Rent
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Chris Columbus
Shaun Earl
Troy Christian
Idina Menzel
Daniel London
Nicole Cherie Flores
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In New York's East Village, a group of bohemians struggle to express themselves through their art and strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic. Roger is an aspiring songwriter who has emotionally shut down after his girlfriend's suicide. Despite his attraction, he is reluctant to start a new romance with his downstairs neighbor Mimi Marquez, an exotic dancer struggling with "baggage of her own." Roger's roommate Mark is a filmmaker trying to balance art and commerce. His girlfriend Maureen, a self-indulgent performance artist, recently left him for a lawyer named Joanne. Also part of this close-knit circle is Tom Collins, a professor of philosophy who, after being mugged, is rescued by his soul mate, a high-spirited street drummer, Angel Shunard. Benny, who alienated his friends after he married their landlord's daughter, has reneged on his promise to provide rent-free artist space to his bohemian friends. Once a close friend, he is now viewed as the enemy, threatening them with eviction.
Director
Chris Columbus
Cast
Shaun Earl
Troy Christian
Idina Menzel
Daniel London
Nicole Cherie Flores
Marco De La Cruz
Rod Arrants
Taye Diggs
Randy Graff
Timothy Weil
Stephen Payne
Corey Rosen
Clarke Devereux
Marcos Estebez
Mike Garibaldi
Aaron Lohr
Liz Ramos
Nick Scoggin
Jesse L. Martin
Michael Rosales
Joel Swetow
Anthony Rapp
Greg Sanger
Brian Delate
Vivis Colombetti
Tara Nicole Hughes
Ken Clark
Bettina Devin
Greg Curtis
Kristin Medwick
David Fine
Truc Luong
Anna Deavere Smith
Julia Roth
Heather Barberie
Jamie Muhoberac
James Anthony Cotton
Adam Pascal
Niyuk Hairell
Chris Chalk
Cory Duval
Kevin Blackton
Paul Bushnell
Alison De Oliveira
Roosevelt Flenoury
Emily Rahe
Aisha De Haas
Mackenzie Firgens
Liisa Cohen
Debbie De Coudreaux
R C Ormond
Tracie Thoms
Linda Cevallos
Matthew Dickens
Bianca Sams
Jason Foster
Bruce Lee Gross
Jim Cranna
Jamielyn Duggin
Ericka Harden
Titus West
Megan Biolchini
Jennifer Siebel
Renda Pettis
John Micheletos
Sebastien Poffet
Feleciana Stevenson
Sarah Silverman
Sharon Ferrol
Dorian Crozier
Darryl Chan
Wayne Wilcox
Kevin Stea
David Stewart
Wilson Jermaine Heredia
Porscha Radcliffe
Rosario Dawson
Robert Prescott Lee
Corinne Blum
Katie Weber
Larissa Kiernan
Angela Mcconnell
Daryl Edwards
Suzie Katayama
Kim Williams
Kevin Hagan
Gigi Hunter
Greg Suran
John Champion
Damia Foti
Laura Padierne
Tim Pierce
Crew
Mimi Abers
G. A. Aguilar
Susan Alegria
Michael Anderson
Leah Anton
Arianne Apicelli
Kristin Argue
John Armstrong
William Arnot
William Arnot
Lisa Aron
Billy Aronson
Okan Ataman
Jeanne Austin
Gerard Averill
Burt Bacharach
Al Bailey
Sarah Baker
Antony Baldasare
Stephen Balliet
Michael Barnathan
Guy Barresi
Trent Bateman
Chris Bayz
James Beard
Matt Beckley
Kathleen Beeler
Nate Belove
Rodney Lee Bennett
Erik Bernstein
Terra Bliss-alvarez
Kent Blocher
Danielle Blumstein
Sally Boldt
Robert Bonino
John Borges
Mark Bosia
Pamela J. Bower
Phil Bray
Patrick Brennan
Maria Brill
Jaclyn Brodsky
J. C. Brotherhood
Jenn Bubka
Shane Buckallew
Keith Bunting
James Burke
Craig Burns
Cathy Burrow
Diana E Burton
James H Cafferty
Ian Calip
Michael Cambria
Colin Campbell
David Richard Campbell
Marshall Candland
Will Cantler
Randy Cantor
Brian Cantwell
Rocky Capella
Patty Carey
Brian Carmichael
Nicholas Carr
Stephen Carter
Mark Casey
Michael Catalano
Rob Cavallo
Rob Cavallo
Rob Cavallo
Thomas Chan
James R. Chandler
Dan Chase
Stephen Chbosky
Paul Cheponis
David Childers
Gregory Childers
Ian Chriss
Eric Christensen
Luann Claps
Chris Clark
Jennifer Clinard
Peter Clores
Richard Clot
Robert Clot
Debra Coleman
Emily Coleman
Gregory C Collis
Chris Columbus
Chris Columbus
Steve Comesky
Michael Conte
Mary Cook
Brian Copenhagen
Diane Cornelius
Don Crawford
Kevin Cross
Howard Cummings
Keith P. Cunningham
Davey Cutler
Tami Nicole D'addio
Allison Daly
Thomas Dames
Lauren Dandridge
Hal David
Ray De La Motte
Robert De Niro
Robert E Denne
Carol Depasquale
Elizabeth Devereux
Rhonda Devictor
Tom Dias
Nancy K Diekmann
Melissa Downing
Christine Renee Dye
Nathan Eckenrode
Craig Edelblut
Sam Edwards
Coya Elliot
Jann Engel
Gene Engels
Heidi Erl
Bill Eyler
Jason Farrar
Scott Farrar
Judy Feil
Victoria B Fender
Andre Fenley
Nicole Ferrari
Dan Ferreira
Sharon Ferrol
Rick Fichter
Patrick Figueroa
Roosevelt Flenoury
Jeph Folkins
Maryann C Fondulas
Justin Foster
Kathryn Freund
James V Gartland
Grantland Gears
Felix Gehm
Tim Gibbons
Luke Dunn Gielmuda
Gary Gill
Rich Gill
Jeff Gilliam
Kathleen Giordano
Stephen Goldblatt
Allan S Gordon
Monika Gray
Michael Greif
Jeremy Gruber
Tim Guffin
Nathan Gunn
Cheri Hall
Mindy Hall
Steven R Hammond
Halsted Craig Hannah
Charles Hansen
Geoffrey D. Hansen
Geoffrey D. Hansen
Thomas M Harrigan
Barbara Harris
Joseph Hatton
Rob Hauer
Dale Haugo
Richard Hebrank
Brandon Heidt
Mike Helbig
Mo Henry
Leighton Hill
Shawn Hillier
Lora Hirschberg
Wesley Hodge
Mark Hopkins
Lawrence Hornbeck
Stephanie Hornish
Sean House
Garner Humphrey
Larry Huston
Paul Huston
Greg Hyman
Richard Hymns
Lisa Jaime
Cyrus Jam
Saisie M Jang
Patrick Jarvis
Sarahjane Javelo
Gary J Jensen
Anne Johns
Arlen J Johnson
Brook Johnson
Jeff Johnson
Lance R Johnson
Thomas R Johnston
L Dean Jones
Chris Jordan
Richard Kathlean
Kathleen Kearney
Ntana Key
Jeff Kilgore
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall November 23, 2005
Released in United States on Video February 21, 2006
Based on the 1996 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical RENT by Jonathan Larson which was loosely based on the opera "La Boheme."
Spike Lee was previously attached to direct.
Project was previously set up at Warner Bros.
Literary Sale Date: 08/15/1996
Project was previously set up at Miramax who retains the rights of first refusal for co-financing and foreign distribution.
Miramax acquired the movie rights to "Rent" in 1996 for $2.5 million against $5 million. In 2004 the rights were then acquired by Revolution from Miramax for a reported price of $4 million.
"Rent" creator Jonathan Larson died at age 35 of an aortic aneurysm shortly after viewing the show's final run-through.
Released in United States Fall November 23, 2005
Released in United States on Video February 21, 2006
Winner of the 2005 Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Musical or Comedy (Rosario Dawson) by the International Press Academy (IPA).
