I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)

Media (1)

Original title	I Hired a Contract Killer
Swedish release title	I Hired a Contract Killer
Co-production title	I Hired a Contract Killer (Sverige)
Distribution title	J'ai engagé un tueur (Frankrike) I Hired a Contract Killer (Storbritannien)
Title for Swedish DVD release	I Hired a Contract Killer
Title for Swedish Video release	I Hired a Contract Killer

Director	Aki Kaurismäki
Screenplay	Aki Kaurismäki
Producer	Aki Kaurismäki
Director of Photography	Timo Salminen
Production Designer	John Ebden
Film Editor	Aki Kaurismäki

Jean-Pierre Léaud	Henri Boulanger
Margi Clarke	Margaret
Kenneth Colley	Harry, mördaren
T.R. Bowen (as Trevor Bowen)	byrådirektören
Cyril Epstein	taxichauffören
Nicky Tesco	Pete
Charles Cork	Al
Serge Reggiani	Vic
Imogen Clare	sekreteraren
Angela Walsh	hyresvärdinnan
Michael O'Hagan	Millers chef
Walter Sparrow	receptionisten
Joe Strummer	gitarristen
Ette Eliot	Harrys dotter

Production Company	Villealfa Filmproductions Oy
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet		(i samarbete med)
	Finnkino Oy
	Esselte Video AB
	Megamania Ky
	Pandora Filmproduktion GmbH
	Pyramide Films SA
	Channel 4 Television Corporation
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1995
Distributor in Sweden (buy video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1995
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB	2004

Censorship number	130426
Date	1990-10-29
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2165 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 555-581-556-473 m.

Aspect ratio	1.66:1
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Metrocolor
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2165 meters
Length in minutes	76 min
Reels	4 reels

First showing	1990-10-12			Finland
Release in Stockholm	1990-12-25	Filmstaden 6	Stockholm	Sweden	79 min
Release in Sweden	1990-12-25	Filmstaden 6	Stockholm	Sweden	79 min
Cinematheque screening	1994-05-17			Sweden
	1994-05-20			Sweden
	1995-04-23		Gothenburg	Sweden
Video release	1995-07			Sweden	76 min
Cinematheque screening	1999-09-27	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	79 min
	1999-09-28	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	79 min
	2002-09-05	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	79 min
	2002-09-21	Bio Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden	79 min
	2002-10-12	Spegeln	Malmö	Sweden	79 min
DVD release	2004-11-19			Sweden		(ingår i boxen Aki Kaurismäki Collection)
TV showing	2005-06-14	SVT2		Sweden	76 min

Original title	I Need Your Love So Bad
Composer	Little Willie John
Lyrics	Little Willie John
Singer	Little Willie John

Original title	Don't Play with Love
Composer	John Johnson

Original title	Body and Soul
Composer	John W. Green	(1930)
Lyrics	Edward Heyman	(1930)
	Robert Sour	(1930)
	Frank Eyton	(1930)

Original title	Suffering with the Blues
Composer	Teddy "Cherokee" Conyers
	Lloyd Pemberton
Singer	Little Willie John

Original title	Avant de mourir
Composer	Georges Boulanger
Lyrics	Georges Boulanger

Original title	Time on My Hands
Composer	Vincent Youmans	(1930)
Lyrics	Mack Gordon	(1930)
	Harold Adamson	(1930)

Original title	My Nerves
Composer	Henry Glover
	Rudy Toombs
Lyrics	Henry Glover
	Rudy Toombs
Singer	Little Willie John

Original title	Young Girls
Composer	Henry Glover
	Rudy Toombs
Lyrics	Henry Glover
	Rudy Toombs
Singer	Little Willie John

Original title	I'm Sticking with You Baby
Composer	Henry Glover
	Rudy Toombs
Lyrics	Henry Glover
	Rudy Toombs
Singer	Little Willie John

Original title	Burning Lights
Composer	Joe Strummer
Lyrics	Joe Strummer
Singer	Joe Strummer

Original title	General Election
Composer	Lord Beginner	(1950)
Performed by	Lord Beginner

Original title	Trouble at Midnight
Composer	Roy Brown
Lyrics	Henry Stone

Original title	Buenos Aires querido
Composer	Carlos Gardel	(1934)
Lyrics	Alfredo Lepera	(1934)

Original title	When the Blues Come On
Composer	Charles Darwin
	Alvin Cohn
Singer	Rita Reys

Original title	Cuesta abajo
Composer	Carlos Gardel	(1934)
Lyrics	Alfredo Lepera	(1934)

Original title	Afro-Cuban Be-Bop
Composer	Joe Strummer
Lyrics	Joe Strummer
Performed by	Joe Strummer

Original title	Straight Ahead
Composer	Mat Mathews

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Language	English

Black and white print	7
Colour prints	8
Behind the scenes prints	No
Slides	13

Type	Program/Reklamtryck