Buttwhistle

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Buttwhistle
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Directed byTenney Fairchild
Written byTenney Fairchild
Produced byGreg McCollum
Michael Younesi
Leah Fong
Tenney Fairchild
Starring Trevor Morgan
Lio Tipton [lower-alpha 1]
Elizabeth Rice
Adhir Kalyan
Thomas Jane
CinematographyAkis Konstantakopoulos
Edited byNathan Cali
Hovig Menakian
Production
company
M-80 Films
Distributed byBreaking Glass Pictures
Release date
  • April 25, 2014 (2014-04-25)(Los Angeles)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Buttwhistle is a 2014 American crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Tenney Fairchild and starring Trevor Morgan, Lio Tipton, [lower-alpha 1] Elizabeth Rice, Adhir Kalyan and Thomas Jane.

Contents

Cast

Release

The film was released theatrically in Los Angeles on April 25, 2014. [2] [3]

Reception

Geoff Berkshire of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote that it "actually attempts to be an emotionally resonant relationship tale, but lives down to its title by delivering nothing but inane comedy and insufferable drama." [2]

Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a negative review and wrote that it "proves so cryptically scripted and dramatically under-powered that genre characterizations almost fail to do it justice." [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Credited as Analeigh Tipton; Tipton came out as non-binary and changed their name in 2021. [1]

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References

  1. Nolfi, Joey (June 3, 2021). "America's Next Top Model star Lio Tipton 'proud' to come out as queer and non-binary". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Berkshire, Geoff (April 25, 2014). "Film Review: 'Buttwhistle'". Variety. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Lowe, Justin (April 25, 2014). "Buttwhistle: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 17, 2021.