Bongwater (1997)

Director:

Richard Sears

Writers:

Michael Hornburg (novel)
Nora Maccoby (written by) ...

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

David is an aspiring artist and a pot dealer, and he falls in love with constantly smoking Serena. Serena...

Plot Keywords:

Aspiring Artist | Artist | Playing Footsie While In Bed | Anal Rape | Loser

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Luke Wilson	...	David
Alicia Witt	...	Serena
Amy Locane	...	Jennifer
Brittany Murphy	...	Mary
Jack Black	...	Devlin
Andy Dick	...	Tony
Jeremy Sisto	...	Robert
Jamie Kennedy	...	Tommy
Scott Caan	...	Bobby
Christian J. Meoli	...	Tobo (as Christian Meoli)
George Kuchar	...	Homeless Man
Patricia Wettig	...	Mom
Michael Artura	...	Cop
Scott Anthony Ferguson	...	Fireman
Kyle Gass	...	Guitar Player

Also Known As:

Bong Water (USA) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive drug content and language, sexuality/nudity and a sexual assault.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Alliance Independent Films

Trivia:

When Tommy looks at Serena's driver's license, we see that her last name is Witt. Alicia Witt, who plays Serena, wrote her last name on it exactly like in her own signature.

Quotes:

Tony: We didn't tell you? We're having a party! We rented out the Adams. Yeah it has this whole 80's theme.
Robert: Yeah, so, you can just wear that really ugly shirt you always wear. And... you'll be 80's!
David: Oh I'd love to. But all my stuff burned down. In the big funny fire!

Movie Connections:

References When We Were Kings (1996)

He's no Kerouac

I lived next door to the author in 1980 when he first moved out to Portland from Downer's Grove, Ill. with two of his high school buds. He seemed like a normal-enough guy, though he had a lot of artistic pretensions. Within a few years, he jumped into Portland's post-punk music scene with buddy Phil and a few others, and a band that definitely wasn't headed anywhere, although it got him a lot of action, including a fling with Courtney Love in her Portland groupie days. He seemed to think his musical prospects were good enough to move to San Francisco, then N.Y.C.

I was surprised to hear that he got a publishing deal in '95 after the band crashed and burned. Courtney Love's name seemed to be the clincher. I have no idea how the movie came about, especially with this cast, but I doubt that Gus Van Sant was involved. Anyway, the reviewers here seem to be unsure whether the lack of narrative focus is intentional or not, so I would just say that this is the work of a fairly intelligent guy who wants to be a writer, or artist or something, but doesn't have anything to say. Like Kerouac without the Benzedrine.