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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. Actor/co-writer Celyn Jones plays the volatile celebrity poet – tormented by anonymity, alcohol and the abyss – who scandalized the Manhattan literati of the Fifties and challenged Brinnin’s hero worship of his work. In the face of the Welsh poet’s wilder excesses in the Big Apple – angel, beast and madman – John has no choice but to hijack Dylan to a private retreat to get him ready for America. The days and nights that follow will change his life forever. Part literary biopic and – shot in cut-glass black-and-white – part love-letter to the American B-movies of the Forties and Fifties, Andy Goddard’s debut feature is both a character driven chamber piece and a cautionary tale about the flytrap of meeting your heroes.
Original Release
11/07/2014
US Release
06/12/2015
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Steven Mackintosh | Jack |
Andrew Bicknell | Loomis |
Kate Drew | Janet |
Adam Gillen | Harvey |
Nicola Duffett | Lady Lye |
Steve Speirs | Mickey |
Ken Drury | Doctor |
Maimie McCoy | Rosie |
Richard Brake | Mr Unlucky |
Polly Hemingway | Ms Missy 1 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Steven Mackintosh | Jack |
Andrew Bicknell | Loomis |
Kate Drew | Janet |
Adam Gillen | Harvey |
Nicola Duffett | Lady Lye |
Steve Speirs | Mickey |
Ken Drury | Doctor |
Maimie McCoy | Rosie |
Richard Brake | Mr Unlucky |
Polly Hemingway | Ms Missy 1 |
Sue Maund | Ms Missy 2 |
Shirley Henderson | Shirley |
Kevin Eldon | Stanley |
Weston Gavin | Yale Provost |
Kelly Reilly | Caitlin |
Celyn Jones | Dylan Thomas |
Elijah Wood | John M. Brinnin / John Malcolm Brinnin |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Steve Clark-Hall | Executive Producer |
Simon Laub | Executive Producer |
Adam Partridge | Executive Producer |
Samuel Potter | Executive Producer |
Pete Storey | Executive Producer |
Elijah Wood | Producer |
Paul Baker | Producer |
Andy Evans | Producer |
Austin Healey | Producer |
Andrew Riach | Producer |
Ade Shannon | Producer |
David Tysall | Producer |