Rent Herostratus (1967)
3.6 of 5 from 56 ratings
2h 17min
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- Synopsis:
- When a young poet (Michael Gothard) hires a marketing company to turn his suicide-by-jumping into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture, and his motivations are revealed as a desperate attempt to seek attention through celebrity.
- Actors:
- Michael Gothard, Gabriella Licudi, Peter Stephens, Antony Paul, Mona Chin, Helen Mirren, Brigitte St. John, Hilda Marvin, Vivienne Myles, Ines Levy, Charlotte Bremer-Wolff, Max Latimer, Richard Huggett
- Directors:
- Don Levy
- Voiced By:
- Malcolm Muggeridge, Allen Ginsberg
- Writers:
- Alan Daiches, Don Levy
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Getting to Know: Helen Mirren
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/08/2009
- Run Time:
- 143 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Rare audio interview with Don Levy
- Ten thousand talents: Levy's student film, set in Cambridge, featuring the voice of Peter Cook
- Time is: Levy's remarkable documentary
- Five films: Levy's hypnotic experiments in film editing techniques
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the widescreen version of the film.
- Disc 2:
- This disc includes the full-frame version of the film.
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