Bongwater
Bongwater is a 1997 American black comedy film directed by Richard Sears and starring Luke Wilson, Alicia Witt, Amy Locane, Brittany Murphy, Jack Black, and Andy Dick. Based on the 1995 novel Bongwater by Michael Hornburg, the film is set in Portland, Oregon, and follows an aspiring artist and marijuana dealer and his relationship with a tempestuous woman he meets through a client.
Plot
David (Luke Wilson) is a stoner living in Portland, Oregon. After having previously sold marijuana to a woman named Jennifer (Amy Locane), he is introduced to her friend, the tempestuous Serena (Alicia Witt), who is immediately disliked by his friends, Robert (Jeremy Sisto) and Tony (Andy Dick), a gay couple. Serena develops a liking to David after seeing the artwork he does in his spare time, and encourages him to make a career for himself. After moving into his house, she introduces him to Mary Weiss (Brittany Murphy), the daughter of a local gallery owner who falsely claims to be an art curator.
More details
| author | Eric Weiss Nora Maccoby |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Richard Sears |
| editor | Lauren Zuckerman |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | art curator burn cannabis culture float gallery owner gay couple heroin heroin addict hike lsd moving in plan portland oregon punk rocker retreat run same-sex relationship spiritual retreat squat ufo unidentified flying object |
| musicBy | Josh Mancell |
| producer | Alessandro F. Uzielli Laura Bickford |
| publisher | First Look International |
| theme | black comedy lgbt-related stoner |