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9 Songs

  • 20042004
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  • 1h 11m
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Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)
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In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts.In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts.In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts.
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
23K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,844
25
  • Director
    • Michael Winterbottom
  • Writer
    • Michael Winterbottom(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Kieran O'Brien
    • Margo Stilley
    • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club(uncredited)
Top credits
  • Director
    • Michael Winterbottom
  • Writer
    • Michael Winterbottom(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Kieran O'Brien
    • Margo Stilley
    • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club(uncredited)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 227User reviews
    • 127Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    9 Songs
    Trailer 2:06
    9 Songs

    Photos64

    Kieran O'Brien, Michael Winterbottom, and Margo Stilley at an event for 9 Songs (2004)
    Kieran O'Brien at an event for 9 Songs (2004)
    Kieran O'Brien at an event for 9 Songs (2004)
    Margo Stilley at an event for 9 Songs (2004)
    Michael Winterbottom at an event for 9 Songs (2004)
    Michael Winterbottom at an event for 9 Songs (2004)
    Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)
    Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)
    Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)
    Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)
    Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)
    Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)

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    Kieran O'Brien
    Kieran O'Brien
    • Mattas Matt
    Margo Stilley
    Margo Stilley
    • Lisaas Lisa
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    • Themselvesas Themselves
    • (uncredited)
    Don Blum
    • Selfas Self
    • (uncredited)
    Marcie Bolen
    • Selfas Self
    • (uncredited)
    Huw Bunford
    • Self - Super Furry Animalsas Self - Super Furry Animals
    • (uncredited)
    Cian Ciaran
    • Self - Super Furry Animalsas Self - Super Furry Animals
    • (uncredited)
    The Dandy Warhols
    • Themselvesas Themselves
    • (uncredited)
    Elbow
    • Themselvesas Themselves
    • (uncredited)
    Franz Ferdinand
    Franz Ferdinand
    • Themselvesas Themselves
    • (uncredited)
    Guy Garvey
    • Self - Elbowas Self - Elbow
    • (uncredited)
    Bobby Gillespie
    Bobby Gillespie
    • Self - Primal Screamas Self - Primal Scream
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Hardy
    • Self - Franz Ferdinandas Self - Franz Ferdinand
    • (uncredited)
    Peter Hayes
    • Self - Black Rebel Motorcycle Clubas Self - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    • (uncredited)
    Dafydd Ieuan
    • Self - Super Furry Animals)as Self - Super Furry Animals)
    • (uncredited)
    Nick Jago
    • Self - Black Rebel Motorcycle Clubas Self - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Jupp
    • Self - Elbowas Self - Elbow
    • (uncredited)
    Alex Kapranos
    • Self - Franz Ferdinandas Self - Franz Ferdinand
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Michael Winterbottom
    • Writer
      • Michael Winterbottom(uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley did not communicate with each other between filming so that their off-screen relationship would not affect the one they had on screen.
    • Goofs
      (at around 11 mins) The boom mic momentarily drops down into the scene and pulls back up while Lisa asks "Do you think I look like a boy?"
    • Quotes

      Matt: Exploring the Antarctic is like exploring space. You enter a void, thousands of miles, with no people, no animals, no plants. You're isolated in a vast, empty continent. Claustrophobia and agoraphobia in the same place, like two people in a bed.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening title and the closing credits appear to be pieces of cut film or paper placed together to form the words.
    • Alternate versions
      Unrated Edited Version on DVD in USA removes the explicit sex, but it still too graphic for an R rating.
    • Connections
      Featured in Nip/Tuck: Liz Cruz (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Whatever Happened To My Rock and Roll
      (Live)

      Performed by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Peter Hayes, Robert Turner,

      Nick Jago)

      Composed by Peter Hayes / Robert Turner (as Robert Been) / Nick Jago (as Nicholas Jago)

      © BRMC Music / WB Music Corp by kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Ltd

      Courtesy of Virgin Records Limited / Virgin Records America, Inc

    User reviews227

    Review
    Top review
    Rock and Roll
    When I saw Scorsese's "Last Waltz," I thought that I would never again see a concert film as true. And I haven't, until now.

    The Band were the last popular musicians to tell stories, have nearly all those stories be in the third person and tell them without irony. To do this is impossible today, or at least non- commercial. Scorsese is a flawed filmmaker, his flaw being that he is overly invested in character-driven storytelling. The two: Band and Marty, were a perfect mix: cinematic rock. Pure, without that nightmare stew of MTV videos.

    Now along comes Winterbottom. Nearly all viewers will be unable to accept a movie with sex in it as anything but a movie about sex. Shame on them. Confront it folks. That's his point: why is it so difficult to accept the difference?

    But the hangups of the viewing public are less interesting to me than the way he constructed this experiment. It is a rock concert (with a Nyman interlude). Nine songs, with us participating in the songs themselves, participating in the going to the concerts to listen to the songs, and participating in the experience that the songs are about: namely obsessive sex. And also, remembering (or even inventing the memory of) the sex, drugs and rock and roll we've seen. This latter is done by our hero in Antarctica. He serves as narrator, by the way.

    Thankfully, this intense sex avoids the theatrics of "Damage," and works to be as genuine as possible emotionally.

    Is it a good movie? Could it change your life? Will it change cinema forever?

    Probably yes.

    Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.
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    • tedg
    • Jul 10, 2005

    FAQ1

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 11, 2005 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ice
    • Filming locations
      • Brixton Academy - 211 Stockwell Road, Brixton, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Revolution Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • £1,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $66,853
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,457
      • Jul 24, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,590,308
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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