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Overview

User Rating:
6.5/10   409 votes
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Director:
Crispin Glover
Writer:
Crispin Glover (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
27 January 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
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:
What is it? I really don't know. more (14 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
USA:Unrated

Fun Stuff

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

FAQ

Who was the first executive producer money for this film?
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12 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
What is it? I really don't know., 9 February 1999
7/10
Author: istina from Saginaw, MI

I didn't know what to make of this film. I guess that is what it was all about really. I have never seen a film like it and I doubt that I really ever will again. Glover puts together something that is unique to him. I think to appreciate it you have to read some of his poetry, maybe see one of his slide shows. I really like this guy, he is just so bizarre I can't help it. Note: I saw this film before it was through its final editing, so maybe what I have seen and what others have seen are different. I will know, I guess, if I choose to view the film again. I think I will have to be properly drug influenced...

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