Exit Through the Gift Shop

Mar 5, 2010

1h 26m

★ 7.5

The world's first Street Art disaster movie...

Overview

Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Oscilloscope

Paranoid Pictures

KEO Films

Exit Through the Gift Shop Trailers

Cast

Narrator

Rhys Ifans

Self

Thierry Guetta

Self

Banksy

Self

Shepard Fairey

Self

INVADER

Self

Debora Guetta

Self

Monsieur André

Self

Zeus

Self

Swoon

Self

Borf

Self

Buffmonster

Self

Steve Lazarides

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