Set Fire to The Stars

– An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retre..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 37 Minutes
Release Year:
2014
Set Fire to the Stars (2014)

An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.

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Producing Country:
UK
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Set Fire to the Stars (2014) - Trailer

Release Date:

12 Jun 2015

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Unrated

Director:

Andy Goddard

Writer:

Andy Goddard, Celyn Jones

Main Actors:

Elijah Wood, Celyn Jones, Kelly Reilly, Steven Mackintosh

Plot:

In 1950, John Brinnan invited the highly acclaimed and infamous Dylan Thomas to New York for a series of poetry readings. Ignoring rumors of Thomas' frivolities back home, Brinnan has his hands full when the poet arrives. Desperate to get his watchful university chaplains off his back, Brinnan takes Thomas to his family retreat in the woods of Connecticut. But even in the middle of nowhere, the resourceful and cantankerous Thomas finds an audience for his art, passion, love and aggression...

Awards:

3 wins & 9 nominations.

Gross profit:

$4,280

Production:

Strand Releasing

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
58%
Metacritic:
49%