Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)

Director:

Banksy

Release Date:

5 March 2010 (Ireland)

Genre:

Documentary | Comedy

Tagline:

The incredible true story of how the world's greatest Street Art movie was never made...

Plot:

The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy...

Plot Keywords:

Artist | Graffiti Artist | Street Artist | Graffiti | Eccentric

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 16 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

Banksy	...	Himself
Mr. Brainwash	...	Himself (as Thierry Guetta aka Mister Brainwash)
Debora Guetta	...	Herself
Monsieur André	...	Himself
Zeus	...	Himself
Shepard Fairey	...	Himself
Ron English	...	Himself
Caledonia Curry	...	Herself (as Swoon)
Borf	...	Himself
Buffmonster	...	Himself
Steve Lazarides	...	Himself
Wendy Asher	...	Herself
Roger Gastman	...	Himself
Laurent Nahoum-Vatinet	...	Himself
Amanda Fairey	...	Herself
Romain Lefebure	...	Himself
Clemence Janin	...	Herself
David Healy	...	Himself
Celeste Sparrow	...	Herself
Derek Walborn	...	Himself
Adam Lawrence	...	Himself
Justin Murphy	...	Himself
Justin Saliman	...	Himself (as Dr Justin Saliman)
Sonja Teri	...	Herself
Grace Jehan	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rhys Ifans	...	Narrator
Space Invader	...	Himself
Christina Aguilera	...	Herself (uncredited)
Beck	...	Himself (uncredited)
Victor Borrayo	...	Himself (uncredited)
Angie Crouch	...	Herself (uncredited)
Mary Cummins	...	Herself - elephant inspector (uncredited)
Liam Gallagher	...	Himself (uncredited)
Noel Gallagher	...	Himself (uncredited)
Angelina Jolie	...	Herself (uncredited)
Jude Law	...	Himself (uncredited)
Jay Leno	...	Himself (uncredited)
Joshua Levine	...	Himself (uncredited)
Shaquille O'Neal	...	Himself (uncredited)
Brad Pitt	...	Himself (uncredited)
Alastair Stewart	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tai	...	Elephant (uncredited)
Alex Thomson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Banksy

Produced by
Holly Cushing	....	executive producer
Holly Cushing	....	producer
Jaimie D'Cruz	....	producer
James Gay-Rees	....	executive producer
James Gay-Rees	....	producer
Melody Howse	....	assistant producer

Film Editing by
Tom Fulford
Chris King

Sound Department
Jim Carey	....	head of sound
Jack Gillies	....	supervising sound editor
Mark Henry	....	consulting sound supervisor
Mark Henry	....	sound mixer
Alan Sallabank	....	sound re-recording mixer
Grant Waters	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Adam Glasman	....	digital colourist
Aurora Shannon	....	digital intermediate assistant

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Coleman	....	camera operator
Brian Cross	....	camera operator
Jerry Henry	....	camera operator
Todd Mazer	....	camera operator
Andy Phipps	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Adam Eddy	....	on-line editor
Rob Farris	....	digital intermediate producer
Steve Harrow	....	post-production consultant
Nick Timms	....	technical operator

Music Department
Roni Size	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Other crew
Pablo Aravena	....	graffiti film archive
Lou Auguste	....	graffiti film archive
Keith Haskel	....	graffiti film archive
Dana O'Keefe	....	sales agent
George Pank	....	business affairs consultant

Thanks
Roa	....	special thanks
Vhils	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Paranoid Pictures

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Alamode Film (2010) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Avalon Distribución Audiovisual (2010) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Le Pacte (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2010) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Parco Co. Ltd. (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Revolver Entertainment (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• Sea Movies (2011) (worldwide) (theatrical) (ship)
• UPLINK Company (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Madman Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (all media)
• Midas Filmes (2011) (Portugal) (all media)
• Mongrel Media (2010) (Canada) (DVD)
• Oscilloscope Pictures (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• P.F.A. Films (2010) (Italy) (all media)
• Videorama (2012) (Greece) (all media)

Other Companies

• Abramorama  Distribution and Marketing Consultant

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for some language

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:12A | USA:R (certificate #46044) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Australia:M | Germany:6 (f) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:M18 | Japan:G | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:12 | France:U

Filming Locations:

Disneyland Park, Disneyland Resort - 1600 S. Disneyland Drive, Anaheim, California, USA

Company:

Paranoid Pictures

Trivia:

The film's editors had to sit through over 10,000 hours of Mr. Brainwash's tapes just to get a few minutes' worth of usable footage.

Quotes:

Banksy:There's no one like Thierry, even though his art looks like everyone else's.

Movie Connections:

Features Ellis G.: The Life of a Shadow (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Kelly Watch The Stars

A great little documentary

I came into this as a complete neutral. I knew of some street artists, but not many, and liked the Banksy murals and oils that I had seen. I came away from the film impressed.

Firstly and most importantly it's entertaining. It's smart, charismatic and at times quite, quite funny. But its also a film that leaves a lasting impression as it has an ending that is a bit ambiguous as to whether it is a prank or not. It is a film of two halves - both halves providing great PR for the street artists. The first half is a documentary of several street artists. The street artists are likable and unpretentious. Their message is unmistakable and runs along the lines of 'We enjoy what we do and hope you do'. And I must admit I did. Top of this pile is Banksy. Obviously incredibly talented and laugh out loud, he steals the show as the docu focuses on his palestinian wall art, his Disneyland prank and the LA Show. Its impressive stuff. Now the ambiguous second half. Thierry, the filmmaker, himself, becomes an artist and the film takes great pleasure in showing how awful he is. Despite this he manages to put on a successful show in LA. Instantly it becomes a satire on contemporary art and how the art buying public are sometimes unable to distinguish between good and bad art. What is ambiguous here is the authenticity of Thierry, aka Mr Brainwash, Is this a prank where he is deliberately awful, or is he genuinely oblivious to his awfulness. Well you will have to watch it to form your own opinion. I guarantee at the very least you'll have an enjoyable hour and a half forming that opinion