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Set Fire to the Stars

2014 · 97 min

A quiet, boozy character study that slowly frays the line between admiration and disillusionment.

Directed by
Andy Goddard
Genres
Drama, History
Tagline
Never Meet Your Heroes
Overview
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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Directed by
Andy Goddard
Genres
Drama, History
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • identity
  • art
  • addiction
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Andy Goddard
Written by
Andy Goddard, Celyn Jones
Starring
Elijah Wood, Celyn Jones, Kelly Reilly, Steven Mackintosh, Shirley Henderson, Kevin Eldon, Andrew Bicknell, Adam Gillen
Cinematography
Chris Seager
Runtime
97 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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