Scrapple (film)

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Scrapple
Directed byChristopher Hanson
Written byChristopher Hanson
Geoffrey Hanson
George Plamondon
Produced byGeoffrey Hanson
George Plamondon
Starring
CinematographyRobert F. Smith
Edited byAdam Lichtenstein
Music by Taj Mahal
Production
company
Sweetwater Productions
Distributed byTapeworm Video Distributors
Release date
  • January 1998 (1998-01)(Slamdance Film Festival)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Scrapple is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Christopher Hanson, starring Geoffrey Hanson, Ryan Massey, Buck Simmonds and Bunzy Bunworth.

Contents

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in January 1998. [1]

Reception

Brian Bertoldo of Film Threat wrote that the film is "wonderful" and "thoroughly entertaining". [2]

TV Guide wrote, "Grainy look and some stiff performances aside, it's a charmer." [3]

Dave Kehr of The New York Times called the film a "completely uncondescending, nearly letter-perfect re-creation of a late 60's-early 70's stoner comedy." [4]

Marc Savlov of The Austin Chronicle wrote that the film is "less than the sum of its dazed and confused parts." [5]

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References

  1. Foster, Jim (23 January 1999). "Three men and a pig". Fort Collins Coloradoan . Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  2. Bertoldo, Brian (8 November 1999). "SCRAPPLE". Film Threat . Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. "Scrapple Reviews". TV Guide . Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  4. Kehr, Dave (20 July 2001). "FILM REVIEW; A Pot Dealer, a Drifter and the Pig That Gets in the Way". The New York Times . Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  5. Savlov, Marc (27 March 1998). "SCRAPPLE". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved 1 October 2023.