Spring Breakers (2012)

Director:

Harmony Korine

Writer:

Harmony Korine (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 March 2013 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Wish You Were Here

Plot:

Four college girls who land in jail after robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation find themselves bailed out by a drug and arms dealer who wants them to do some dirty work.

Plot Keywords:

Spring Break | Restaurant | Jail | College Girl | Money

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

James Franco	...	Alien
Selena Gomez	...	Faith
Vanessa Hudgens	...	Candy
Ashley Benson	...	Brit
Rachel Korine	...	Cotty
Gucci Mane	...	Archie
Heather Morris	...	Bess
Ash Lendzion	...	Forest
Emma Holzer	...	Heather
Lee Irby	...	History Professor
Jeff Jarrett	...	Youth Pastor
Josh Randall	...	Jock 1
Travis Duncan	...	Jock 2
John McClain	...	Judge
Paige Anderson	...	Female Guard
Rebecca Kauffman	...	Cheerleader Type
Tony Robinette	...	Nerdy Boy
Megan Russell	...	Spring Break Girl 1
Kathryn Trail	...	Spring Break Girl 2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jarrett Ricker	...	Jock #3
Ken Anthony II	...	Archies Thug-club (uncredited)
Brianna Borello	...	A spring breaker (uncredited)
Jeph Cangé	...	Archie's Thug (uncredited)
Vivian Fleming-Alvarez	...	Bridemaid (uncredited)
Mattox Gardner	...	Archie's Thug #2 (uncredited)
Rod Grant	...	Groomsman (uncredited)
Dave Kramer	...	Groom (uncredited)
Shawn Larkin	...	Snorting Jock (uncredited)
Carlee Miller	...	Tourist on Bus (uncredited)
Ananda Milsa	...	Bikini Party Girl (uncredited)
Courtney Paige Kramer	...	Bride (uncredited)
B.J. Parker	...	Jail Inmate (uncredited)
Eric Russo	...	Spring Breaker on Bus (uncredited)
Sidney Sewell	...	ATL Twin (uncredited)
Thurman Sewell	...	ATL Twin (uncredited)
Dayton Sinkia	...	Arcade Player (uncredited)
Ivy Sinn	...	(uncredited)
Cait Taylor	...	Tiffany (uncredited)
Lauren Vera	...	Spring Breaker (uncredited)
Debbie Whited	...	Court room attendee (uncredited)
Nicole Paris Williams	...	Arcade Player victim 1 (uncredited)

Directed by
Harmony Korine

Writing credits
Harmony Korine		(screenplay)

Produced by
Charles-Marie Anthonioz	....	producer
Agnès B.	....	executive producer
Vikram Chatwal	....	executive producer
Chris Contogouris	....	executive producer
Megan Ellison	....	executive producer
Ted Field	....	executive producer
Jonathan Fong	....	associate producer
Jordan Gertner	....	producer
Chris Hanley	....	producer
Jane Holzer	....	executive producer
Vince Jolivette	....	executive producer
Susan Kirr	....	co-producer
Susan Kirr	....	line producer
Miles Levy	....	executive producer
Scott Pierce	....	associate producer
Stella Schnabel	....	executive producer
Fernando Sulichin	....	executive producer
Wicks Walker	....	executive producer
Aeysha Walsh	....	executive producer
Mike Weber	....	co-producer
David Zander	....	producer

Original Music by
Cliff Martinez
Skrillex

Cinematography by
Benoît Debie

Film Editing by
Douglas Crise

Casting by
Laray Mayfield

Production Design by
Elliott Hostetter

Art Direction by
Almitra Corey

Set Decoration by
Adam Willis

Costume Design by
Heidi Bivens

Makeup Department
Gary Archer	....	dental prosthetics
Michelle Diamantides	....	key hair stylist
Nana Fischer	....	personal hair and makeup to James Franco
Lee Gren	....	graphic designer specialty tattoos: Tinsley Studio
Lee Grimes	....	makeup department head
Adruitha Lee	....	department head hair
Kim Pineda	....	makeup artist
Diana Thomas-Madison	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Anthony Gore	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard L. Fox	....	first assistant director
Krystian Lagowski	....	second second assistant director
Joe McDougall	....	first assistant director
Meaghan F. McLaughlin	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Rex Christensen	....	on-set dresser
Ryan Diefel	....	firearms consultant
Mike Drury	....	art department production assistant
Chelsea Harlan	....	production assistant
Adrian Marler	....	storyboard artist
Jil Myers	....	prop assistant
Ben Plunkett	....	production assistant (as Ben Plunket)
Gavina Reitnauer	....	set dresser
John Rusnak	....	assistant property master
Kurt Thoresen	....	property master
Michael Trudel Jr.	....	art assistant
Virginia Yount	....	art department production assistant

Sound Department
Alex Altman	....	sound mixer
Aaron Glascock	....	sound designer
Aaron Glascock	....	sound re-recording mixer
Aaron Glascock	....	supervising sound editor
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Mark Purcell	....	dubbing recordist
Shelley Roden	....	foley artist
Brian Swanson	....	boom operator
Byron Wilson	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Charles Beck	....	special effects technician
Jeremy S. Brock	....	special effects coordinator
Ryan Diefel	....	firearms consultant
George Hirst	....	special effects
Kevin Morrissey	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Ben Campanaro	....	lead compositor: Pixomondo
Charles Collyer	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Ante Dekovic	....	data wrangler: Pixomondo
Shawn Ewashko	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Sarah Brooke Grossmann	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Craig Kuehne	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Eric Levin-Hatz	....	visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Ben Mackey	....	systems administrator: Pixomondo
Mark Miller	....	visual effects managing producer: Pixomondo
Zach Miller	....	matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Stephen Mitchell	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Shalena Oxley-Butler	....	visual effects producer: Pixomondo
Stephen W. Pugh	....	visual effects executive producer: Pixomondo
Jonny Valdivia	....	visual effects production assistant: Pixomondo
Chris F. Woods	....	visual effects supervisor
Wanyan Zhu	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Jason Michael Zimmerman	....	creative director: Pixomondo

Stunts
David John Adamson	....	stunt driver
Grady Allen Bishop	....	stunt coordinator
Jeffrey Thomas Brown	....	stunts
David Anthony Buglione	....	stunt performer
Jeremy Conner	....	stunts
Mattox Gardner	....	stunt player (as Billy Gardner III)
Jason Charles Hill	....	stunt performer
Dave Kramer	....	stunt coordinator
Dave Kramer	....	stunt player
Peter Laboy	....	stunt performer
Keifus Mathews	....	stunts
Courtney Paige Kramer	....	stunt player
Ryan Robertson	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Dave Boulay	....	electrician
Joseph Boylan	....	first assistant camera
Ian Campbell	....	second assistant camera
Craig Clarke	....	camera car operator
Erik Curtis	....	"a" camera operator
Erik Curtis	....	second unit: director of photography
Michael J. DiCarlo	....	film loader (as Mike DiCarlo)
Michael J. DiCarlo	....	second assistant "b" camera
Sean Fisher	....	dolly grip
Garland Gallaspy	....	electrician
Nicholas R. Gianneschi	....	second assistant camera (as Nicholas Gianneschi)
Bruce Hazen	....	best boy electric
David Lasky	....	video assist
Mark Manthey	....	gaffer
Mike McGowan	....	steadicam operator
Patrick Murray	....	gaffer
Andrew Ortoski	....	lighting technician
Humberto Recio	....	balloon light tech
Danny Vanzura	....	"a" camera: second assistant camera
Peter Zuccarini	....	underwater camera operator

Casting Department
Sarah Beguiristain	....	casting assistant
Mattox Gardner	....	extras casting (as Billy Gardner III)
Ramani Leah	....	casting assistant
Sabyn Mayfield	....	casting associate
Jannette Sepwa	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jodi Baldwin	....	wardrobe supervisor
Rachel Dainer-Best	....	assistant costume designer
Lucia Gallone	....	costume assistant
Jose Alberto Reyes	....	wardrobe assistant
Candace Rice	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Giovanni DiGiorgio	....	digital intermediate assistant
J.D. Funari	....	marketing editor
Annie Johnson	....	digital intermediate producer
Samantha Kirner	....	post-production assistant
Rudy Lopez	....	digital intermediate editor: Company 3
Adam Robinson	....	additional editor
Keith H. Sauter	....	assistant editor
Chris F. Woods	....	digital intermediate conform editor
Chris F. Woods	....	digital intermediate scanning supervisor

Music Department
Meghan Currier	....	music coordinator
Ron Finn	....	music editor
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor
Mac Quayle	....	composer: additional music
Mac Quayle	....	score mixed by
Skrillex	....	musician
Brandon Thompson	....	music supervisor
Gregory Tripi	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
John Ansotegui	....	assistant location manager
Chrissie Atkinson	....	attorney
Laura M. Blair	....	location production assistant
Justin Browning	....	marine crew
Carrie Caignet	....	marine consultant: diver
Lauren Ciell	....	first assistant accountant
Khris Colgate	....	intern
Sarah R. Dubman	....	attorney
Simon Faulkner	....	location assistant
Sarah Ferguson	....	production secretary
Brian James Fitzpatrick	....	associate producer
Mara Gurevitz	....	second assistant accountant
Elsa Huisman	....	legal services
Katye Kalivoda	....	set production assistant
Ian M. Kemp	....	set medic
Paul Knaus	....	assistant location manager
Michael Kuzenka	....	set production assistant
Heather McKay	....	production secretary
Tyler Monsein	....	set assistant
Lee Morse	....	production coordinator
Nicolette Noble	....	production assistant
Cameron Nord	....	office production assistant
Ross Ostrom	....	production assistant
Laura Pinto	....	script supervisor
Fiona Pittaluga	....	production assistant
Rhys Raiskin	....	production executive
Jose Alberto Reyes	....	production assistant
Phillip L. Rosen	....	attorney
Ognjen Sarovic	....	production assistant
Sherrill Smith	....	location manager
Erica Lee Souza	....	stand-in
Beau Stapleton	....	production legal
Brandon Thompson	....	marketing director
Donny Tucker	....	stand-in
Tim Turner	....	production accountant
Taylor Ann Valentine	....	stand-in
Lauren Vera	....	stand-in
J.R. Von Schondorf	....	assistant production coordinator
Shelby Q. Warren	....	key office production assistant

Thanks
Florina Massbaum	....	grateful acknowledgment
Ross Massbaum	....	grateful acknowledgment
Lesley Wolff	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Muse Productions
• O' Salvation
• Division Films
• Iconoclast
• Radar Pictures

Distributors

• Blue Sky Media (2012) (Albania) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2013) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2012) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2012) (Bulgaria) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2012) (Croatia) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2012) (Hungary) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2012) (Kosovo) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2012) (Republic of Macedonia) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2012) (Montenegro) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2012) (Poland) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2012) (Romania) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2012) (Serbia) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2012) (Slovakia) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2012) (Slovenia) (all media)
• A24 (2013) (USA) (theatrical)
• Annapurna Pictures (2013) (USA) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2013) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Icon Film Distribution (2013) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2013) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• InterComFilm (2013) (Romania) (theatrical)
• Mars Distribution (2013) (France) (theatrical)
• SF Film Finland (2013) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2013) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Transformer (2013) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2013) (UK) (theatrical)
• Vertigo Films (2013) (UK) (theatrical)
• Wild Bunch (2013) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2013) (USA) (DVD)
• VVS Films (2013) (Canada) (all media)
• Vértigo Films (2013) (Spain) (all media)
• Zon Audiovisuais (2013) (Portugal) (all media)

Other Companies

• ARRI / Camera Service Center  camera equipment provided by
• Atlantic Records  soundtrack
• Big Beat Records  soundtrack
• Cinemapixel  digital intermediate
• Cineworks Digital Studios  HD dailies and digital previews/ telecine transfer
• Company 3  digital intermediate
• LA Management  talent management
• Lotus Post  screening facilities
• Rosen Law Group  production legal
• S.O.T.C. MultiMedia Group  product placement
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Sentry Event Services  security services
• Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging  scanning provided by

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, language, nudity, drug use and violence throughout

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:18A | USA:R | Germany:16 | UK:18 | Japan:R15+ | Ireland:18 | France:12 | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Australia:R (2013) | Singapore:R21 | Switzerland:16 | Hong Kong:III | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:18 | Denmark:15

Filming Locations:

Florida, USA

Company:

Muse Productions

Trivia:

Emma Roberts was originally cast but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.

Quotes:

Brit:Faith, we're not going to let anything happen to you.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.115" (2013)

Soundtrack:

Lights

A Nutshell Review: Spring Breakers

Babes gone bad. A simple enough premise, set around teenyboppers who just cannot wait to break their goody-two-shoes mould, and take on something grittier on film. Written and directed by Harmony Korine, Spring Breakers is that film you may feel nauseous when sitting through, no thanks to its psychedelic colours, repetitive voiceovers, in your face camera angles, and non linear chronological presentation that seemed high on moving backward and forward to rock your cognitive balance deliberately, providing that first hand experience on the perpetual state of high the characters all seem hooked on in their search for hedonism and narcotic nirvana.

It's like a guys wet dream fantasy come alive when dealing with characters who are uninhibited in wanting to try crazy stuff, and the story follows four college girls - Candy (Vanessa Hudgens), Brit (Ashley Benson), Cotty (Rachel Korine, wife of the writer-director) and Faith (Selena Gomez), the latter playing that religious girl enticed into the life of hard partying by friends who resorted to robbing a restaurant to fuel their spring break vacation. Then it's scene after scene of merry making, sometimes with the aid of drugs, that we see the drowning of values within Faith as she falls deeper into the rabbit hole of trouble.

Faith may be the character differentiated enough from the rest of her friends, but it's a little bit limited to what she can do, given the subject of peer pressure. The others were bland one-dimensional characters who bond deeper because of their clique that had survived an almost impossible pulling off of a robbery, catching the eye of Alien (James Franco), who decided to help the girls out of jail, posting their bail and taking them under his crooked wing.

James Franco stood out for being the thorn amongst the warped roses, and credit to the makeup and wardrobe team for completely knocking off his good looks, and replacing it with a gangsta inspired wardrobe with metallic braces, sun shades and plenty of tattoos. But the outfit doesn't make the character, and Franco owns it as Alien, a rapper cum drug dealer/distributor, complete with small army and a fortune to go on the recruitment hunt that would put the fun-seeking girls in his predatory path.

It's ultimately light in treatment, trying its best to ramp up the final act with the introduction of a gang rival, and the extent of rot the girls descended into, courtesy of the seduction from the dark side. There's little pleasure obtained from watching the movie, like a desperate exercise by the cast to show off how nasty they can actually be for film, playing to the fantasy of the filmmaker.