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This film captures the last Broadway performance of the long running rock musical RENT. Loosely based on Puccini's opera "La Bohème," it tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side in the th...

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Main Author: Larson, Jonathan (Author, Composer, Lyricist)
Corporate Authors: Hot Ticket (Firm), @Radical.media (Firm), Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Warren, Michael John (Director), Kamen, Jon (Producer), Wilkes, Justin (Producer), Chase, Will, 1970- (Vocalist), Kantor, Adam (Vocalist), McElroy, Michael, 1967- (Vocalist), Hicks, Rodney, 1974- (Vocalist), Thoms, Tracie, 1975- (Vocalist), Johnston, Justin (Vocalist), Goldsberry, Renée Elise, 1971- (Vocalist), Espinosa, Eden (Vocalist)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with optional subtitles in English or French; closed-captioned.
Published: Culver City, CA : Columbia Pictures Industries : [2009]
Subjects:
Interpersonal relations > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Gay men > Drama.
AIDS (Disease) > Drama.
Squatters > Drama.
Drug addicts > Drama.
Homeless persons > Drama.
Bohemianism > Drama.
Youth > Psychology > Drama.
Rent > Drama.
New York (N.Y.) > Drama.
Filmed plays.
Filmed performances.
Feature films.
Filmed musicals.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:This film captures the last Broadway performance of the long running rock musical RENT. Loosely based on Puccini's opera "La Bohème," it tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Roommates, friends, lovers, at times enemies, the struggles of documentary filmmaker Mark, musician Roger, dancer Mimi, performance artist Maureen, public interest lawyer Joanne, teacher/anarchist Tom Collins and his drag queen lover Angel, with their sell-out land lord Benjamin "Benny" Coffin III revolve around the rent. As a year unfolds, they face a host of personal trials and begin coming to terms with the limits of their aspirations and relationships.
Item Description:Taped at the Nederlander Theatre, NYC; originally produced as a recorded performance in 2008.
"The final performance"--Container.
Bonus features: Featurettes: Rent: the final days on Broadway (37 min.); The final curtain call (8 min.); The wall (6 min.); The final lottery (9 min.); National Marfan Foundation PSA (1 min.); Previews (6 min.).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Region 1; 5.1 Dolby digital surround; anamorphic widescreen presentation, 1.78:1 aspect ratio.
Audience:MPAA Rating: Not rated ; Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.
Production Credits:Originally directed for the stage by Michael Greif ; originally produced for the stage by Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum, Allan S. Gordon, and New York Theatre Workshop ; director of photography, Declan Quinn ; edited by Edward Bishop, Josh Pearson, Adam "Zuk" Zuckerman ; musicians, David Truskinoff, Steve Mack, Bobby Baxmeyer, Jeff Potter, John Korba ; choreographed by Marlies Yearby ; set designer, Paul Clay ; costume designer, Angela Wendt ; lighting designer, Blake Burba.
ISBN:1435957679
9781435957671