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2005 Certificate 12
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Based on Puccini's classic opera La Boheme, Jonathon Larson's revolutionary rock opera Rent tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their rent in the gritty background of New York's East Village. "Measuring their lives in love," these starving artists strive for success and acceptance while enduring .. Read more

Starring Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin
Director Chris Columbus
Genres Drama, Music/Musical

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Based on Puccini's classic opera La Boheme, Jonathon Larson's revolutionary rock opera Rent tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their rent in the gritty background of New York's East Village. "Measuring their lives in love," these starving artists strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic. One of the longest running shows on Broadway, Rent was the winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Obie Award, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, four Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards.

Starring Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Tracie Thoms, Taye Diggs
Director Chris Columbus
Studio SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 9 mins
Blu-ray: 2 hrs 9 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Drama, Music/Musical
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Dubbed Italian
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Croatian, Icelandic, Dutch, Romanian, Greek, Slovenian, Czech, Serbian, Italian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, English, Arabic, Turkish, HIndi, Polish
Released DVD: 14 Aug 2006
Blu-ray: 11 Feb 2008
Production year: 2005
Format DVD

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  • This movie of the late Jonathan Larsons hit musical has been a long time coming. When his Tony- and Pulitzer... read more on Time Out

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    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 20 out of 26 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

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    If you watch this film you will feel like renting out your brain, believe me. I made it through the firs 20 mins or so before the mind numbing twaddle made me switch it off. Watch at your own risk. You have been warned

      • Kevin Patten from WEST WALES
      • Posted 26 Aug 2006 19:19

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  • 20 out of 26 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

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    If you watch this film you will feel like renting out your brain, believe me. I made it through the firs 20 mins or so before the mind numbing twaddle made me switch it off. Watch at your own risk. You have been warned

      • Kevin Patten from WEST WALES
      • Posted 26 Aug 2006 19:19

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