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Release Date: 1997
Cast: James Lawhorn, James Glass, Daniel Martin, Ellen M. Smith, Charles Matthew Coatney, James David Glass, Linda Manz, Chloë Sevigny, Max Perlich, Bernadette Resha, Carisa Glucksman, Casey Guzak ...MORE
Cast: James Lawhorn, James Glass, Daniel Martin, Ellen M. Smith, Charles Matthew Coatney, James David Glass, Linda Manz, Chloë Sevigny, Max Perlich, Bernadette Resha, Carisa Glucksman, Casey Guzak, Donna Brewster, William Dickinson, Berniece M. Duvall, Darby Dougherty, Nathan Rutherford, James Baker, Ellen M. Smith, Bill Evans, Harmony Korine, Wendall Carr, Jeffery A. Baker, Lara Tosh, Jason Guzak, Jacob Sewell, Nick Sutton, Mark Gonzales, Jacob Reynolds, Kristi Faye Randolph, Rose Shephard, Bryant L. Crenshaw ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Avant-Garde, Experimental Film, Ensemble Film, Indie, Teen, Drama Film
Gummo is a 1997 American independent drama written and directed by Harmony Korine. A directorial debut for Korine, the film stars Jacob Reynolds, Jacon Sewell and Chloe Sevigny. Rather than following a linear plot, the film is a series of seemingly unrelated vignettes depicting the hopeless, nihilistic lives of the residents of an Xenia, Ohio, a small Midwestern town that had been previously struck by a devastating tornado. The plot itself focuses on the impoverished people who dwell in the tornado's aftermath however features no significant interconnection between each character and... MORE
Gummo is a 1997 American independent drama written and directed by Harmony Korine. A directorial debut for Korine, the film stars Jacob Reynolds, Jacon Sewell and Chloe Sevigny. Rather than following a linear plot, the film is a series of seemingly unrelated vignettes depicting the hopeless, nihilistic lives of the residents of an Xenia, Ohio, a small Midwestern town that had been previously struck by a devastating tornado. The plot itself focuses on the impoverished people who dwell in the tornado's aftermath however features no significant interconnection between each character and scene.
Produced on a modest budget of $1 million, Gummo was not given a large theatrical release and hence failed to generate large box office revenues, being an independent film. However, the film did generate substantial press for its graphic content and highly original, stylised narrative. Since its initial theatrical release Gummo has since been labelled as a cult film.
The film is set in Xenia, Ohio, a small town hit by a tornado in 1974, although it was filmed in Nashville, Tennessee. The film portrays Xenia as the home of various oddball and somewhat disturbing backwater characters. The loose LESS
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