| Description |
1 DVD (approximately 152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
023200 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1 |
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widescreen (1.78:1) |
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NTSC |
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video file DVD video region 1 |
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Filmed musical |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; 5.1 Dolby digital surround; anamorphic widescreen presentation, 1.78:1 aspect ratio. |
| Language |
In English with optional subtitles in English or French; closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Will Chase (Roger Davis), Adam Kantor (Mark Cohen), Michael McElroy (Tom Collins), Rodney Hicks (Benjamin Coffin III), Tracie Thoms (Joanne Jefferson), Justin Johnston (Angel Schunard), Renèe Elise Goldsberry (Mimi Marquez), Eden Espinosa (Maureen Johnson), Tracy McDowell, Marcus Paul James, Gwen Stewart, Jay Wilkinson, Telly Leung, Shaun Earl, Andrea Goss. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Taped at the Nederlander Theatre, NYC; originally produced as a recorded performance in 2008. |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: Not rated ; Canadian Home Video Rating: PG. |
| 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 landlord 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. |
| Note |
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.). |
| Contents |
Bonus features: "Rent: the final days on Broadway" -- The final curtain call -- The wall -- The final lottery. |
| Access |
Video version restricted to private home use or face-to-face teaching activities in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction at Union College. Other restrictions may also apply. Any other use without a license is in violation of copyright law. |
| Subject |
Interpersonal relations -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Gay men -- Drama.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Drama.
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Squatters -- Drama.
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Drug addicts -- Drama.
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Homeless persons -- Drama.
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Bohemianism -- Drama.
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Youth -- Psychology -- Drama.
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Rent -- Drama.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Drama.
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AIDS (Disease) |
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Bohemianism. |
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Drug addicts. |
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Gay men. |
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Homeless persons. |
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Interpersonal relations. |
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Man-woman relationships. |
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Rent. |
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Squatters. |
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Youth -- Psychology. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
| Genre/Form |
Musicals.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Filmed performances.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Musical films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-ideo discs.
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| Added Author |
Larson, Jonathan, author, composer, lyricist.
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Warren, Michael John, director.
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Kamen, Jon, producer.
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Wilkes, Justin, producer.
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Chase, Will, 1970- performer.
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Kantor, Adam, performer.
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McElroy, Michael, 1967- performer.
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Hicks, Rodney, 1974- performer.
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Thoms, Tracie, 1975- performer.
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Johnston, Justin, performer.
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Goldsberry, Renée Elise, 1971- performer.
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Espinosa, Eden, performer.
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McDowell, Tracy, performer.
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James, Marcus Paul, performer.
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Stewart, Gwen, performer.
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Wilkinson, Jay (Singer), performer.
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Leung, Telly, 1980- performer.
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Earl, Shaun, performer.
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Goss, Andrea, performer.
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Quinn, Declan, 1957- director of photography.
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Bishop, Edward (Edward A.), editor of moving image work.
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Pearson, Josh, editor of moving image work.
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Zuckerman, Adam, editor of moving image work.
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Container of (work): Larson, Jonathan.
Rent.
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Hot Ticket (Firm), presenter.
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@Radical.media (Firm), production company.
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Columbia Pictures, publisher.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.
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| Spine Title |
Rent filmed live on Broadway |
| Cover Title |
Rent filmed live on Broadway : the final performance |
| ISBN |
9781435957671 |
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1435957679 |
| Standard No. |
00043396297913 |
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043396297913 |
| Music No. |
29791 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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