American Honey (2016)

A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.

Director:

Andrea Arnold

Writer:

Andrea Arnold

Stars:

Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 13 wins & 36 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sasha Lane	...	Star
Shia LaBeouf	...	Jake
Riley Keough	...	Krystal
McCaul Lombardi	...	Corey
Arielle Holmes	...	Pagan
Crystal Ice	...	Katness (as Crystal B. Ice)
Veronica Ezell	...	QT (as Verronikah Ezell)
Chad Cox	...	Billy (as Chad McKenzie Cox)
Garry Howell	...	Austin
Kenneth Kory Tucker	...	Sean
Raymond Coalson	...	JJ
Isaiah Stone	...	Kalium
Dakota Powers	...	Runt
Shawna Rae Moseley	...	Shaunte
Christopher David Wright	...	Riley

Storyline

Star, a teenage girl with nothing to lose, joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.

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Plot Keywords:

road movie | male full frontal nudity | male frontal nudity | triple f rated | public nudity | 

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Taglines:

Travel across the vast emptiness of the American dream.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language throughout, drug/alcohol abuse-all involving teens

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 October 2016 (UK)

Also Known As:

Amerikos mylimoji

Filming Locations:

Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$71,203, 2 October 2016, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$662,786, 2 December 2016

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,751,330, 4 December 2016

Company Credits

Production Co:

Parts and Labor, British Film Institute (BFI), Film4

Technical Specs

Runtime:

163 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed mostly with natural or available light.

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Goofs

After Jake steals the white Cadillac and hits the road, the right side mirror housing is blue. In a later shot it's white again - the same color as the rest of the car.

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Quotes

Pagan: You know what Darth Vader looks like beneath that mask? He's a skeleton. Just like the rest of us.

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Crazy Credits

The closing credits, after the lead actor names, consist of a list of names, alphabetized by first name, with no indication of whether they are crew or cast -- no job titles or character names. And there are no opening credits.

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Connections

Referenced in Breakfast: Episode dated 16 October 2016 (2016)

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Soundtracks

God's Whisper
Written by Raury (as Raury Tullis)
Published by Universal/MCA Music Ltd.
Performed by Raury
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Inc

User Reviews

Repetitive film that gets by on pure talent

Andrea Arnold's "American Honey" is a bold and ambitious film filled with good performances, and for the most part I like this film, but boy does it have a ton of pitfalls. "American Honey" is repetitive, bombastic, overlong, and filled with unlikable characters, and most of the repetitiveness comes from these characters constantly listening to and singing to rap music in their white van. Sitting through 2 hours and 43 minutes of this film felt more like a chore than a cinematic experience. I'm looking forward to what Andrea Arnold has in store for us next, I truly am, and hopefully her next film won't be as preposterously long as this.