Baghead (2008)

Four struggling actors retreat to a cabin in Big Bear, California in order to write a screenplay that will make them all stars. Problem is: What happens when their story idea -- a horror flick about a group of friends tormented by a villain with a bag over his head -- starts to come true?

Directors:

Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass

Writers:

Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass,

Stars:

Steve Zissis, Ross Partridge, Greta Gerwig

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Steve Zissis	...	Chad
Ross Partridge	...	Matt
Greta Gerwig	...	Michelle
Elise Muller	...	Catherine
Jett Garner	...	Jett Garner
Cass Naumann	...	'We Are Naked' girlfriend
Jennifer Lafleur	...	Festival Director
Darrell Bryant	...	Pickup truck driver
Anthony Cristo	...	Bouncer
Jen Tracy	...	Name Checker (as Jen Tracy Duplass)
Heather Hall	...	Festivalgoer
David Zellner	...	Festivalgoer

Storyline

Four struggling actors retreat to a cabin in Big Bear, California in order to write a screenplay that will make them all stars. Problem is: What happens when their story idea -- a horror flick about a group of friends tormented by a villain with a bag over his head -- starts to come true?

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Plot Keywords:

actor | california | cabin | shirt | wallet | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Horror | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some sexual content and nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Sony Classics [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 January 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cabeza de bolsa

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$8,640 (USA) (13 June 2008)

Gross:

$140,016 (USA) (14 November 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Duplass Brothers Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Chad: You're like Michael Jordan, I'm Bill Lambier! I've got no game!

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Connections

References When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

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Soundtracks

"3 of Harts"
(uncredited)
Written and Performed by J. Scott Howard
Cold Cold Wind (ASCAP)

User Reviews

Indie Hubris At Its Most Ridiculous

This movie is one of the more dire examples of indie filmmakers thinking that ANY film which is low-budget and unscripted is automatically brilliant. I am an art school graduate with a very high tolerance for experimentation, and I can dig a very low-key movie if there is some kind of point to it. Even for the "mumblecore" aesthetic, this one tests the limits of just how irrelevant a story can be. It features thoroughly unlikable characters who have minor romantic issues (one has a low-level crush, another a vague sexual attraction) sitting around chatting listlessly in a generic mountain condo. To add insult, this apathetic dialog is captured with hyperactive, aggressive camera-work which never stops moving, favors extreme close-up for 95 percent of the shots, and leaves the very few events that happen in the film out of frame. The "scares" literally involve the characters occasionally startling one another. A barely feature-length film in which even the actors themselves grow visibly more and more bored and sleepy as the movie goes on. If you genuinely do like zero-stakes, zero-production value, shapeless and pointless indie movies, then this may be for you. But do not watch it expecting it to be a horror movie, or a comedy, or a relationship drama, or a parody. It is mostly nothing.