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Bright
Film release poster
Directed by
David Ayer
Produced by
Eric Newman
David Ayer
Bryan Unkeless
Ted Sarandos
Written by
Max Landis
Starring
Will Smith
Joel Edgerton
Noomi Rapace
Lucy Fry
Édgar Ramírez
Ike Barinholtz
Music by
David Sardy
Cinematography
Roman Vasyanov
Edited by
Michael Tronick
Geoffrey O'Brien
Production
company
Overbrook Entertainment
Trigger Warning Entertainment
Grand Electric
Netflix
Distributed by
Netflix
Release date
December 13, 2017 (2017-12-13) (Regency Village Theater)
December 22, 2017 (2017-12-22) (United States)
Running time
118 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$90 million[1]
Bright is a 2017 American urban fantasy crime film directed by David Ayer and written by Max Landis.[2][3] The film stars Will Smith as a Los Angeles Police Department police officer who teams up with an orc rookie police officer (Joel Edgerton) in a world of both human and mythical creatures.[4] It also stars Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Édgar Ramírez, and Ike Barinholtz.
Principal photography began in November 2016 in Los Angeles. The film was released worldwide on Netflix on December 22, 2017, and became one of the site's most streamed programs ever, although it received negative reviews from critics.[5]
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Filming
4 Reception
4.1 Critical response
4.2 Audience response
5 Soundtrack
5.1 Charts
6 Sequel
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
In an alternate present, humans live in uneasy peace with orcs, elves, centaurs, dwarves and other races after they fought for thousands of years. In Los Angeles, veteran LAPD police officer Daryl Ward has been involuntarily partnered with Nick Jakoby, the nation's first orcish police officer. Jakoby is faced with prejudice by humans for his race, and by orcs for his position as an officer. In addition to the pushback from other officers, Ward is ambivalent towards him after an incident where Ward was nearly killed by a shotgun-wielding orc and Jakoby had apparently let the assailant get away. While driving back to the station, a previously detained human Shield of Light devotee tells Jakoby in Orcish that both officers are in a prophecy and that Ward is blessed. While Jakoby is booking the devotee, Ward is approached by Internal Affairs who say they believe that Jakoby put his racial loyalties before his partner in allowing the orc assailant to get away. Ward is pressured to try to have Jakoby confess on tape so they will have publicly acceptable grounds for a firing.
That night, Ward and Jakoby respond to a disturbance at what turns out to be a Shield of Light safe house; inside are a number of smoldering corpses, and the still-living torso of an elf woman embedded in a wall, indicating magic was used. They apprehend the lone unhurt survivor, a young elf named Tikka in possession of a legendary magic wand who apparently only speaks Elfish. As Jakoby puts it, a wand is like "a nuclear weapon that grants wishes", and can only be commanded by a 'Bright'—a person with the rare ability to use magic. If a non-Bright touches a wand, they will explode from the raw magical power.
When four officers arrive as backup, their racial prejudice cause them to try and coerce Ward into killing Jakoby and lying about the incident, telling Ward he will be spared in return and allowing them to steal the wand. They allow Ward to decide and he goes outside to Jakoby, holds him at gunpoint, and begins questioning him about the orc that had shot him. Jakoby admits to letting the suspect escape, though the reason being was that he had mistakenly cornered the wrong suspect. Jakoby had lost the original orc in the crowd and had instead caught up with a young orc who was spray painting a wall, not the orc who had tried to kill Ward, but he knew the other officers would not believe it and so let the kid go. During this confrontation, the four officers secretly plan on killing Ward after he kills Jakoby. As they approach Ward to hear his decision, Ward suddenly decides to believe Jakoby and kills all four officers. The incident, however, attracts the attention of the local human gang Altamira, and the two flee, under heavy fire, with Tikka and the wand. Leilah, a member of the ominous group Inferni and owner of the wand, arrives at the safehouse minutes later, searching for the wand and Tikka.
After a pursuit, the trio flee through the territory of the Fogteeth Orc clan, causing a violent confrontation between the gang and the clan. Finally cornered in a strip club, the gang's disabled leader, Poison, wanting to regain the use of his legs using the wand, threatens to burn the building down unless the officers give up the wand. As Jakoby and Ward pull out their weapons to give a final stand, the Inferni appear and the ensuing fight gives the trio the opportunity to escape again. Going to ground in a service station, Ward contacts his friend, Sheriff Deputy Rodriguez, who he hopes will help them in protecting the wand. Rodriguez contacts Kandomere, an elf working for the federal 'Magic Task Force'; dedicated to securing, containing and protecting magical objects. Kandomere tells Ward that he will be safe from prosecution for killing his fellow police officers, if they can keep the wand out of wrong hands. Before Rodriguez can bring them in, Leilah's henchmen attack the trio, killing him.
Ward, Jakoby, and Tikka run into the Fogteeth Orc clan again and are dragged before its leader Dorghu. Enraged at the chaos they are causing in his neutral territory, Dorghu has Jakoby and Ward beaten and tortured to reveal the location of the wand. Dorghu orders his son, Mikey, to kill Jakoby after failing to get an answer. However, Mikey reveals that he was the orc that Jakoby allowed to escape and thus refuses to kill him. Dorghu sends his son away and kills Jakoby himself, who falls dead into a deep pit. As he prepares to kill Ward as well, Tikka produces the wand she had magically hidden and uses it to resurrect Jakoby, revealing that she is a Bright, leaving herself incapacitated. The cloaked clan priest pronounces this to be the will of the Prophecy, causing the clan kneel to Jakoby and allow the trio to go free. Realizing that the two officers can now be trusted, Tikka speaks to them in English for the first time. She explains the Inferni's plan to resurrect The Dark Lord, an ancient mythical figure who will rise from the dead and take over the world. Once a member of the Inferni herself, Tikka had been protected by the Shield of Light and fled with the wand.
The use of the wand causes Tikka to become ill with black streaks appearing all over her body. She says that the only way to save her is to place her in a magic pool back at the Shield safe house. They return to the safehouse, but are ambushed by Leilah and the remaining Inferni. The trio successfully kill the Inferni, but Leilah is resurrected by a magic spell. Just as Ward places Tikka in the magic pool, Leilah hangs Jakoby and knocks both Ward and Tikka out of the pool. Leilah unsuccessfully tries to convince Tikka to join her (revealing they are sisters). Jakoby breaks free and shoots the wand out of Leilah's hand, but runs out of ammo before he can kill her again. Leilah is about to kill Tikka when Ward picks up the fallen wand and is revealed to also be a Bright, using the wand to kill Leilah with an explosion that sets the building on fire. In the ensuing commotion, Tikka disappears and the injured Ward and Jakoby flee from the building, but Ward falls behind and is trapped by an explosion, causing Jakoby to have to return and save him. After rescuing Ward, Dorghu and his clan appear and perform an ancient orc ceremony signifying to Jakoby that he is now "blooded" - an Orcish status only achievable by an act of great bravery.
Ward awakens the next day in a hospital room to find Jakoby at his bedside and himself restrained as he is an "extremely dangerous" Bright. As Kandomere appears, Ward understands (but Jakoby does not) that Kandomere wants to contain the incident, and gives him a fake statement as to what happened, denying the use of magic. In a public announcement before a crowd, Jakoby and Ward are honored by the city for their actions against the 'extremist group' Inferni. Ward smiles as he spots Tikka moving through the crowd in disguise.
Cast[edit]
Will Smith as Daryl Ward, a human LAPD officer.
Joel Edgerton as Nick Jakoby, the nation's first Orcish police officer, who is partnered with Daryl.
Noomi Rapace as Leilah, an Inferni elf seeking control of the magic wand.
Lucy Fry as Tikka, a young Inferni elf who is in possession of the magic wand.
Édgar Ramírez as Kandomere, a high ranking elvish federal agent with the US Department of Magic's Magic Task Force.
Ike Barinholtz as Pollard, a corrupt human LAPD officer who seeks to steal the wand for himself.
Happy Anderson as Hildebrandt Ulysses Montehugh, a human federal agent who works under Kandomere in the Magic Task Force.
Dawn Olivieri as Sherri Ward, Daryl's human wife and Sophia's mother.
Matt Gerald as Hicks, a corrupt human LAPD officer.
Margaret Cho as Ching, a corrupt human LAPD sergeant.
Brad William Henke as Dorghu, the imposing leader of the Fogteeth Orcs gang.
Jay Hernandez as Rodriguez, a human LACSD deputy.
Veronica Ngo as Tien, an Inferni elf enforcer working for Leilah.
Alex Meraz as Serafin, an Inferni elf enforcer working for Leilah.
Joseph Piccuirro as Brown, a corrupt human LAPD officer.
Enrique Murciano as Poison, the wheelchair bound leader of the human Altamira gang.
Scarlet Spencer as Sophia Ward, Daryl and Sherri's human daughter.
Andrea Navedo as Perez, a human LAPD captain and Ward's superior.
Kenneth Choi as Yamahara, a human LAPD internal affairs detective.
Bobby Naderi as Arkashian, a human LAPD internal affairs detective.
Cle Shaheed Sloan as OG Mike, the Wards' human neighbor.
Chris Browning as Serling, a human questioned by the US Department of Magic's Task Force.
Joe Rogan as himself
Production[edit]
(L–R): Director David Ayer and stars Noomi Rapace, Joel Edgerton, Will Smith, Édgar Ramírez, and Lucy Fry at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Described as "a contemporary cop thriller, but with fantastical elements", the film is directed by David Ayer and stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton, with a script penned by Max Landis, which Ayer rewrote.[2][3] Netflix officially picked up the film for a $90 million deal with filming beginning in fall 2016, making it the most expensive Netflix film to date.[6] Noomi Rapace entered talks to join the cast in May 2016.[7] Landis stated in an interview that official production was expected to begin in September 2016, but that they'd already shot a small part in Los Angeles.[8] Ayer's frequent cinematographer, Roman Vasyanov, was confirmed to be working on the project.[9] On October 15, 2016, Lucy Fry was added to the cast.[10] On October 17, 2016, Andrea Navedo was added to the cast.[11] On October 20, 2016, actor Brad William Henke was cast in the film.[12] On November 1, 2016, Kenneth Choi and Dawn Olivieri were cast in an unknown role and the role of Smith's wife, respectively.[13] On November 9, Édgar Ramírez was confirmed to be added to the cast.[14] That same month, Alex Meraz, Matt Gerald, Ike Barinholtz, and Enrique Murciano joined the cast of the film in undisclosed roles.[15][16][17][18]
Filming[edit]
Photos from the set were first published in November 2016.[19][20] Filming was completed by February 4, 2017.[21]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Bright received criticism for its screenplay, cinematography and excessive focus on social commentary.[5] On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 27% based on 89 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Bright tries to blend fantasy, hard-hitting cop drama, and social commentary—and ends up falling painfully short of the mark on all three fronts."[22] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 29 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[23]
Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 1.5 out of 4 stars, saying: "Bright is basically a tired buddy-cop movie dressed up in bizarre trappings ... It doesn’t take itself too seriously, but it’s not nearly as self-deprecating and funny as it needed to be."[24] Writing for Rolling Stone, David Fear gave the film 1 out of 4 stars, criticizing the script and incoherent action scenes, writing: "This combo of gritty cop procedural and fantasy is a dark, dank, dumb-as-hell mess."[25]
David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film an "F" and called it the worst film of 2017, saying: "There's boring, there's bad, and then there's Bright ... from the director of Suicide Squad and the writer of Victor Frankenstein comes a fresh slice of hell that somehow represents new lows for them both—a dull and painfully derivative ordeal that often feels like it was made just to put those earlier misfires into perspective."[26] Ayer responded enthusiastically to Ehrlich's review, claiming that he desired for the film to receive "a strong reaction either way."[27]
NPR's Chris Klimek wrote: "Critics have already lined up to pillory Bright as among the year's worst releases. Don't believe the clickbait. Lazy but not boring, this Net-flick is perfectly, stubbornly mediocre, and less a chore to sit through than either of 2017's Vin Diesel vehicles."[28]
Audience response[edit]
Several publications noted that while critics were harsh on the film, viewers seemed to enjoy it more and gave positive reactions on social media.[29][30][31][32] Netflix announced that the film had been viewed more times in its first week than any of its other releases.[33] According to Nielsen ratings, about 11 million American viewers streamed Bright within the first three days of its release, with 56% of the audience being male and 7 million being between the ages of 18–49.[34] Netflix CEO Reed Hastings noted that: "The critics are pretty disconnected from the mass appeal...[they] are an important part of the artistic process but are pretty disconnected from the commercial prospects of a film. If people are watching this movie and loving it, that's the measurement of success."[35]
Soundtrack[edit]
Bright: The Album
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released
December 15, 2017 (2017-12-15)
Genre
Hip Hop
pop
rock
Length
42:50
Label
Atlantic Records
WEA International
Producer
Alex da Kid
Dan Smith
Mark Crew
David Pramik
David Phelps
Grey
Louis Bell
Linus Wiklund
JMIKE
AC
Andrew Bolooki
Paul Judge
Marshmello
Viruss Beats
Steve Aoki
DJ Khalil
D. Sardy
Casey Bates
Charlie Andrew
Joe London
DRAM
Gabriel Niles
Zach Crowell
Singles from Bright: The Album
"World Gone Mad"
Released: November 21, 2017[36]
"Home"
Released: December 5, 2017[37]
The soundtrack, titled Bright: The Album, was released under Atlantic Records on December 15, 2017, just a week before the official release of the film on December 22, 2017.
Bright: The Album[38]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1. "Broken People" (Logic and Rag'n'Bone Man)
Dan Priddy
Mark Crew
Alexander Grant
Rory Graham
Sir Robert Hall II
Nicholas Steele
David Pramik
Alex da Kid
3:32
2. "World Gone Mad" (Bastille)
Dan Smith
Smith
Mark Crew
3:16
3. "Home" (Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors and Bebe Rexha)
Sam Nelson Harris
David Phelps
Robert Gillies
Richard Baker
Pramik
Jacob Hawkes
Charlie Snyder
David Pramik
Phelps
3:22
4. "Crown" (Camila Cabello and Grey)
Kyle Trewartha
Karla Cabello
Sarah Aarons
Michael Trewartha
Grey
Louis Bell
3:21
5. "Darkside" (Ty Dolla $ign and Future featuring Kiiara)
Jeremy Coleman
Linus Wiklund
Nayvadius Wilburn
Tyrone Griffin Jr.
Kiara Saulters
Jonnali Parmenius
Wiklund
JMIKE
AC
Andrew Bolooki
3:53
6. "Danger" (Migos and Marshmello)
Chris Comstock
Quavious Marshall
Kiari Cephus
Kirshnik Ball
Paul Judge
Judge
Marshmello
3:34
7. "That's My Nigga" (Meek Mill, YG and Snoop Dogg)
Shawn Carter
Andre Young
Melvin Bradford
Scott Storch
Robert Williams
Calvin Broadus Jr.
Eric Gamzoyan
Keenan Jackson
Viruss Beats
3:19
8. "Smoke My Dope" (Steve Aoki and Lil Uzi Vert)
Steven Aoki
Symere Woods
Bobby Turner
Kenneth Smith
Steve Aoki
3:22
9. "FTW (Fuck the World)" (A$AP Rocky and Tom Morello)
Thomas Morello
Khalil Abdul-Rahman
Rakim Mayers
DJ Khalil
2:23
10. "Cheer Up" (Portugal. The Man)
David Sardy
Casey Bates
John Gourley
D. Sardy
Bates
2:46
11. "Hares on the Mountain" (alt-J)
Traditional
Charlie Andrew
3:48
12. "Campfire" (DRAM and Neil Young)
Joe Spargur
Shelley Massenburg-Smith
Roget Chahayed
Gabriel Niles
Joe London
D.R.A.M.
Niles
3:40
13. "This Land Is Your Land" (Sam Hunt)
Woody Guthrie
Zach Crowell
2:34
Total length: 42:50
Charts[edit]
Chart (2017–18)
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[39]
85
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[40]
13
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[41]
92
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[42]
18
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[43]
97
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[44]
24
US Billboard 200[45]
48
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[46]
28
Sequel[edit]
In December 2017, Netflix ordered a sequel.[47] The following month Netflix confirmed they were moving ahead with the sequel, with Smith and Edgerton reprising their roles and Ayer directing and writing the script.[33]
See also[edit]
Alien Nation
Cast a Deadly Spell
Shadowrun
Special Unit 2
Witch Hunt (1994 film)
Wishfart
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Bright on Netflix
Bright on IMDb
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List of Rob Zombie characters
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From left to right: Otis B. Driftwood (Bill Moseley), Baby (Sheri Moon-Zombie) and Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig) from The Devil's Rejects.
These are some of the characters from Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects.
Contents
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1 Firefly Family
1.1 Captain Spaulding
1.2 Otis Driftwood
1.3 Baby Firefly
1.4 Tiny Firefly
1.5 Gloria "Mama" Firefly
1.6 Rufus R.J. Firefly
2 House of 1000 Corpses
2.1 Hugo Firefly
2.2 Lieutenant George Wydell
2.3 Dr. Satan/S. Quentin Quale
2.4 Earl "The Professor" Firefly
2.5 Ravelli
2.6 Killer Karl and Richard Wick
2.7 Bill Hudley
2.8 Steve Naish
2.9 Stucky
2.10 Jerry Goldsmith
2.11 Mary Knowles
3 The Devil's Rejects
3.1 Sheriff John Quincey Wydell
3.2 Charlie Altamont
3.3 The Unholy Two
4 References
Firefly Family[edit]
Captain Spaulding[edit]
Sid Haig
Portrayed by Sid Haig.
In House of 1000 Corpses, Captain Spaulding was introduced as a vulgar clown and the proprietor of a gas station that doubled as a museum/haunted house ride with a focus on serial killers, madmen and freaks of nature. His main purpose in the first film was to redirect a group of young adults looking for the local legend of "Dr. Satan" to the tree where he was supposedly hanged, where they instead end up running into the murderous Firefly family.
Rob Zombie described Spaulding on the commentary for House of 1000 Corpses as a "lovable asshole" and wanted to make the character's motivations and connection to the Firefly family ambiguous. Because Spaulding never interacts or talks to any members of the murderous Firefly family, it is never fully explained in the movie at just how much Spaulding knows about the family; if he is in league with them, or if he is just a murderous vigilante unconnected to the Firefly clan (in the film's opening scene, he shoots and kills two burglars attempting to rob his store). Although, in one of the final scenes in the film, Spaulding is shown driving a car in which Otis Driftwood is hiding in the backseat ready to claim another victim. He is described in the script for Corpses as a "crusty looking old man in a filthy clown suit and smeared make-up". He has the words "LOVE" and "HATE" tattooed on his knuckles, a reference to the character Reverend Harry Powell from Night of the Hunter. Just as several characters from the series are named after characters from the Marx Brothers films, Spaulding is named for Groucho Marx's character from Animal Crackers.
The second film gave Spaulding a much more significant role, establishing him as the patriarch of the Firefly family. For The Devil's Rejects, Captain Spaulding's character was changed slightly; the director wanted him to be less cartoonish in the more realistic and gritty sequel. As such, Spaulding only has his clown makeup during the first half of the film. He is known by his nickname 'Cutter' as mentioned by Otis Driftwood at more than one occasion during the second film.
In describing Spaulding for his review for The Devil's Rejects, film critic Roger Ebert wrote "He is a man whose teeth are so bad, they're more frightening than his clown make-up. He plays such a thoroughly disgusting person, indeed, that I was driven to discover that in real life Sid looks, well, presentable... This was a relief to me, because anyone who really looked like Captain Spaulding would send shoppers screaming from the Wal-Mart."[1]
Otis Driftwood[edit]
Bill Moseley
Portrayed by Bill Moseley
Otis is the most depraved and violent member of the Firefly family. He is a sadist who makes the freaks for Captain Spaulding's museum from the victims that he kills. On two occasions in both films, he wore his victims skin as a costume and often fights with Spaulding for control of the family. Although Otis is albino and clean shaven in the first film, Rob didn't think it would fit the style and realism of the sequel, which also saw Otis coming across as less manic and more calculating than he did earlier. In the second film Otis sports a beard, giving him more of a rugged and feral appearance. One feature in both films is Otis' taste for sexual violence: the implication that he is a rapist and necrophiliac with female victims of the first movie is confirmed in the sequel, where he also sexually assaults one of his hostages with a gun (a scene Moseley talks about on the DVD and is visibly horrified by).
Although the family member whose actions are the most monstrous, Otis is, ironically, not a biological member of the Firefly family at all. Gloria "Mama" Firefly adopted him, but not legally. In the song "Pussy Liquor", the lyrics suggest that Otis' biological father's name is Tim. He is named after the Groucho Marx character in the film A Night at the Opera. He and Baby have a combative relationship and spend much of the sequel screaming at each other during the family's road trip of murder and fleeing from Sheriff Wydell.
After narrowly escaping death at the hands of Sheriff Wydell, Otis was killed along with "Baby" and Capt. Spaulding in a shootout on a deserted highway. A roadblock was set for their capture, and they were shot to death by Sheriff's deputies. Rather than surrender, the surviving Firefly clan drove speeding towards the roadblock with their guns blazing in one final act of defiance, and Otis is the first to be shot dead.
Baby Firefly[edit]
Portrayed by Sheri Moon Zombie
Besides Mama Firefly, her mother, Baby is the only female member of the Firefly family. In The Devil's Rejects her father is revealed to be Captain Spaulding. In the first film, Mary Knowles describes Baby as being a "slut" and a "redneck whore", which later results in her gruesome demise. In House of 1000 Corpses she hitchhikes and lures the teenagers into visiting the farm (a nod to the classic hitchhiker scene in the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre). She shows a liking to Bill that his girlfriend Mary didn't take kindly to which prompted the four to try and leave. After they were captured, she took part in the demise of Bill that involved severing his limbs. Baby approached Jerry wearing one of the dead cheerleader's uniforms and scalped him when he failed to answer who her favorite actor was. Otis, who is the adoptive brother of Baby, was going to shoot Mary when she tried to escape at the ritual ground, but Baby insisted to go after her that resulted in Mary being stabbed to death. She escapes the police in The Devil's Rejects and goes on the rampage with her father and Otis. In the end they are shot dead by the police when trying to drive through a roadblock. In the Rob Zombie song "Pussy Liquor" it is stated that Earl (presumably Earl Firefly/"The Professor") is the biological father of both Baby and Tiny. Baby's actual given name (seen on a wanted poster in The Devil's Rejects) is Vera Ellen, though her mother has also referred to her daughter as "my Angel".
Tiny Firefly[edit]
Portrayed by Matthew McGrory
The younger half-brother of Baby. Suffers from gigantism and is scarred all over because the Professor doused him in lighter fluid and set him alight when he was a child. When the four teenagers tried to leave his family house, he and Otis, who is his adoptive brother, went to attack them. Tiny pulled Denise out of their car and dragged her back in the house while Otis dealt with the rest. Tiny took Denise to his room, where the family dressed her as a doll for Halloween and offered her to him, but did not take advantage of it as he had a soft spot for women. He would however, show no signs of remorse when they were to be killed at a ritual ground that he attended. In the second film, after saving Baby from being murdered, and Otis and Spaulding from the burning Firefly manor, he does not go with the rest of the clan and enters the burning house, where he presumably burns himself to death.
Gloria "Mama" Firefly[edit]
Portrayed by Academy Award-nominee Karen Black in the first film and Leslie Easterbrook in the second.
Mama Firefly (whose real name was Gloria Firefly) was a prostitute, and the mother of Rufus, Tiny, and Baby. Baby's father is Captain Spaulding, and the father of Rufus is a man named Rufus (which is why his family calls him R.J for Rufus Junior) and the father of Tiny was Earl Firefly. It is revealed in the sequel, that Mother Firefly has a long criminal record, including several cases of prostitution and theft. She is killed by Wydell in the second film, after she taunts Wydell about his brothers murder.
Rufus R.J. Firefly[edit]
Portrayed by Robert Allen Mukes In House Of 1000 Corpses and by Tyler Mane in The Devil's Rejects
A member of the Firefly family, namely Tiny's older brother. Rufus was abnormally tall, and often shot down nearby cars so their drivers would have to stop by the Firefly house for help. His Father was a man named Rufus, hence Rufus Jr or R.J. He was a fairly minor character in House Of 1000 Corpses. In The Devil's Rejects, Rufus defended the house from police covered in homemade steel body armor. In the end of the assault, Rufus fought alone while the others retreated and was shot to death by Wydell and his men. He is named after the Groucho Marx character in the film Duck Soup.
House of 1000 Corpses[edit]
Hugo Firefly[edit]
Portrayed by Dennis Fimple.
Grandpa Hugo is arguably one of the more harmless members of the Firefly family. It assumed he is the father of Gloria "Mama" Firefly and the grandfather of Rufus, Tiny, and Baby. He never murders anyone and does not engage in any acts of sadism or cruelty. Rather, he just seems to be a harmless (albeit dirty) old man.
Grandpa Hugo has a penchant for crude, sexual humor and loves telling dirty jokes. He is usually seen watching TV and yelling at the screen. He is named after the Groucho Marx character in the film A Day at the Races.
Fimple died not long after House Of 1000 Corpses was completed. Zombie omitted his role from the sequel, The Devil's Rejects, out of respect.
In an early cut of the film, Grandpa Hugo was revealed to be none other than Dr. Satan himself. Supposedly, the whole legend of Dr. Satan was to be a ruse concocted by the Firefly family to attract more victims, and Grandpa Hugo played the role of the sinister physician. Zombie later scrapped this idea, saying it would be too anticlimactic, and rather had the real Dr. Satan show up in the film's climax instead.
Lieutenant George Wydell[edit]
Portrayed by Tom Towles.
Investigating the disappearance of four missing teenagers, he interrogated Captain Spaulding, the owner of the gas station and freak show museum where the kids were seen last. Spaulding directed him to the site of the infamous Doctor Satan murders. Spaulding, who was later established as a member of the Firefly family, would later admit that he deliberately sent them to their doom.
With fellow police officer Deputy Steve Nash and Don Willis, one the teens' fathers and a former officer himself, he sought out the Firefly House. Nash and Willis went out back to investigate, but Wydell himself went to talk to a hesitant Mother Firefly for questioning.
He showed several pictures of the missing teenagers, but Mother Firefly claimed to know nothing about them. He was about to leave, when Nash called him on his walkie talkie. He and Willis had discovered a small shack outside the house where some of the teens were being locked up, right before Otis B. Driftwood killed them both. Before Wydell could do anything, Mother Firefly pulled out a gun and shot him in the neck, killing him.
In the Devil's Rejects his brother Sheriff John Wydell discovers that George was killed by the Firefly family and is hellbent on revenge. Tom Towles reprises his role as George Wydell in a cameo appearance in one of his brother's dreams. In it, Sheriff Wydell goes to the basement of the Firefly House where George is waiting for him. He tells him he has to stay there and cannot rest until his brother kills the Firefly family.
Dr. Satan/S. Quentin Quale[edit]
Portrayed by Walter Phelan
Local legend of Ruggsville Texas, Captain Spaulding tells the legend of Dr. Satan - S. Quentin Quale, an intern at the "Willows County Mental Hospital". Through primitive brain surgery he believed he could create a race of "super-humans" from the mentally ill. When the locals discovered what he had been doing, they formed a mob and hanged him, the next day his body was missing, never to be found. From then on he had been living in the catacombs under the Firefly farm, continuing operations on people the family would lure to their home. He is named after the Groucho Marx character in the film Go West.
In Otis B. Driftwood's biography on The Devil's Rejects official site, a different tale is told. Here we find that Baby and he were drawn into a cult led by Dr. Satan. Otis and Baby, were expelled by the leader of this cult, after they murdered one of the cult's leaders with an axe following a dispute over a bottle of whiskey.
In an early cut of the film, Grandpa Hugo was revealed to be none other than Dr. Satan himself. Supposedly, the whole legend of Dr. Satan was to be a ruse concocted by the Firefly family to attract more victims, and Grandpa Hugo played the role of the sinister physician. Zombie later scrapped this idea, saying it would be too anticlimactic, and rather had the real Dr. Satan show up in the film's climax instead.
Dr. Satan did not appear in the sequel. Rob Zombie said he felt uncomfortable having him in the film, saying that the character would seem too out of place given the drastically different tone of the two movies. However Dr. Satan did appear in deleted scenes. According to Rob Zombie's commentary on the DVD, he was wounded in the opening shootout and was taken away to a hospital. (Doctor Satan is apparently in the ambulance during the opening scenes.) A nurse (played by Rosario Dawson) checks the doctor, now in a coma, when suddenly he awakes, grabs her throat and brutally tears it open before collapsing back onto the bed and possibly dying.
The actor who portrayed Dr. Satan (Walter Phalen) also makes an appearance as Tiny in a flashback sequence to when The Professor sets him on fire.
Earl "The Professor" Firefly[edit]
Portrayed by Jake McKinnon.
Earl "The Professor" Firefly is a large hulking mutant that worked with Dr. Satan. "The Professor" is a Harpo Marx character, fitting in with the rest of the Firefly family. He was Mama Firefly's husband, who she considered a good man. One day, he went insane and tried to burn the house down, accidentally disfiguring Tiny on the process. He is never seen in The Devil's Rejects; however, he is show in House of a 1000 Corpses in flashbacks and near the end when he chases Denise through the catacombs with an axe. It is never clarified why he, or any of Dr. Satan's other mutants for that matter, are not shown in The Devils Rejects.
Ravelli[edit]
Played by Irwin Keyes
Ravelli is Captain Spaulding's sidekick and the mascot for the Museum of Monsters and Madmen. His knowledge of the Firefly family is left ambiguous, but as he is seen helping Spaulding kill a defenseless Killer Karl, it is likely he is aware of their activities.
Killer Karl and Richard Wick[edit]
Portrayed by Chad Bannon and David Reynolds
A duo of bumbling armed robbers. Killer Karl is violent and nearly kills Captain Spaulding, while Wick is emotionally unstable and works at a hardware store. While attempting a stick up at Spaulding's gas station, both Spaulding and Stucky begin mocking them. Stucky identified Wick and begins taunting him with his nickname "Little Dick" Wick, and Karl prepared to kill Spaulding. Before he can do so, Ravelli knocks him to the floor, allowing Spaulding to execute the duo.
Bill Hudley[edit]
Portrayed by Rainn Wilson
Bill Hudley was a college student traveling the country with his girlfriend Mary and friends Jerry and Denise. Bill went with them to Dr. Satan's alleged burial site, picking up Baby, who lured them to the Firefly home and flirted with Bill. Otis knocks him unconcsious when he tries to leave, and mutilates him to make him into "Fish Boy".
Steve Naish[edit]
Portrayed by Walton Goggins
A county deputy who accompanied George Wydell in investigating the Firefly residence to question them about the disappearance of several people. When Steve realizes the Fireflys are serial killers, Otis shoots him in the head.
Stucky[edit]
Portrayed by Michael J. Pollard
Stucky is an elderly man and friend of Captain Spaulding. He arrived at his gas station to show Spaulding his autograph collection, only to be involved in an armed robbery. Stucky recognizes one of the robbers as Richard Wick, and begins taunting Wick with his nickname. Ravelli then bursts in and incapacitates Karl, allowing Spaulding to kill them. Stucky's knowledge of the Firefly family's activities is left ambiguous, though the robbery seems to imply he is.
Jerry Goldsmith[edit]
Portrayed by Chris Hardwick
Jerry Goldsmith was a wisecracking teenager, joining his girlfriend Mary Knowles and friends Bill Hudley and Denise Willis in a road trip. Jerry is fascinated by Captain Spaulding's Muder Ride, and happily makes his friends go to Dr. Satan's alleged burial site. Jerry is the only one of the group to enjoy their time with the Fireflies; still, he is captured and partially scalped by Baby.He is captured by Dr. Satan's minions, and killed when Dr. Satan performs exploratory brain surgery on him.
Mary Knowles[edit]
Played by Jennifer Jostyn
Mary Knowles was a snotty and sarcastic teen and Bill's girlfriend. Despite her disinterest in Captain Spaulding's Murder Ride, she goes on. She joins her friends in driving to Dr. Satan's burial site, and immediately develops an enmity with Baby for her advances on Bill. After being captured by the Fireflies, Mary is forced to see Bill's corpse by Otis, who then beats her for insulting him. Soon all three are dressed in rabbit costumes and taken to a graveyard, where Mary breaks free and runs off, only to be caught by Baby, who violently stabs her to death.
In The Devil's Rejects a photograph of her is stapled onto Baby's chest by Sheriff Wydell.
The Devil's Rejects[edit]
Sheriff John Quincey Wydell[edit]
Portrayed by William Forsythe.
Sheriff Wydell led a siege on the Firefly house, hoping to arrest the serial killer family that lived inside. After a brutal shootout, he managed to kill Rufus and capture Mother Firefly, but two of the most dangerous members of the family, Otis B. Driftwood and Baby managed to escape, who later reunited with Baby's father, Captain Spaulding.
He interrogated Mother Firefly for whereabouts of her kin, but the family matriarch refused. Instead, she revealed to him that she had killed his brother, Lieutenant George Wydell, taunting him by saying "I felt contrite about blowin' his brains out". Furious, Wydell promised to her that he would kill every member of her family.
After hiring two amoral bounty hunters called the 'Unholy Two' to track down the Devil's Rejects, he became witness to the aftermath of the brutal murders of Banjo and Sullivan, a traveling country band.
After a dream about his dead brother telling him to kill the Firefly family, Wydell revisited Mother Firefly again, only this time to stab her to death.
Upon finding out that the escaped killers had taken shelter at a whorehouse, he tracked down the owner, Captain Spaulding's pimp brother Charlie Altamont and told him to keep the family there so he could ambush them.
With the help of the Unholy Two, he managed to capture the Rejects and bring them to their house. Becoming increasingly disturbed by his vengeance, the Sheriff brought them to their basement and tied them to a bunch of chairs. There, he proceeded to sadistically torture them like they had done to their victims throughout the night. He nailed Otis's hands to his chair, he electrocuted and beat Spaulding with a cattle prod, and he taunted Baby over the death of her mother after stapling a picture of one of her victims to her chest.
After dousing the room with gasoline and leaving Spaulding and Otis to burn, Wydell let Baby escape so he could track her down and kill her. Charlie returned to save his family but Wydell killed him with an axe.
Wydell proceeded to shoot Baby, flog her, and then tried to strangle her to death. It was only the return of Tiny that finally stopped Wydell. The mute giant picked up the Sheriff and snapped his neck, ultimately killing him.
Charlie Altamont[edit]
Portrayed by Ken Foree.
Charlie Altamont (alias 'Wolf J. Flywheel') is Captain Spaulding's African American half-brother. He is also a pimp.
Charlie had run a brothel and strip club and was a pimp by profession, and he also was revealed by Zombie as a "coke-head." To emphasize his style as a pimp, he was given a large amount of valuable and suggestive paraphernalia; it was not on camera, but in a scene where he was sharing his cocaine with Cutter, he had a necklace that was a cocaine spoon in the shape of a naked woman.
When the Firefly family are on the run from the police, they come to Charlie for refuge. But when Sheriff Wydell tracks him down, Charlie is pressured to give his family up.
Charlie Altamont returns later in one last moment of redemption to save his family, but Wydell kills him with an axe.
The Unholy Two[edit]
Portrayed by Danny Trejo and Dallas Page.
Two amoral bounty hunters hired to track down the Rejects. Rondo is Mexican and the more business savvy of the two, describing Wydell's situation with the rejects as the U2 working as exterminators to wipe out the cockroach-like Devil's Rejects. Billy Ray Snapper is the more quick to action type guy whose main pleasure is a good fight, and he and Wydell don't like each other. Though some may be fooled by their biker persona's and unfashionable lifestyle, the Unholy Two are tactical and relentless when on a hunt and will gladly kill anyone between them and their targets, along with the targets themselves.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Roger Ebert's review of The Devil's Rejects
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The Shack (2017 film)
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The Shack
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Stuart Hazeldine
Produced by
Gil Netter
Brad Cummings
Quiyun Long
Mike Drake
William Steinkamp
Lani Armstrong Netter
Screenplay by
John Fusco
Andrew Lanham
Destin Cretton
Based on
The Shack
by William Paul Young
Starring
Sam Worthington
Octavia Spencer
Avraham Aviv Alush
Radha Mitchell
Alice Braga
Graham Greene
Tim McGraw
Sumire Matsubara
Music by
Aaron Zigman
Cinematography
Declan Quinn
Edited by
William Steinkamp
Production
companies
Gil Netter Productions
Windblown Media
Distributed by
Summit Entertainment
Release date
March 3, 2017 (2017-03-03) (United States)
Running time
132 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$20 million[2]
Box office
$96.9 million[3]
The Shack is a 2017 American Christian drama film directed by Stuart Hazeldine and written by John Fusco, Andrew Lanham and Destin Cretton, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by William P. Young.[4] The film stars Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Graham Greene, Radha Mitchell, Alice Braga, Sumire Matsubara, Aviv Alush, and Tim McGraw.
Filming began on June 8, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The film was released in the United States on March 3, 2017, and grossed over $96 million worldwide.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Filming
4 Soundtrack
4.1 Track listing
4.2 Charts
5 Release
5.1 Box office
5.2 Critical response
5.3 Reaction of theologians and religious leaders
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
Mackenzie "Mack" Phillips suffered physical and emotional abuse as a child at the hands of his drunken father. He witnessed similar abuse of his mother as well. There is the implication that as a 13-year-old boy he attempted to poison his father with strychnine. Whether he succeeded in killing the man is not entirely clear, although subsequent events suggest that he did. But as an adult he has a bountiful life with his wife, Nan, and their three children: Kate, Josh and Missy.
Mack's life is shattered, however, when their youngest child Missy disappears during a camping trip while he is saving Kate and Josh during a canoeing accident. The police determine Missy is the victim of a serial killer after finding her torn dress and blood in a vacant cabin. Kate blames herself for Missy's death because of her own reckless behavior in causing the canoe accident in the first place. The tragedy derails Mack's faith and life until the onset of winter when he receives an unstamped, typewritten note in his mailbox. The surrounding snow is devoid of any incriminating tracks. The message is signed "Papa" (which was Nan's nickname for God) and invites him to meet at the cabin.
Thinking this may possibly be an opportunity for meeting and capturing or killing the serial killer, Mack drives himself there and, finding the ruined cabin cold and desolate and empty, is overcome with frustration, rage and an almost irresistible impulse to turn his handgun on himself. But he suddenly encounters a mysterious trio of strangers who invite him to stay at their well-furnished, cozy little house that is situated just down the path and, oddly, in the midst of a beautiful, sunshiny, summertime wilderness.
The trio of strangers gradually reveal their identities. The purpose of their invitation is to first help him to better understand his life as seen from a much broader context or higher perspective. This realization helps free him from an inclination to pass judgment upon himself as well as upon everyone else who crosses his path. It is from that new starting point that he may then continue his long, slow journey into healing for himself and his family and forgiveness for himself as well as for those who have grievously harmed him and his loved ones.
Cast[edit]
Sam Worthington[5] as Mackenzie "Mack" Phillips
Carson Reaume as Young Mack
Octavia Spencer as Papa[6][7]
Graham Greene as Male Papa[8]
Radha Mitchell as Nan Phillips[8]
Aviv Alush as Jesus[8]
Sumire Matsubara as Sarayu[9]
Tim McGraw[10] as Willie
Alice Braga[10] as Sophia
Megan Charpentier as Kate Phillips[10]
Gage Munroe as Josh Phillips[10]
Amélie Eve as Missy Phillips[10]
Ryan Robbins as Emil Ducette[10]
Production[edit]
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Forest Whitaker was once attached to direct and star in the film.[11]
Filming[edit]
Principal photography on the film began on June 8, 2015, in Vancouver, Canada.[12][13]
The camping scenes were filmed at Sunnyside campground in Cultus Lake, British Columbia, while the waterfall was filmed at Multnomah Falls, the Oregon site referenced in the source novel.[14]
Soundtrack[edit]
The Shack: Music From and Inspired By the Original Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released
February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)
Genre
CCM, Christian hip hop, Christian rock
Length
52:24
Label
Atlantic
Producer
Kevin Weaver, Pete Ganbarg, Anastasia Brown
The accompanying soundtrack for the film features contributions from popular artists primarily in the genres of country music and contemporary Christian music.[15][16] It was released February 24, 2017 through Atlantic Records.[17]
A new duet between Tim McGraw and Faith Hill was written and recorded for the film titled "Keep Your Eyes On Me" which is featured in the trailer.[16] It was released digitally on January 27, 2017 as the soundtrack's first promotional single.[18] This release was followed by Dan + Shay's promotional track, "When I Pray for You", on February 3, 2017.[19] Christian rock band Skillet released an acoustic version of "Stars" from their album, Unleashed, in a music video for the film.[20]
Track listing[edit]
No.
Title
Performer(s)
Length
1. "When I Pray for You" Dan + Shay 3:29
2. "Keep Your Eyes on Me" Tim McGraw and Faith Hill 4:11
3. "Lay Our Flowers Down" Lady Antebellum 3:12
4. "Heaven Knows" Hillsong UNITED 4:44
5. "Where Were You" Francesca Battistelli 3:07
6. "Love Goes On" Kelly Clarkson and Aloe Blacc 3:54
7. "River of Jordan" Lecrae featuring Breyan Isaac 3:45
8. "Hard Love" NEEDTOBREATHE featuring Lauren Daigle 3:37
9. "Days of Dark" Dierks Bentley 4:13
10. "Phone Call to God" Brett Eldredge 3:57
11. "Honest to God" Devin Dawson 3:14
12. "Stars (The Shack version)" Skillet 3:45
13. "I'll Think About You" We Are Messengers 3:56
14. "Amazing Grace" for KING & COUNTRY 3:22
Charts[edit]
Chart (2017)
Peak
position
US Billboard 200[21]
40
US Christian Albums (Billboard)[22]
1
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[22]
6
Release[edit]
Box office[edit]
The Shack grossed $57.4 million in the United States and Canada and $39.6 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $96.9 million.[3]
In North America, The Shack opened on March 3, 2017, alongside Before I Fall and Logan, and was projected to gross around $10 million from 2,888 theaters in its opening weekend.[23] It made $850,000 from Thursday night previews and $5.5 million on its first day. It went on to open to $16.1 million, finishing above expectations and third at the box office behind Logan and Get Out.[24] It dropped 38% in its second weekend, grossing $10 million and finishing 4th.[25]
Critical response[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 19% based on 67 reviews, with an average rating of 3.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Shack's undeniably worthy message is ill-served by a script that confuses spiritual uplift with melodramatic clichés and heavy-handed sermonizing."[26] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 32 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[27] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave an 85% overall positive score and a 70% "definite recommend".[24]
Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, saying it is "both too innocuous and too off-putting for its own good".[28] Adam Graham of The Detroit News said it "feels like an overly long church sermon".[29] The AV Club said, "Most of its running time is taken with mollifying conversations between Mack and the movie's New Age-meets-Bible Belt oversimplifications of the Holy Trinity. It fits right into a long tradition of quasi-mystical pseudo-parables."[30]
Kathy Schiffer with the National Catholic Register writes: "I watched The Shack not once, but twice. It was inspiring, beautifully portrayed, and thought-provoking. The love and humor and the sheer joy of the Trinity, bantering over the dinner table in the Shack, was heartwarming, and it made fresh my awareness of God's love for me."[31] Julie Roy's response: "2 Peter 3:9, which says God doesn't wish any 'to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.' That is God's heart towards us. And The Shack masterfully reveals that heart. I think that's why so many have been profoundly impacted by the movie. And I fear that in our zeal for theological correctness, we may be trampling on something beautiful."[32] Other critics, such as Beliefnet's Wesley Baines, felt the film was successful because it resonated with the desires of its modern audience.[33]
Owen Glieberman from Variety sums it up: "'The Shack' has a real chance to connect commercially, because even though its drama is mushy, at heart it's a bit of a theme-park ride: the movie in which you get to know what it’s like to hang out with God and make friends with Jesus. In life, religion isn’t nearly so reassuring. It’s daunting, and our culture is starved for films that portray religious feeling in a way that's both reverent and truthful. 'The Shack' isn’t one of them; it reduces faith to a kind of spiritual comfort food. But thanks, in part, to movies like this one, maybe that's what faith is on its way to becoming."[34]
Reaction of theologians and religious leaders[edit]
The film attracted the same sort of controversy for unorthodox theology that the book did.[35] Theologian Albert Mohler said the film's depiction of God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit is "profoundly unbiblical".[35] John Mulderig of Catholic News Service said the film was "an intriguing endeavor" but had many problematic elements.[36] Catholic Bishop Robert Barron said about the book "There's a lot of sweet stuff – but you do have to spit out a few seeds."[37] New Testament scholar James B. DeYoung said the film promotes universalism, which he characterized as heresy.[38]
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