Killing Bono

(2011, Robert Sheehan, Ben Barnes, Krysten Ritter)

Slight but engaging rags to…..well, rags story about a band which isn't the mighty U2 has several appearances by preserved Dublin Bus D464 (464ZD), a CIE-bodied Leyland Atlantean new in 1972:
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Sequences set in London have what appear to be two different ex London Transport AEC Routemasters, this one carries registration CUV720C - which is fictional….:
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….and this one:
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The Plaxton Elite IV bodied coach used as the band's tour bus first appears in the background of this scene:
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We see it properly later. Registration plate is C809BUW, but this appears to be a fake:
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The closing sequence features this distant green former Citybus Bristol RELL/Alexander (Belfast). Our heroes fail to catch it, and so does the camera!
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