies
  • Elysian Film Group
  • SPG3
Distributed byBron Releasing
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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]

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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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References

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