Set fire to the stars
Type
Label
Set fire to the stars
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Set fire to the stars
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
93
Summary
Based on true events, Elijah Wood stars as John Malcolm Brinnin, the New York academic who brought Dylan Thomas to America. Actor/co-writer Celyn Jones plays the volatile celebrity poet - tormented by anonymity, alcohol and the abyss - who scandalized the Manhattan literati of the Fifties and challenged Brinnin's hero worship of his work. Part literary biopic and - shot in cut-glass black-and-white - part love-letter to the American B-movies of the Forties and Fifties, Andy Goddard's debut feature is both a character driven chamber piece and a cautionary tale about the fly trap of meeting your heroes
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Jones, Mike, (Film editor)
- Riach, AJ
- Evans, Andy, (Film producer)
- hoopla digital
- Wood, Elijah, 1981-
- Goddard, Andy
- McCoy, Maimie
- Rodriguez-Weil, Francisco
- Eldon, Kevin, 1960-
- Henderson, Shirley, 1965-
- Clark-Hall, Steve
- Seager, Chris
- Brake, Richard, 1964-
- Rhys, Gruff, 1970-
- Reilly, Kelly
- Thomas, Edward, (Production designer)
- Jones, Celyn, 1979-
- Speirs, Steve, 1965-
- Mackintosh, Steven
Subject
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Actor
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor19
- Jones, Mike, (Film editor)
- Riach, AJ
- Evans, Andy, (Film producer)
- hoopla digital
- Wood, Elijah, 1981-
- Goddard, Andy
- McCoy, Maimie
- Rodriguez-Weil, Francisco
- Eldon, Kevin, 1960-
- Henderson, Shirley, 1965-
- Clark-Hall, Steve
- Seager, Chris
- Brake, Richard, 1964-
- Rhys, Gruff, 1970-
- Reilly, Kelly
- Thomas, Edward, (Production designer)
- Jones, Celyn, 1979-
- Speirs, Steve, 1965-
- Mackintosh, Steven
- Subject3
- Content1
- Actor9
- resource.costumedesigner1
- resource.directorofphotography1
- resource.editorofmovingimagework1
- resource.filmdirector1
- resource.filmproducer4
- composerexpression1
- resource.musician1
- resource.productiondesigner1
- resource.screenwriter2