The Brown Bunny (2003)

Director:

Vincent Gallo

Writer:

Vincent Gallo (written by)

Release Date:

14 November 2003 (Austria)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Professional motorcycle racer Bud Clay heads from New Hampshire to California to race again. Along the way he meets various needy women who provide him with the cure to his own loneliness, but only a certain woman from his past will truly satisfy him.

Plot Keywords:

Love | California | New Hampshire | Motorcycle | Loneliness

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Vincent Gallo	...	Bud Clay
Chloë Sevigny	...	Daisy (as Chloe Sevigny)
Cheryl Tiegs	...	Lilly
Elizabeth Blake	...	Rose
Anna Vareschi	...	Violet
Mary Morasky	...	Mrs. Lemon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rick Doucette	...	Featured Racer (uncredited)

Directed by
Vincent Gallo

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Vincent Gallo		written by

Produced by
Vincent Gallo	....	producer

Cinematography by
Vincent Gallo

Film Editing by
Vincent Gallo

Production Design by
Vincent Gallo		(uncredited)

Art Direction by
Vincent Gallo		(uncredited)

Set Decoration by
Vincent Gallo		(uncredited)

Costume Design by
Vincent Gallo

Makeup Department
Vincent Gallo	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Art Department
Vincent Gallo	....	set designer

Sound Department
Marc Fishman	....	sound mixer
Tony Lamberti	....	sound mixer
Jon Mete	....	sound editor
Edward Tise	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
John Clemens	....	camera operator
Vincent Gallo	....	camera operator
Toshiaki Ozawa	....	camera operator
Toshiaki Ozawa	....	gaffer
Toshiaki Ozawa	....	grip

Other crew
Cat Doran	....	support

Thanks
Deborah Brock	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Kinetique
• Vincent Gallo Productions
• Wild Bunch

Distributors

• Mars Distribution (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Filmes do Estação (2005) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Wellspring Media (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Europa Filmes (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Kinetique
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Switzerland) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Gallo Effects

Other Companies

• Kinetique  funding

Runtime:

93 min | Canada:90 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | France:119 min (Cannes Film Festival)

Country:

USA | Japan | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:16 | Ireland:18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | New Zealand:R18 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) (DVD rating) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) (DVD rating) | Italy:VM18 | Brazil:18 | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Portugal:M/18 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | USA:Not Rated | Sweden:15 | Australia:R | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Best Western Inn - 6141 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Kinetique

Trivia:

The region-1 (North America) DVD version of the film contains about 304 shots in just under 92 minutes of action. This equates to an average shot length of approximately 17.9 seconds and a median shot length of approximately 18.6 seconds. This contrasts with most contemporary Hollywood films that usually contain a few thousand shots and average shot lengths of around 2 to 5 seconds.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Bud speaks to Daisy's mother, a glass on the table appears and then disappears between shots.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[Bud walks up to a young woman, working behind the counter in a gas station store]
Bud Clay: Hi.
Violet: Hello... Did you just come from the race track?
Bud Clay: Mmhm.
Violet: Did you win?
Bud Clay: No.
Violet: Oh.
Bud Clay: How much is this?
Violet: $2... Will you be racing again?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The View: (2006-03-08)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Come Wander with Me

This is probably one of the worse film I have seen in the past 50 years

Vincent Gallo According to the credits is a man with many ( probably too many ) talents. While I haven't seen any of his other films, this one lacks a, direction. b, editing c, cinematography d, intelligent script. Vincent Gallo as an actor acts well as a depressed person, but that is all. When he brakes down with his former wife or girlfriend he utters a sound which could be credited to a whingeing cat, but hardly to a man which I suppose he represents. The repetitiousness of the scenes,his portraits in the mirrors show that as a director he admires himself as an actor, but I do not consider this as a positive.

When I watched the first scene for about 15 minutes which is a motor circle race, I thought I put in the wrong DVD about motor cycle racing. I wished that I switched it off at that point. The rest of the film I watched for curiosity only. The sex scene sticks out from the film, like his prick from his trousers. It would fit into a porno film, but not what is considered an art-house film.

Just because there is hardly an intelligent sentence in the script, and luckily there are only a few sentences in the film, it does not make it a work of art. This is probably one of the worse films I have seen in the past 50 years

Andrew Barry