Exit Through the Gift Shop
About Exit Through the Gift Shop
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.
Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop is a 2010 documentary film. The film is filed under art, painting, fame, and fraud.
Rhys Ifans stars as Narrator, Thierry Guetta as Self, Banksy as Self, and Shepard Fairey as Self. It runs 86 minutes and was released in March 2010.
The screenplay is by Banksy. It comes from KEO Films, Oscilloscope, and Paranoid Pictures.
Cashback, The Last Exorcism, and Man on Wire make useful companions to Exit Through the Gift Shop, all filed under found footage. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 1,005 votes and it carries a R rating.