--- title: 'Bill (2015)' type: 'film' director: 'Richard Bracewell' released: '2015-01-01' runtime_minutes: 94 genres: - 'Comedy' - 'Adventure' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bill-2015' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2978576/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Bill (2015) 2015 · 94 min · Comedy, Adventure · United Kingdom ## Synopsis Bill is a 2015 British family adventure comedy film from the Them There theatrical collective, famed for being behind children's TV series Horrible Histories and Yonderland. It was produced by Punk Cinema, Cowboy Films and BBC Films and was released in the UK on 18 September 2015 by Vertigo Films. The film is a fictional take on the young William Shakespeare's search for fame and fortune, as written by Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond and directed by Richard Bracewell who co-produced with Tony Bracewell, Alasdair Flind and Charles Steel. It features the six lead performers playing several different roles each including Mathew Baynton, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Willbond, Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick and Laurence Rickard. Bill has received mostly positive reviews from critics and grossed $968,534 worldwide. The film also received nominations for the Evening Standard British Film Award for Award for Comedy and the Into Film Award for Family Film of the Year. ## Credits - **Screenplay:** [Ben Willbond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-willbond), [Laurence Rickard](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-rickard) - **Director:** [Richard Bracewell](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-bracewell) - **Producer:** [Richard Bracewell](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-bracewell) - **Original Music Composer:** [Andrew Hewitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-hewitt) - **Director of Photography:** [Laurie Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurie-rose) ## Cast - [Ben Willbond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-willbond) as Philip II of Spain - [Laurence Rickard](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-rickard) - [Martha Howe-Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-howe-douglas) as Anne Hathaway - [Justin Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/justin-edwards) - [Rufus Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/rufus-jones) - [Jim Howick](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-howick) - [Simon Farnaby](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-farnaby) - [Damian Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/damian-lewis) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/bill-2015 Film facts: Wikidata (Q15844806); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.