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Description
Director Christopher Columbus (MRS. DOUBTFIRE, HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERERÂ’S STONE) adapts the hit Broadway musical of the same name to the big screen in RENT. A modern spin on the opera LA BOHEME, RENT tells the story of eight friends dealing with life and love in Manhattans Alphabet City in 1989. Wannabe filmmaker Mark (Anthony Rapp) and singer/songwriter Roger (Adam Pascal) are facing eviction at the hands of their former roommate and current landlord, Benny (Taye Diggs). Benny has married rich, moved out of the neighborhood, and wants to build a state-of-the-art studio where the local tent city stands. Their downstairs neighbor, vivacious Mimi (Rosario Dawson), who strips at a local club to feed her heroin habit, takes a shine to Roger, a self-imposed recluse and former junkie whose last girlfriend died of AIDS. Their friend, Collins (Jesse L. Martin), returns to town and quickly falls for Angel (Wilson Jermaine Heredia), a glamorous, gracious, HIV positive transvestite. Finally, there is Maureen (Idina Menzel), a spitfire and performance artist who is planning a protest against BennyÂ’s plans and has dumped Mark for cerebral Joanne (Tracie Thoms), a lawyer. Over the course of a year, the friends face poverty, drug addiction, break-ups, reconciliations, eviction, and AIDS. Despite these challenges, they find support, hope, and acceptance in each other, all the while embracing the bohemian lifestyle that was so much a part of the Lower East Side. Newcomers Dawson and Thoms mix seamlessly with the original cast members, and Columbus introduces some interesting staging locations. With a concept, music, and lyrics by the late Jonathan Larson, RENT is an exuberant rock-&-roll musical with the underlying message that love can prevail despite all odds and that, ultimately, there really is no day but today.
Special Features
Director and Cast Commentary,, Deleted Scenes
Technical Details
Region 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.40 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Running Time: 129 minutes
Production Year: 2005
Main Language: English
Subtitles: Croatian\Icelandic\Dutch\Romanian\Greek\Slovenian\Czech\Serbian\Italian\Hungarian\Bulgarian\English\Arabic\Turkish\HIndi\Polish
Dubbed Languages: Italian
Hearing Impaired Languages: English
Genre: Drama
Certificate: 12 Suitable for Persons Aged 12 or Over
Directed by: Chris Columbus
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