''Friendly Fire'' is a
2006 film written and directed by
Sean Lennon
is a British-American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and half-brother to Julian Lennon. Over the course of his career, he has been a member of the bands Cibo Matto, the Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tige ...
and
Michele Civetta
Michele Civetta (born 1976) is an Italian film director and multi-media artist and founder of Quintessence Films.
Career
Michele Civetta is an Emmy-nominated director. He has directed videos for Lou Reed, Sparklehorse, Edward Sharpe & the ...
. It accompanies Sean Lennon's 2006
album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
of the same name (as a
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any ki ...
). The film comprises 10
music videos
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, one for each song on the album (with non-album tracks and dialog used during intermission scenes). ''Friendly Fire'' stars Lennon himself, playing a wide range of roles along with various friends and actors such as
Bijou Phillips
Bijou Mary Phillips Masterson (born April 1, 1980) is an American model, socialite, former actress and singer. The daughter of musicians John Phillips and Geneviève Waïte, she began her career as a model. Phillips made her singing debut wit ...
,
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Dee Lohan ( ; born July 2, 1986) is an American actress, singer, producer, and businesswoman. Born in New York City and raised on Long Island, Lohan was signed to Ford Models at age three. She appeared as a regular on the soap opera ' ...
,
Carrie Fisher
Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the Star Wars original trilogy, original ''Star Wars'' films (1977–1983) and reprised the role in'' Star Wars: The F ...
and
Jordan Galland
Jordan Galland (born 1980) is an American filmmaker and musician based in New York City.
Early life
Born in Farmington, Connecticut, Galland was raised in New York City and graduated in 2002 from New York University, where he studied film, anim ...
. The project is dedicated to Lennon's late friend, Max Leroy (1975–2005).
''Friendly Fire'' was shown publicly during the album's release in the United States at various independent screenings. Occasionally screened with
Beck's album-film, ''
The Information'' (which was released on the same day).
External links
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2006 direct-to-video films
2006 films
2006 musical films
2000s English-language films
Films directed by Michele Civetta
English-language musical films
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