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- Based on true events, Elijah Wood stars as John Malcolm Brinnin, the New York academic who brought Dylan Thomas to America.
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Based on a true story, Drama. Language. English. Certificate. | Films | Explore Films | Set Fire to the Stars (2014) Synopsis. This stylish black and white biopic focuses on a brief moment in the life and career of brilliant Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas.
Jun 12, 2015 · What “Set Fire to the Stars” does have is great turns by supporting players, especially Shirley Henderson and Kevin Eldon. As Stanley and his wife Shirley, the duo steal the film during a drunken dinner party that turns into a campfire-style swapping of ghost stories.
On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a 58% rating based on 43 reviews. The site's consensus states: " Set Fire to the Stars doesn't quite do justice to its legendary real-life protagonist, but thanks to Celyn Jones' spirited performance, it occasionally comes close." [3]
Jun 12, 2015 · “Set Fire to the Stars” barely skims the surface of characters you wish had been given more dimension, but as a snapshot of postwar academia and its pretensions, it exerts a creepy...
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Jan 20, 2015 · Wirral based actor and screenwriter Celyn Jones will come to Picturehouse at FACT next week to talk about his new film Set Fire To The Stars. Based on true events, the film is set in the 1950s and tells the story of the turbulent relationship between aspiring poet John Malcolm Brinnin, played by Elijah Wood, and the enigmatic hell raising Welsh ...
Nov 7, 2014 · The script is loosely based on a memoir by Brinnin and it’s as if he, and the film’s writers, can’t decide if Thomas fancied him or was just stringing him along (the poet tells Brinnin: “Kiss me!...
Nov 10, 2014 · Emotionally charged and precisely executed, Set Fire to the Stars utilises subtext and poetry to go deeper into a true story.
