Set fire to the stars

DVD 2015

Based on true events. Elijah Wood stars as John Malcolm Brinnin, the New York academic who brought Dylan Thomas to America. 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.

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Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998 Drama

Poets, Welsh 20th century Drama

Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953 Drama

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Drama Feature films Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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Description:

1 videodisc (93 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
4 3/4 in
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1
widescreen 24 fps
NTSC
video file DVD video Region 1

Target Audience Note:

Not rated

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2014
Widescreen
Container states incorrectly that this film is in color
Special features: Deleted and extended scenes; Dylan Thomas poems - 'And death shall have no dominion', 'If I were tickled by the rub of love', and 'In my craft or sullen art' read by Celyn Jones, 'Love in the asylum' read by the cast; Gruff in Metropolis
Director of photography, Chris Seager ; original music, Gruff Rhys ; editor, Mike Jones
Elijah Wood, Celyn Jones, Steven Mackintosh, Kevin Eldon, Shirley Henderson, Kelly Reilly
DVD, NTSC region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Title from disc surface

Control Number:

1527974

UPC:

712267350421

Other Authors:

Eldon, Kevin, 1960- actor
Evans, Andy (Film producer), film producer
Goddard, Andy, film director, screenwriter
Henderson, Shirley, 1965- actor
Jones, Celyn, 1979- actor, screenwriter
Mackintosh, Steven, actor
Riach, AJ, film producer
Strand Releasing (Firm), production company, distributor
Wood, Elijah, 1981- actor

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