''Friendly Fire'' is a

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written and directed by

Sean Lennon is an American–British musician, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. 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 G ...

and

Michele Civetta Michele Civetta (born 1976) is an Italian American 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 Sharp ...

. It accompanies Sean Lennon's 2006

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of the same name (as a

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). The film comprises 10

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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

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and

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. 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).

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