Saving Banksy(2017)

Parade Deck Films

1h 20m
- Documentary

Release Date: Jan 13, 2017

87%
82%
6.8

Internationally known graffiti artist, Banksy, left his mark on San Francisco in April 2010. Little did he know that this act of vandalism would spark a chain of events that includes one of his rats being removed from a wall, Museums ignorantly turning down a free Banksy street w... Read all

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Release Details

Original Release | Jan 13, 2017 | Limited

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$1,317
Total US & Canada:
$47,965
Total Worldwide:
$47,965

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

Colin M. Day
Director

Ben Eine
Actor

Glen E. Friedman
Actor

Kelly ‘Risk’ Graval
Actor

Doze Green
Actor

Hera
Actor

Lolita Laav

Actor

Blek Le Rat

Actor

Anthony Lister

Actor

Niels ‘Shoe’ Meulman

Actor

Revok

Actor

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1 / (high definition)

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

— Anonymous What would you do if someone offered you a small fortune for a painting the artist didn't want sold? When the worlds most infamous street artist visited San Francisco he created an art world frenzy. His 'illegal' art was loved by the public, destroyed by city officials, dismissed by art experts and coveted by art dealers. Saving Banksy is the story of one misguided art collectors attempt to save Banksy's famous "Haight Street Rat" from destruction and the auction block. His efforts to save the Rat are met with threats from city officials, snubs from museums and a flurry of six-figure offers from art dealers eager to cannot to get their hands on the painting. Saving Banksy is a rare backstage look at the elusive world of Street Art and Graffiti. The films narrative is driven by multiple perspectives from Street Artists who paint graffiti illegally, and from art dealers who remove their graffiti from public walls for profiteering purposes. Saving Banksy opens by serving it's plot up for debate. "What would you do if you found a million dollar Banksy spray-painted on the side of your house?" Since the birth of modern graffiti, Street Artists and graffiti writers have embraced the brevity of their public art. Their public work has always been subject to destruction by property owners, law enforcement, and other graffiti artists. However, with Street Art quickly becoming the hottest commodity on the auction block, these artists are rethinking their public art work in an effort to outsmart the commercialization of graffiti. Saving Banksy features interviews with some of the top names in Street Art and Graffiti including Ben Eine, Risk, Revok, Niels 'Shoe' Meulman, Blek Le Rat, Anthony Lister, Doze Green, Hera, and Glen E Friedman. — Anonymous

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