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Exit Through the Gift Shop (24-Jan-2010)

Director: Banksy

Keywords: Documentary

Banksy-created documentary details a French shopkeeper's attempts to locate the elusive graffiti art icon.

ABSTRACT
Billed as "the world's first street art disaster movie", Exit Through the Gift Shop follows eccentric French shopkeeper Thierry Guetta -- otherwise known as "Mr. Brainwash" -- as he endeavors to track down and form a personal connection with renegade street artist Banksy, running into a number of expected enigmatic quandaries along the way. Though Banksy himself has claimed the film to be a true-life documentary, numerous critics and observers have argued over its authenticity.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Banksy
Artist
c. 1977   Graffiti stenciler
Shepard Fairey
Artist
15-Feb-1970   Andre the Giant Has A Posse
Rhys Ifans
Actor
22-Jul-1968   Notting Hill
Jay Leno
Talk Show Host
28-Apr-1950   The Tonight Show

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