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   Rent is a 2005 American musical drama film directed by Chris Columbus. It is an adaptation of Jonathan Larson 's 1996 Broadway musical of the same name , in turn based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini , Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa , which is itself based on the 1851 novel Scenes of Bohemian Life by Henri Murger .

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   Rent: Directed by Chris Columbus. With Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin. In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

   • 6.8/10 (56K)
   • Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance

   • Director: Chris Columbus
   • Release Date: 2005-11-23

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   Sep 24, 2015 · Theater. ‘Rent’ was way ahead of its time — and is still relevant 20 years later. By. Hana R. Alberts. Published Sep. 24, 2015, 6:53 p.m. ET. The Broadway cast of "Rent" in 2007. Richard ...

4. www.vulture.com › 2016 › 05RENT: The Oral History - Vulture

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   May 1, 2016 · When Rent began rehearsals in December 1995, it hardly looked like a phenomenon in the making.Composer Jonathan Larson had only recently quit his job at a Soho diner, its stars for the most part ...

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   Nov 17, 2005 · Chris Columbus. Director. Stephen Chbosky. Screenplay. Jonathan Larson. Writer. This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in late 1980s East Village, New York, USA. The film centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a tragedy has made Roger numb to new experiences, Mark begins capturing ...

6. www.imdb.com › title › tt0294870Rent (2005) - Plot - IMDb

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   Based on Puccini's 'La Boheme', 'Rent' tells the story of one year in the life of friends living the Bohemian life in modern day East Village, New York City, 1989-1990. Among the group are our narrator, nerdy love-struck filmmaker Mark Cohen; the object of Mark's affection, his former girlfriend, Maureen Johnson; Maureen's Harvard-educated ...

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   Did the cast of 'rent' have a career?

   • Yes. But I think the cast members were all finding their path. Twenty years later, they all have careers. Menzel: Rent laid the groundwork for me. Its success gave contemporary composers permission to tell a story — to prove that building character [in a musical] is possible using pop and rock.

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   When did 'rent' become a movie?

   • “Rent” moved to Broadway and went on to win the Tony Award for Best Musical that year. It spread across the world in adaptations and translations, became a movie in 2005 and finally closed its curtains at the Nederlander after a 12-year run. The cast of the 2005 film adaptation. AP Photo/Eric Risberg

   ‘Rent’ was way ahead of its time — and is still relevant 20 years

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   How much money did rent make?

   • Rent grossed $29.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $2.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $31.7 million, against a budget of $40 million. ^ Gans, Andrew (October 13, 2012).

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   Why does Benny give Mark and Roger free rent again?

   • Benny, the landlord and former roommate of Mark and Collins, who has married into a wealthy family, offers to give Mark and Roger free rent again if they can convince Maureen (Mark's ex-girlfriend) to stop her protest. The protest is to take place at Maureen's performance space which Benny is planning to to turn into a cyber-cafe ("You'll See").

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   When did 'rent' start rehearsals?

   • Twenty years after Jonathan Larson’s posthumous triumph arrived on Broadway, the cast relives the rise of a musical that changed theater. When Rent began rehearsals in December 1995, it hardly looked like a phenomenon in the making.

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   Why did Jonathan go to a reading of rent?

   • Jonathan rode by on his bike with a draft of Rent. He knew our production manager, and we decided to do a reading. Seller: I attended the first-ever reading of Rent with two colleagues, one of whom was rich, and I thought maybe he’d invest. He left at intermission.

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   Roger Davis: A successful-in-a-past-life musician and former drug addict, intent on writing at least one more meaningful piece of music prior to his ever-encroaching death. Prior to the events of the show, he and his girlfriend April were diagnosed with HIV, driving her to commit suicide shortly after.