Bellflower (2011)

Two friends spend all their free time building flame-throwers and weapons of mass destruction in hopes that a global apocalypse will occur and clear the runway for their imaginary gang "Mother Medusa".

Director:

Evan Glodell

Writer:

Evan Glodell

Stars:

Evan Glodell, Jessie Wiseman, Tyler Dawson

4 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Evan Glodell	...	Woodrow
Jessie Wiseman	...	Milly
Tyler Dawson	...	Aiden
Rebekah Brandes	...	Courtney
Vincent Grashaw	...	Mike
Zack Kraus	...	Elliot
Keghan Hurst	...	Sarah
Alexandra Boylan	...	Mad Dog's Waitress
Bradshaw Pruitt	...	Mad Dog's Bartender
Brian Thomas Evans	...	Dirty Trucker
Britta Jacobellis	...	Neighbor With Dogs
Ceaser Flores	...	Scary Man at Party
Chris Snyder	...	Tattoo Guy
Dan Dulle	...	Motorcycle Owner
Jon Huck	...	Himself

Storyline

Bellflower follows two friends as they venture out into the world to begin their adult lives. Literally all their free time is spent building flame-throwers and weapons of mass destruction in hopes that a global apocalypse will occur and clear the runway for their imaginary gang "Mother Medusa". While waiting for the world to end, their call to excitement comes unexpectedly when one of them meets a charismatic young woman and falls hard in love. Quickly integrated into a new group of friends, they set off on a journey of betrayal, love, hate, infidelity and extreme violence more devastating and fiery than any of their apocalyptic fantasies. Often life's simplest and most obvious truths are the hardest to see, but once you've burned everything to the ground it may be the only thing left standing.

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Plot Keywords:

apocalypse | medusa | bellflower | infidelity | mad max | 

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Taglines:

A love story with apocalyptic stakes.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violence, some strong sexuality, nudity, pervasive language and some drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 March 2012 (France)

Also Known As:

Ariza Ask

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$22,279 (USA) (5 August 2011)

Gross:

$167,242 (USA) (4 November 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Coatwolf Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby (Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Evan Glodell and Jessie Wiseman actually had to eat several live crickets during a scene where their characters meet while competing in a cricket eating contest.

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Goofs

After they arrive at the birthday party, Milly hands Woodrow a bottle, the camera cuts, and she hands him the bottle again.

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Quotes

Aiden: Your car is really bad ass dude. We could just get in the car, put the flamethrower in the trunk, leave town. Do you know how awesome it would be if we like went to some small town and went to one of the local bars, pulled up in that car? People would be like 'Holy shit, who are these guys?' and we would be like 'Come outside and take a look at our flamethrower". Dude, I don't think you realize how cool your car is. I'm fucking serious though dude. We could take the flamethrower and guns and ...

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Crazy Credits

In the credit for "MEDUSA CAR RESSURECTION AND SUPERCHARGING," "resurrection" is misspelled.

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Connections

References Mad Max (1979)

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Soundtracks

"Showdown"
Written by Derek Steele and Jesse Williams
Performed by Southpaw Swagger
Courtesy of Method House Studios/Position Music
By Arrangement with Position Music

User Reviews

Just watch it, don't analyze it !

So, here we are my first review. First of all, you must know I'm a really BIG watcher but I've never wrote a review for the simple reason, i never had to. But this time, it's different. Why? Because the phenomenon of this "3.0" generation really start to exasperate me. In fact I'm pretty sure all the people that destroy this movie did it on their smart-phones while "watching" it.

It's amazing how the bad reviews are incredibly long and detailed. And if i put that in parallel with some pretty popular movies for that same generation, the conclusion i come to is that you aren't capable of watching a movie in his "fullness", you just watch a succession of "scenes".

I know, i know, I'm not really talking about the movie, just go read other good reviews if you want to know why it's a f*ck*ng pretty good movie.

I wrote this review only to give you an advice if you decide to watch it: JUST DO IT, it's a real journey. Don't judge it, appreciate it, and do that until the very last moment. At the end, maybe that you will have liked it, maybe not, but at least you won't have lost 2 hours of your life, because it's unique and mesmerizing. Something you won't be able to appreciate if you analyze every seconds of it.