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Gummo (1997)

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Lonely residents of a tornado-stricken Ohio town wander the deserted landscape trying to fulfill their boring, nihilistic lives.

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  • Harmony Korine in Gummo (1997)
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  • Jacob Reynolds and Nick Sutton in Gummo (1997)

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Awards

4 wins & 2 nominations.

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User Reviews
17 August 2006 | worshipnounours
8
| Disturbing but strangely warm
Extremely disturbing film, kind of like a documentary without any narrative. Takes place in the town of Xenia, Ohio in the aftermath of a tornado. The characters are all extremely bizarre, which makes the viewer wonder how realistic things are. The settings, including messy houses and barren streets, are profoundly depressing. Still, there is a sensitivity behind the darkness that lends the film a strangely warm feeling. As well, one feels for the "main characters" (though these characters don't inhabit the film in a traditional sense) despite their misguided acts. Worth seeing for open-minded, patient audiences who don't mind abstract plots and off-topic segues.

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Trivia

Ewen Bremner came to the set of the film at the request of Harmony Korine, who was a big fan since seeing him in Mike Leigh's Naked (1993).

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Solomon: Xenia, Ohio. Xenia, Ohio. A few years ago, a tornado hit this place. It killed the people, left and right. Dogs died. Cats died. Houses were split open, and you could see necklaces hanging from branches of trees. People's legs and neck bones were ...

Goofs

During the scene when the two young 'cowboys' are breaking stuff, they break a car window but in the next shot the car window is intact.

Soundtracks

Cat Killer
Written and Performed by Electric Hellfire Club
Courtesy of Cleopatra Records

Storyline

Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy | Drama

Details

Release Date:

24 November 1997

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Tennessee, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,300,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$116,799

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$116,799

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