Set Fire to the Stars | |
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Directed by | Andy Goddard |
Written by | Andy Goddard Celyn Jones |
Produced by | Andy Evans Andrew Riach Elijah Wood Executive: Steve Clark-Hall Simon Laub Samuel Potter |
Starring | Elijah Wood Celyn Jones Kelly Reilly Steven Mackintosh Shirley Henderson Kevin Eldon |
Cinematography | Chris Seager |
Edited by | Mike Jones |
Music by | Gruff Rhys |
Production companies | Mad As Birds Films Masnomis |
Distributed by | Munro Film Services |
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Running time | 97 minutes[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Set Fire to the Stars is a 2014 British semi-biographical drama film directed by Andy Goddard in his directorial debut. Co-written by Goddard and Celyn Jones, the film stars Elijah Wood as poet John M. Brinnin and Jones as Dylan Thomas with supporting roles by Kelly Reilly, Steven Mackintosh, Shirley Henderson, and Kevin Eldon. The film is set to be released in the United Kingdom on 7 November 2014.
In 1950 New York, Harvard graduate and aspiring poet John M. Brinnin embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hero, acclaimed Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.
The film premiered at the 2014 Edinburgh Film Festival.[2]
Early reviews have been mixed; the film currently holds a 50% rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.[3]