Project Detail

Set Fire to the Stars

Synopsis

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.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

Details

Year
2014
Type of film
Features
Running time
90 mins
Director
Andy Goddard
Producer
Andy Evans, Andrew Riach
Executive Producer
Steve Clark-Hall, Simon Laub, Samuel Potter
Editor
Mike Jones
Screenwriter
Andy Goddard, Celyn Jones
Director of Photography
Chris Seager
Production Designer
Edward Thomas
Music
Gruff Rhys
Principal cast
Elijah Wood, Celyn Jones, Kelly Reilly

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Mad As Birds

2 Brocket View
Acaster Malbis
York
YO23 2PY

Sales Company

The Works International

5th Floor
Fairgate House
78 New Oxford Street
London
WC1A 1HB

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