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Director:
Writer:
Crispin Glover (writer)
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Release Date:
27 January 2005 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Being the adventures of a young man whose principle interests are snails, salt, a pipe, and how to get home. As tormented by an hubristic, racist inner psyche.
Plot:
What Is It? is a bewildering, unnerving, surreal, blackly comic film from the visionary mind of Crispin Glover that tells the inner and outer struggles of a young man facing villains and demons on multiple planes. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
A roller-coaster ride for the brain... more (14 total)

Cast

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Michael Blevis ... The young man (as Michael Bleviss)
Carlos Richardson ... The young man's alter ego
Lisa Fusco ... The young man's fantasy girl
Steven C. Stewart ... Dueling Demi-God Auteur and the young man's uber ego (as Steven Stewart)

Crispin Glover ... Dueling Demi-God Auteur and the Young Man's Inner Psyche and Id
John Insinna ... The young man's outer sanctum friend and inner santum's choked victim
Kelly Swiderski ... Inner sanctum concubine and outer sanctum snail collector
Robin Adams ... Inner sanctum concubine and outer sanctum girl who recognizes burning
Adam Parfrey ... The minstrel
Rikky Wittman ... The minstrel's nemesis (as Rickey Wittman)
Lynn Conley ... The minstrel's concubine, mocking tormentor and ultimate outer sanctum victor
Cheryl Brown ... Outer Sanctum Mocking tormentor and walkie-talkie grabbing woman that cries later
Tom Carroll ... Grave digger and mocking tormentor
Eric Yates ... Inner sanctum Puppet show audience member and outer sanctum / inner sanctum victim
Mary P. Hayes ... The young man's mother
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Additional Details

Runtime:
82 min | USA:72 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Crispin Glover's directorial debut. more
Movie Connections:
References Back to the Future (1985) more
Soundtrack:
Some Niggers Never Die (They Just Smell That Way) more

FAQ

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10 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
A roller-coaster ride for the brain..., 7 May 2005
Author: Eileen McHenry from Matango Island West

This is a movie we will all be talking about for a long time. It's full of disturbing images, dialogue that is very hard to make out in spots, and narrative tangents that make you, almost, forget what happened in the previous scenes. It all does gel together in the end, but you need to keep watching and be patient. I am so glad I did...Not many movies give me this much to think about. (These days, how many movies give you ANYTHING to think about?) A film that can make me simultaneously puzzled, grossed out, intrigued, offended, and delighted is worth seeing. I am still very glad the director was on hand to tell us what he was thinking about when he made this movie; otherwise I would still be guessing about it almost a month later. I really can't wait for the sequel.

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