Blackbird (2007 film)

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Blackbird
Directed by Adam Rapp
Screenplay byAdam Rapp
Based onBlackbird
2004 play
by Adam Rapp [1]
Produced by Mark Fallon
Starring Gillian Jacobs
Paul Sparks
Danny Hoch
CinematographyRichard Rutkowski
Edited byMichael Taylor
Music by Dawn Landes
Production
company
Blackbird Project
Release date
  • March 12, 2007 (2007-03-12)(SXSW)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$475,000

Blackbird is a 2007 American drama film directed and written by Adam Rapp and starring Gillian Jacobs, Paul Sparks, and Danny Hoch. It was adapted from a play written by Rapp. [2] [3] [4]

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It debuted at South by Southwest [4] and went on to screen at the Edinburgh Film Festival and the Charlotte Film Festival, where it won "Best Narrative Feature". [5]

Plot

In 1990s New York City, teen runaway and stripper Froggy is caught in the throes of heroin addiction as she falls in love with a fellow junkie, war veteran Baylis. The couple finds comfort in each other, yet they are already far too deep in a wild downward spiral. The possibility of redemption arises, with hope for some semblance of a "normal life", but Bayliss and Froggy are unable to find the strength and control to clean themselves up. Their path leads inexorably toward mutual self-destruction.

Cast

Critical reception

Screen Daily said the "film treads a well-worn path", but the "superb performances of Jacobs and Sparks keep the viewer going for a long while." [4]

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