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Sep 16, 2011

1h 20m

★ 6.5

A single night. A million possibilities. One connection.

Overview

Two feuding rock stars get handcuffed together for 24 hours at a music festival where they are both due to perform.

Genres

Music

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Sigma Films

Creative Scotland

BBC Film

You Instead Trailers

Cast

Adam

Luke Treadaway

Morello

Natalia Tena

Tyko

Mathew Baynton

Lake

Ruta Gedmintas

Kim

Sophie Wu

Lucie

Rebecca Benson

Jay

Jonny Phillips

Mark

Alastair Mackenzie

The Prophet

Joseph Mydell

Kirsty

Kari Corbett

Bruce the Roadie

Gilly Gilchrist

Himself

Newton Faulkner

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