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Gummo
Sign in to saveGummo is a 1997 American experimental drama film written and directed by Harmony Korine (in his directorial debut), and starring Linda Manz, Max Perlich, Jacob Sewell, Jacob Reynolds, Chloë Sevigny, and Nick Sutton. It is set in Xenia, Ohio, a Midwestern American town that had been previously struck by a devastating tornado. The loose narrative follows several main characters who find odd and destructive ways to pass time, interrupted by vignettes depicting other inhabitants of the town.
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6.6Teenagers Solomon and Tummler kill time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.
Cast
- Jacob Reynolds as Solomon
- Jacob Sewell as Bunny Boy
- Nick Sutton as Tummler
- Chloë Sevigny as Dot
- Darby Dougherty as Darby
- Carisa Glucksman as Helen
Themes
- tornado
- dark comedy
- male friendship
- ohio
- suburbia
- vulgarity
- prostitution
- home invasion
- blunt
- albino
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Key facts
- Film.image
- Gummoposter.jpg
- Film.alt
- A semi-blurry picture of a young boy's side profile with messy hair.
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Harmony Korine
- Film.writer
- Harmony Korine
- Film.producer
- Cary Woods
- Film.cinematography
- Jean-Yves Escoffier
- Film.editing
- Christopher Tellefsen
- Film.studio
- Independent Pictures
- Film.distributor
- Fine Line Features
- Film.runtime
- 89 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $1.3 million
- Film.gross
- $116,799
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 834914
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- publication date
- 1997-10-17
- title
- Gummo
- review score
- 19/100
- capital cost
- 1300000
- box office
- 116799
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Gummo is a 1997 American experimental drama film written and directed by Harmony Korine (in his directorial debut), and starring Linda Manz, Max Perlich, Jacob Sewell, Jacob Reynolds, Chloë Sevigny, and Nick Sutton. It is set in Xenia, Ohio, a Midwestern American town that had been previously struck by a devastating tornado. The loose narrative follows several main characters who find odd and destructive ways to pass time, interrupted by vignettes depicting other inhabitants of the town.
Gummo was shot in Nashville, Tennessee, on an estimated budget of $1.3 million. It was not given a large theatrical release and failed to generate large box office revenues. It received generally negative reviews from critics, and generated substantial press for its graphic content and stylized, loosely woven narrative. The film has become a cult film, and entered the Criterion Collection in 2024.