eVideo
hoopla Instant
Set Fire to The Stars
Year
2014
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
1h 33m
Rating
NR
CC
Performers
Elijah Wood, Celyn Jones, Kelly Reilly, Steven Mackintosh, Shirley, Kevin Eldon
Directed By
Andy Goddard
Publication Information
Strand Releasing
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.