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Bongwater

  • 19981998
  • RR
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
4.5K
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Alicia Witt, Scott Caan, Andy Dick, Brittany Murphy, Luke Wilson, and Jack Black in Bongwater (1998)
ComedyDramaRomance
An indolent artist in Portland, Oregon becomes addicted to marijuana, prompting his girlfriend to flee to New York City with a heroin addict.An indolent artist in Portland, Oregon becomes addicted to marijuana, prompting his girlfriend to flee to New York City with a heroin addict.An indolent artist in Portland, Oregon becomes addicted to marijuana, prompting his girlfriend to flee to New York City with a heroin addict.
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
4.5K
YOUR RATING
    • Richard Sears
    • Michael Hornburg(novel)
    • Nora Maccoby
    • Eric Weiss
  • Stars
    • Luke Wilson
    • Alicia Witt
    • Amy Locane
    • Richard Sears
    • Michael Hornburg(novel)
    • Nora Maccoby
    • Eric Weiss
  • Stars
    • Luke Wilson
    • Alicia Witt
    • Amy Locane
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    • 52User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Brittany Murphy and Jack Black in Bongwater (1998)
    Alicia Witt, Andy Dick, Jeremy Sisto, and Luke Wilson in Bongwater (1998)
    Alicia Witt and Luke Wilson in Bongwater (1998)
    Alicia Witt, Scott Caan, Andy Dick, Brittany Murphy, Luke Wilson, and Jack Black in Bongwater (1998)
    Brittany Murphy and Luke Wilson in Bongwater (1998)
    Luke Wilson in Bongwater (1998)
    Amy Locane, Alicia Witt, Andy Dick, and Jeremy Sisto in Bongwater (1998)
    Amy Locane, Alicia Witt, Andy Dick, Luke Wilson, and Jack Black in Bongwater (1998)
    Bongwater (1998)
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    James Cromwell, Vince Vaughn, Alicia Witt, Scott Caan, Andy Dick, Brittany Murphy, Luke Wilson, Jack Black, and Paul Kaye in Bongwater (1998)

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    Luke Wilson
    Luke Wilson
    • David
    Alicia Witt
    Alicia Witt
    • Serena
    Amy Locane
    Amy Locane
    • Jennifer
    Brittany Murphy
    Brittany Murphy
    • Mary
    Jack Black
    Jack Black
    • Devlin
    Andy Dick
    Andy Dick
    • Tony
    Jeremy Sisto
    Jeremy Sisto
    • Robert
    Jamie Kennedy
    Jamie Kennedy
    • Tommy
    Scott Caan
    Scott Caan
    • Bobby
    Christian J. Meoli
    Christian J. Meoli
    • Tobo
    • (as Christian Meoli)
    George Kuchar
    George Kuchar
    • Homeless Man
    Patricia Wettig
    Patricia Wettig
    • Mom
    Michael Artura
    Michael Artura
    • Cop
    Scott Anthony Ferguson
    • Fireman
    Kyle Gass
    Kyle Gass
    • Guitar Player
    Muffy
    • Stripper
    Bronson Van Wyck
    • Bartender
    Jocelyne Kelly
        • Richard Sears
        • Michael Hornburg(novel)
        • Nora Maccoby
        • Eric Weiss
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      • Trivia
        When Tommy (Jamie Kennedy) 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.
      • Goofs
        The boom mic can be blatantly seen several times in the full screen (1.33) version.
      • Quotes

        Tony: David, guess who stopped smoking?

        David: Who?

        Tony: Your house!

      • Crazy credits
        Through the closing credits, we hear people leaving coded messages on an answering machine about buying pot.
      • Alternate versions
        96-minute version:
        • Opening credits uses the song "Sunday" by Sonic Youth.
        • 65 minutes in, at the end of David's hallucination, his mom walks away and says "Now how the hell do I get out of this place?" In this cut, she fades away into nothingness after saying that line.
      • Connections
        References When We Were Kings (1996)
      • Soundtracks
        Sunday
        (uncredited)

        Written by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley

        Performed by Sonic Youth

        [Appears 1 minute in during some versions of movie]

      User reviews52

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      Northern-Western drug-culture in-humor.
      I saw a screening of this film in its uncut version 3 months ago... (I intern at the company that aquired it and is going to distribute it.) It has some great *realistic* caricatures of potheads and all other sorts of drug users and such... Luke Wilson is okay, but his subtlety doesn't quite work here. The story is as meandering as its subject matter, much like the finer, non-Hollywood stoner films. Amy Locane is pretty good, (why didn't her career ever fly?) Other cast are frighteningly familiar caricatures of neo-hippy-ites. Final cut will probably be better than what I saw, as I hear that many long, boring segments are being cut from the film. People in on the scene, or stoned at the time, will enjoy the film a lot. Doesn't, however, have mass-audience appeal at all.
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      • Cinewalt
      • Feb 7, 1999

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      • Release date
        • June 10, 2013 (United States)
        • United States
        • English
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      • Filming locations
        • Portland, Oregon, USA
      • Production company
        • Alliance Independent Films
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      • 1 hour 37 minutes
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