fiction.wikisort.org - Movie

Search / Calendar

The Tripper is a 2006 American comedy slasher film directed by David Arquette and starring Jaime King, Thomas Jane, and Lukas Haas. The film, Arquette’s directorial debut, is about a group of hippies at a music festival who get stalked by a madman dressed up like Ronald Reagan.

The Tripper
Promotional poster
Directed byDavid Arquette
Written byDavid Arquette
Joe Harris
Produced byCourteney Cox Arquette
Evan Astrowsky
David Arquette
Navin Narang
Neil A. Machlis
StarringJaime King
Thomas Jane
Lukas Haas
CinematographyBobby Bukowski
Edited byGlenn Garland
Music byJimmy Haun
David Wittman
Production
companies
Coquette Productions
Raw Entertainment
Distributed byNaVinci Films
Release dates
  • October 13, 2006 (2006-10-13) (ScreamFest)
  • April 20, 2007 (2007-04-20) (United States)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot


In 1967, a young boy is watching a news report on TV of then-governor of California Ronald Reagan railing against the environmentalist movement. The boy's father, a local logger, faces resistance from a group of tree-hugging hippies who will not allow him to clear the forest. A standoff between the logger and the hippies ensues, in which the disturbed boy takes a chainsaw to one of the protesters.

In the present day, five young friends head to the American Free Love Festival, a modern-day Woodstock festival, for a weekend of debauchery. Frank Baker, the festival organizer, is unaware that the festival grounds were the site of the violent standoff three decades ago. One by one, the group of friends are stalked by a radical-minded psychopath who dresses and talks like Ronald Reagan.


Cast



Production


David Arquette came up with the idea for the film when he was at a reggae concert in Northern California. "We're surrounded by redwood trees and the redwood trees are always so creepy anyway. And I thought it would be crazy if a madman came out of the woods and started hacking up all these hippies," said Arquette.[2]

Arquette decided to make the killer obsessed with Ronald Reagan because he wanted the film to be a commentary on Reagan-era policies. Said Arquette, "Reagan was president, and governor while I was growing up in California and I remember for the first time I saw homeless people everywhere and that was due to cuts in mental health that he did. Then after that, I saw a Reagan mask at one point...I was like 'oh, wait a second.' It reminded me of… William Shatner's mask that they used to be Michael Myers, so from there on it all kind of came together."[3] Arquette wrote the script with Joe Harris, adding elements of political satire.[3]

The Tripper was shot in Santa Cruz, California.[4]

In August 2007, writer-producer Fritz Jünker sued the Arquettes' production company, Coquette Productions, Inc., for copyright infringement, claiming Jünker's 2001 film, The Truth About Beef Jerky, was the basis for The Tripper.[5] The Truth About Beef Jerky was also shot in the same state park north of Santa Cruz, several years before The Tripper. The case never went to court, and was eventually dropped, because Jünker could not afford to take the case to court.[citation needed]


Reception



Release


The film had its world premiere at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival on October 13, 2006.[6] It was also shown as a bonus film as part of 2006's After Dark Horrorfest.[7] On April 19, 2007, the film premiered at the Del Mar Theater in Santa Cruz, with Arquette and fellow cast members present for an audience Q&A.[8] The film received a limited theatrical release the following day on April 20, a reference to 420 in cannabis culture which is a theme of the film.[8]

The Canadian premiere of The Tripper was at Fantasia Festival in 2007.[9]

The MPAA rating system gave the film an R rating for strong horror violence and graphic violence, drug content, language, and some sexuality/nudity.[10]


Critical reception


On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, The Tripper has an approval rating of 38% based on 16 reviews.[11]

In his review for Variety, Justin Chang wrote, "For anyone who's ever wanted to see a bunch of 'shroom-smoking, free-love-espousing flower children get picked off one by one, 'The Tripper' has undeniable appeal. But the cynical script by Arquette and Joe Harris also has various axes to grind with conservatives, the Iraq War and, most pointedly (and absurdly), Reagan's policies toward mental patients. Don't be fooled by the semi-serious veneer; this is a movie whose idea of political humor is an attack dog named Nancy."[12]

Brian Holcomb of CinemaBlend said the film's real strength is "a good natured and modest sense of mischievous fun. It’s a dumb movie made by a director smart enough to recognize absurdity when he sees it."[13] In his review of the DVD, MovieWeb's Evan Jacobs said the film is "a nostalgic homage to the exploitation films of Wes Craven and Tobe Hooper."[14] Criticisms of the film were that it succumbs to slasher film clichés,[15] as well as that it has a lack of scares.[12] Film Threat wrote, "While the film has some genuinely cutting observations about both liberals and conservatives to make, the aforementioned middle contains too many scenes of people either doing drugs or dancing; and too few (in fact, almost none) of the biting satire that fueled the first act. Not until the ending do we get a whiff of what made it great earlier."[16]


Home media


The DVD was released on October 23, 2007 as an unrated version, with 4 minutes not seen in the theatrical cut.[14] The DVD includes audio commentary by cast and crew, deleted scenes, and behind-the-scenes featurettes.


Comic book


Image Comics, in conjunction with Raw Studios, published the Tripper comic adaptation David Arquette's The Tripper during May 2007 in its first edition.[17] David Arquette is credited with the story, alongside Joe Harris, who adapted the concept for the comic medium with artist Nat Jones.


References


  1. Kingston, Jack (September 1, 2015). "10 Brilliantly Self Aware Wes Craven Cameos". WhatCulture.com. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  2. Cohen, Sandy (April 19, 2007). "David Arquette covers all the bases in 'The Tripper'". New Bedford Standard-Times. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  3. Billington, Alex (April 23, 2007). "The Tripper Writer / Director David Arquette Interviewed". FirstShowing.net. Archived from the original on September 23, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  4. "Santa Cruz County at the Movies". Visit Santa Cruz County. February 11, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  5. Dadds, Kimberley (August 20, 2007). "Arquette sued over film copyright". Digital Spy. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  6. "David Arquette's The Tripper to Premiere at Screamfest 2006 on October 13". MovieWeb. September 29, 2006. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  7. Goldstein, Gregg (November 14, 2006). "'Tripper' buy is a buzz kill for After Dark". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  8. "Local Artists Shine at Film Festival". City on a Hill Press. April 19, 2007. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  9. "The Tripper". FanTasia. Archived from the original on May 4, 2008.
  10. "Altamont at Crystal Lake". Ignore Magazine. Archived from the original on May 6, 2008.
  11. "The Tripper (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes.
  12. Chang, Justin (April 19, 2007). "The Tripper". Variety. Archived from the original on May 15, 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  13. Holcomb, Brian (May 27, 2016). "The Tripper". CinemaBlend. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  14. Jacobs, Evan (October 4, 2007). "The Tripper DVD Breakdown". MovieWeb. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  15. Weitzman, Elizabeth (April 20, 2007). "'Tripper' stumbles around". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  16. Knox, Jeremy (August 16, 2007). "The Tripper". Film Threat. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  17. "CCI Xtra: David Arquette's "The Tripper" Trips Up". CBR. July 25, 2006. Retrieved October 19, 2022.





Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии