''Kat and the Band'' is a 2020 British
coming-of-age
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musical film
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directed by
E. E. Hegarty from a screenplay by Jemma Field and Michael Müller. The film stars
Ella Hunt
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,
Dougie Poynter
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Biography Early life
Poynter was born in Orset ...
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Jennifer Leong,
Callum McGowan,
Idris Debrand,
Sevan Stephan,
Joanna David
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David was born in Lancaster, England, to Davida Elizabeth (''née'' Nesbitt) and John Almond Hacking.
In 1971, she ...
,
Badly Drawn Boy
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,
Jackson Bews,
Katherine Kelly, and
Rufus Hound
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. It premiered at the London Independent Film Festival in March 2020 and was released in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2020, by 101 Films.
The film follows Kat Malone, a seventeen year old music-obsessed school girl who tricks her way into managing struggling band Dollar Days by posing to be a twenty-something band manager.
Cast
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Ella Hunt
Ella Hunt (born 29 April 1998) is an English actress and singer. She was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA for her performance in the film '' Anna and the Apocalypse'' (2017). On television, she is known for her roles as Ellie Marsden in the ITV c ...
as Kat Malone
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Dougie Poynter
Dougie Lee Poynter (born 30 November 1987) is an English musician, songwriter, fashion model, aspiring clothing designer, children's author and actor. He is the bassist of the pop rock band McFly.
Biography Early life
Poynter was born in Orset ...
as Alex
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Jennifer Leong as Jane
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Callum McGowan as Brian
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Idris Debrand as Sid
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Sevan Stephan as Faz
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Joanna David
Joanna David (born Joanna Elizabeth Hacking; 17 January 1947) is an English actress, best known for her television work.
Life
David was born in Lancaster, England, to Davida Elizabeth (''née'' Nesbitt) and John Almond Hacking.
In 1971, she ...
as Gran
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Badly Drawn Boy
Damon Michael Gough (born 2 October 1969), known by the stage name Badly Drawn Boy, is an English indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Gough chose his stage name from a character in the show ''Sam and his Magic Ball'', which he saw ...
as himself
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Jackson Bews as Marcus
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Katherine Kelly as Liz Malone
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Rufus Hound
Rufus Hound (born Robert James Blair Simpson 6 March 1979) is an English actor, comedian and presenter.
Early life
Hound was born on 6 March 1979, in Essex and moved to Surrey at the age of seven. He was educated at Hoe Bridge School Woking ...
as Mr. Cato
References
External links
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Kat and the Band' on The Film Festival Doctor
2020 films
2020s English-language films
2020s coming-of-age films
British coming-of-age films
2020s British films
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