Rent

Cast: Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Heather Barberie, Tracie Thoms, Chandler Bolt, Megan Biolchini, Doug Campbell, Jordi Caballero, Ken Clark, Darryl Chan, James Anthony Cotton

Director: Christopher Columbus

Rating: PG-13

Studio: Revolution Studios

Release date: November 23rd, 2005

Synopsis:

Based on Puccini's La Boheme, tells the story of one year in the life of friends living the Bohemian life in modern day East Village New York. Among the group are our narrator nerdy love struck filmmaker Mark; the object of his affection his former lover, Maureen; Maureen's Harvard educated public interest lawyer lesbian lover Joanne; Mark's roommate HIV+ former junkie, Roger; Roger's lover the HIV+ drug addicted S&M dancer, Mimi; their former roommate HIV+ computer genius Tom Collins; Collins' HIV+ drag queen street musician lover Angel; and Benjamin Coffin III a former member of the group who married money and has since become their landlord and the opposite of everything they stand for. Shows how much changes or doesn't change in the 525,600 minutes that make up a year.

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