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, Tyler Dawson, Jessie Wiseman

5 wins & 8 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 Guy at Party
Chris Snyder	...	Tattoo Guy
Dan Dulle	...	Motorcycle Owner
Jon Huck	...	John Huck

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:

medusa | apocalypse | infidelity | bellflower | female nudity | 

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Evan Glodell built his first flamethrower at the age of 12. It was prone to malfunction and only had a 6 foot range.

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Goofs

At the bar, Woodrow and Milly enter a cricket-eating contest and live crickets are shown. Yet later, characters keep talking about eating grasshoppers. This could be a slip of the tongue by the characters who do regard crickets and grasshoppers as the same type of bug.

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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

Babyfin
Written and Performed by Jonathan Keevil
Courtesy of Jonathan Keevil

User Reviews

Boreflower

I tried to like this movie since I watch a lot of indie films that are similar, but I just couldn't get into this movie. I don't know if it was the pacing, or just because there is no real build up to anything. The acting was pretty solid in the movie, maybe one of the only things it has going for it. There was a lot of cool artsy scenes that I found to be cool, the contrast on a lot of the scenes is high giving the scenes a nice glowing look that seems ever so popular in indie films. All in all, it just wasn't enough to keep me interested. I could see people liking the movie though, and I'm not saying it's a terrible movie. If you dig the whole indie thing, I'd say check it out and make your own judgement of it.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 March 2012 (France)

Also Known As:

Bellflower

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$22,279, 7 August 2011

Gross USA:

$168,226

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$172,935

Company Credits

Production Co:

Coatwolf Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby (Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1