Red State

[William769]

is a 2011 American independent horror film written and directed by Kevin Smith, with characters inspired by types of fundamentalist religious organizations. The film stars Michael Parks, John Goodman, Academy Award winner Melissa Leo and Stephen Root. Also co-stars Ralph Garman, Kevin Pollak, Kerry Bishé, Haley Ramm, Kevin Alejandro, Anna Gunn, Michael Angarano, and Nicholas Braun.

For months, Smith promised that the rights to the film would be auctioned off to a distributor at a controversial event to be held after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, but instead Smith purchased the film himself which, according to analysts, "might have been a difficult sale for any distributor." Smith originally planned to self-distribute the picture under the "Smodcast Pictures" banner with a traveling show in select cities, before officially releasing the movie on October 19, 2011.<5> Kevin Smith listed Mel Gibson as his inspiration for how he planned to distribute this movie, citing Gibson's The Passion of the Christ as an example of a successfully self-distributed movie.<6>

On June 28, 2011, Smith announced a one-week run in Quentin Tarantino's New Beverly Cinema (making the film and its actors eligible for Academy Award consideration),<7> the film was released via Video on Demand on September 1, 2011 through Lionsgate, will be released in select theaters again for a special one-night only engagement on September 25, 2011 (via Smodcast Pictures), and will be released on home video October 18, 2011.<8><9>

PLOT

On the way to school, Travis (Michael Angarano) notices members of the Five Points Church, led by Abin Cooper (Michael Parks) protesting the funeral of a local gay teenager. Later, Jared (Kyle Gallner) reveals he received an invitation from a woman he met on a sex site for group sex with himself, Travis and Billy Ray (Nicholas Braun). They borrow Travis' parent's car and travel out into the country to meet with the woman. More at link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_State_(2011_film)

[SecularMotion]

1. Great film

It's available for rental/streaming on Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/movie/red-state?feature=mv_b_nr_1

[William769]

2. Thanks for the link.

[William769]

3. Official Red State Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ1v6oFHefc

[SecularMotion]

4. Get "The Ledge" for a good double feature

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yezosLR6zLU

[ellenfl]

5. kick eom

[MountainLaurel]

6. Definitely want to check it out

Although the premise does scare the bejeezus out of me.

[William769]

7. I am going to watch it on pay per view this weekend.

Luckily it's offered through my cable source.

[Kingofalldems]

8. Then Came Bronson is in it

[EOTE]

9. It's not your typical Kevin Smith film.

I was overcome with a great sense of dread for most of the movie. While the dialog is smart, it's not really filled with that typical Kevin Smith humor. It's definitely a horror film. I liked it, but it's definitely not for everyone.

[SecularMotion]

10. Kick

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