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Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Evan Glodell
Production: Oscilloscope Laboratories
  5 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
72
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
R
Year:
2011
106 min
$167,242
Website
111 Views


I know.

Seriously, that's gross.

I mean, it's a good way

to get sick too.

Actually,

I met this really cool guy

tonight.

Yeah?

He was going against me

in the contest,

and I totally schooled him.

Well, I am going to sleep.

Okay.

Good night.

Night.

#Havin'troubles tellin'how I feel #

#But I can dance, dance, dance #

#Couldn't possibly tell you how I mean #

#But I can dance, dance, dance #

Ah.

#So when I trip on my feet #

#Look at the beat #

#It was all written in the sand #

# When I'm shaking my hips,

look for the swing #

#It was all written in the air #

#Oh, dance #

#I was a dancer all along #

#Dance, dance, dance #

# Words can never make up

for what you do #

#Easy conversations... ##

#... Make up for what you do ##

Hey, Mr. Dancy Feet, you wanna

come and hold this for a second?

Yeah.

That girl last night?

Yeah?

Was f***ing crazy, right?

I know, dude.

She kicked your ass

at eating grasshoppers.

That's it.

I can't believe

it's finally finished.

I can't believe it's finally

finished, and we can't test it...

till we have one stupid-ass

piece. Oh, I know. I know.

Carlos said we'd get the piece

tomorrow for sure, so...

Oh. Better be.

What's up?

Huh?

Nothing, dude. What's up?

Dude, I cannot believe you ate

grasshoppers to pick up a girl.

No. I know.

That was retarded.

No. That's, like, something I would do.

Yeah.

Sweet.

Oh, f***, dude.

You should bone her.

Yeah.

You get her phone number?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Uh, no. Actually,

I'm going on a date tonight.

Cool. Congratulations.

Thanks.

Oh, I'm going over to Elliot's,

- so if you finish with your little datey thing, you could stop by later.

- Okay.

Unless it goes super well.

I guess I might not see you

till the morning.

- I wonder.

- And then we could test this bad boy.

Yeah. Sweet.

Mike, have you

seen my ChapStick? Get up.

Aha!

- See? Ha, ha.

- Wow.

What are you doing?

Getting ready.

Getting ready for what?

I have a date with that guy

I told you about last night.

Did you drop off

the rent check yet?

Um, no. I forgot.

Come on, Milly.

It's a week late already.

Oh, come on.

It doesn't matter.

The landlord has a crush

on me anyways.

That's him. Can you get it?

Mike?

Thank you.

Hey, is, uh, Milly here?

Who are you?

Woodrow.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey, there, buddy.

Bye.

So where do you want

to go eat?

Well, I was thinking, 'cause

it's our first time hanging out,

I should take you

somewhere nice.

Uh, yeah. F*** that.

What?

I want you to take me

to the cheapest, nastiest,

scariest place

that you know of.

Oh, my God.

Yeah.

If I don't get sick,

I'm gonna be pissed off.

Okay. Okay.

Okay. You know what? I think

I know somewhere we could go.

All right. Where is it?

Um,

it's, like,

halfway across the country.

What? Where?

Texas.

Uh, me and Aiden

stopped there on a road trip.

Like, we didn't go in,

but it was, like, really scary.

All right. Let's go.

Shut up.

No.

What? You wouldn't actually drive all

the way to Texas with me right now?

I would. You wouldn't.

I am not scared.

I will absolutely go.

I am not scared either. I will go.

Fine.

All right. It's on.

Okay.

Okay. Let's go.

All right.

Are those for me?

Oh!

Yes. Here. These are for you.

Thank you. That's cute.

You're welcome.

Oh, um, this is for you.

Oh. What? What is this?

Just open it.

A whole box.

I felt really bad the other night

when I was making fun of your shoes...

Oh, yeah.

...So I got you some more.

That's really nice of you.

Oh, my God.

I know it's psycho getting you a present

on the first date, but...

Date, huh?

Shut up. Put them on.

Yes.

Why'd you come here?

Um 'cause California is the place

to go when you're from Wisconsin.

Totally.

So what is all this?

Aha.

Okay. Take one of

those Dixie cups. Okay.

And then put it

underneath the spout.

Okay.

And turn on the passenger seat

heat to pressurize the system.

Okay. And then it just works

by pressing the button.

Oh, my God.

What is it?

Does it look weird? It's

whiskey. No. Oh, my God.

Yeah.

Is it awesome?

Is it safe?

It's totally safe.

Aaah!

Dude, it's like...

It's like a James Bond car

for drunks.

So, you, like, built this?

Yes. Yes.

Okay.

It's, like, a hobby, I guess.

Okay. So tell me

about the flamethrower then.

Ah, the flamethrower.

So when me and Aiden

were kids in Wisconsin,

we saw Mad Max on TV.

Yep.

We recorded it

on a V.H.S. Tape...

and watched it,

like, a hundred times.

Totally.

And then our minds got warped,

and we decided that we

absolutely had to have...

our own flamethrower...

and, like, a Mad Max muscle car

that shoots flames out...

and has an engine sticking out

of the hood and is really scary.

And... Thank you.

And then, if and when the

apocalypse happens... Right.

We're set up to rule

over the wasteland...

with our gang Mother Medusa.

You know Mad Max, right?

Yes, I know Mad Max.

Come on.

Okay. Sorry.

I think I usually tell it better...

so I seem cool.

No. That was perfect

to make you seem really cool.

Okay, good.

I expect to become

an honorary member someday.

We could probably

work something out.

A Medusa, if you will.

Yes.

Yeah?

Yeah, we'll see.

Nice.

Oh.

For you.

Awesome.

And for me.

Woodrow?

#If you grew up with white boys #

# Who only look

at black and Puerto Rican porno #

# 'Cause they want something

that their dad don't got #

# Then you know where you're at #

#Mortaring your ear holes shut

in a rush with wet coke #

#In a Starbucks bathroom

with the door closed #

#On booze,

I'm left in residue and confused #

#Like the first time

you used soft water down... ##

Oh, sh*t.

I need a shot

to deal with this.

Here's a little one for you.

Uh... Oh, my God!

This is huge.

Cheers.

Well?

Check this out.

I'm scared.

That's good. You've done your job.

Do you see this?

What, the railroad special?

Yeah. Served all night.

And day-old meat loaf.

That's not half bad at

all. Well, well, well.

Look who got dipped

in the pretty sauce.

Did he just grab your ass?

Yes. That's fine.

Wait. Hold on a second.

No.

Hey, buddy,

you gonna apologize

to her for that?

- Why don't you take it easy, buddy?

- Dude...

Hey, I don't think

you're listening to me.

I'm dead serious

when I'm telling you right now,

I will beat the living

f***ing sh*t out of you...

if you don't apologize

to her right now.

Woodrow, let's go, seriously.

Holy sh*t.

I was the one

that was supposed to get sick.

Yeah.

That didn't go as well

as I thought it would.

Mmm.

Okay.

Are you okay?

Mm-hmm.

Mmm. Where did you learn

to fight like that, mister?

F*** you.

Whatever, dude.

F***ing badass.

Oh, hey. What's up, Courtney?

Hi, Mike.

Come on in.

Thanks.

What ya doing?

Uh, just having some people

over little later,

so I'm cooking.

Cool.

Fun.

Yeah.

So, have you

seen Milly lately?

No.

Do you know where she is

by any chance?

Yeah. She ran off

with some dude.

Woodrow?

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Evan Glodell

Evan Glodell is an American feature film director, producer, writer, and actor, who directed the indie film Bellflower on a shoestring budget of $17,000. This feature has received positive reviews of 73% on Rotten Tomatoes, and is critically acclaimed by such critics as Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times. more…

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