Buttwhistle

Buttwhistle
Buttwhistle
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Directed by	Tenney Fairchild
Written by	Tenney Fairchild
Produced by	Greg McCollum; Michael Younesi ; Leah Fong; Tenney Fairchild
Starring	Trevor Morgan ; Lio Tipton ; Elizabeth Rice ; Adhir Kalyan ; Thomas Jane
Cinematography	Akis Konstantakopoulos
Edited by	Nathan Cali; Hovig Menakian
Production; company	M-80 Films
Distributed by	Breaking Glass Pictures
Release date	April 25, 2014(Los Angeles);
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated April 11, 2025

Buttwhistle is a 2014 American crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Tenney Fairchild. The film stars Trevor Morgan, Lio Tipton,^[a] Elizabeth Rice, Adhir Kalyan and Thomas Jane. It received negative reviews from critics.

Cast

Trevor Morgan as Ogden
Elizabeth Rice as Beth
Lio Tipton ^[a] as Rose
Adhir Kalyan as Hate Crime John
Stella Maeve as Missy Blancmange
Alex Solowitz as Ray Ferzonki
Katherine LaNasa as Mrs. Confer
Wallace Langham as Mr. Confer
Thomas Jane as Grumisch
Patty McCormack as Grandma Confer
Griffin Newman as Fenwick
Blake Robbins as Mr. Blancmange

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

References

↑ 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.
1 2 Berkshire, Geoff (April 25, 2014). "Film Review: 'Buttwhistle'". Variety. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
1 2 Lowe, Justin (April 25, 2014). "Buttwhistle: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 17, 2021.

External links

Buttwhistle at IMDb
Buttwhistle at Rotten Tomatoes

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

[2] 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.

[variety-3] 1 2 Berkshire, Geoff (April 25, 2014). "Film Review: 'Buttwhistle'". Variety. Retrieved October 17, 2021.

[thr-4] 1 2 Lowe, Justin (April 25, 2014). "Buttwhistle: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 17, 2021.

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