
SET FIRE TO THE STARS
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. In the face of the Welsh poet’s wilder excesses in the Big Apple – angel, beast and madman – John has no choice but to hijack Dylan to a private retreat to get him ready for America. The days and nights that follow will change his life forever. 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.
FOUR STARS
SET FIRE TO THE STARS, LIKE DYLAN THOMAS HIMSELF,
HAS THE ABILITY TO STIR YOUR DEEPEST EMOTIONS
– Hey U Guys
“A black & white masterpiece!”
– I.D. Magazine
“Brilliant, subtle, compelling!”
– William Boyd
4 STARS
“Electrifying!”
– Seensome
DIRECTOR:
Andy Goddard
WRITERS:
Andy Goddard
Celyn Jones
PRODUCERS:
Andy Evans
Andrew Riach
CAST:
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Format: DCP/2.35/B&W
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Running Time: 93 minutes
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
In English
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