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How much did it cost to make Beasts of the Southern Wild?
1.8 million USDBeasts of the Southern Wild / Budget
Zeitlin made the movie on a $1.8 million shoestring in southern Louisiana with hand-held 16-millimeter cameras, jury-rigged sets, untrained actors and a grass-roots collective of artists from around the country.
What is Beasts of the Southern Wild About?
Six-year-old Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis) lives with her father, Wink (Dwight Henry), in a remote Delta community. Wink is a stern taskmaster, but he is preparing his young daughter for the end of the world. When Wink falls mysteriously ill, nature seems to fall ill with him. Temperatures rise, the ice caps melt and fearsome prehistoric beasts called aurochs run loose. Rising waters threaten to engulf their community, sending Hushpuppy in search of her long-lost mother.Beasts of the Southern Wild / Film synopsis
How does Beasts of the Southern Wild end?
On their way back to the Bathtub, Hushpuppy and her friends run into the aurochs. Hushpuppy stands up to them, and they leave her to walk away unharmed. At home, Hushpuppy finds Wink on his deathbed and says farewell. After hearing his heartbeat one final time, she constructs a funeral pyre and sets it on fire.
How much did Beasts of the Southern Wild gross?
23.3 million USDBeasts of the Southern Wild / Box office
Is Bathtub a real place?
Related Stories. The story takes place in the fictional southern Louisiana town of Bathtub, a scrappy, swampy hamlet where residents often eat meals while reclining on mounds of crayfish and live in elevated houses in the case of a flood.
Who played Hushpuppy?
Quvenzhané Wallis
So back I went, to see what, if anything, I had missed the first time. The main character in Beasts is a precocious kid named “Hushpuppy” (Quvenzhané Wallis). Hushpuppy, who is six years old or so, is fully present in the natural world which surrounds her.
Is Beasts of the Southern Wild about Hurricane Katrina?
You can’t talk about Beasts of the Southern Wild and not talk about Hurricane Katrina. The film is a response to the hurricane, particularly to the way people from outside of the affected area reacted to it.
Why did Hushpuppy burn her house?
Hushpuppy’s rebellious side is demonstrated when, after an argument with her father, she intentionally sets her house on fire and hides. While hiding, she says to herself, “If Daddy kill me, I ain’t gonna be forgotten.
Is the bathtub a real place?
The real-life location of Bathtub can be found on the Isle de Jean Charles, a sinking island about 80 miles southwest of New Orleans.
What do the beasts represent in Beasts of the Southern Wild?
In Hushpuppy’s mind’s eye – and onscreen – the aurochs is a sort of wild boar of elephantine size, armed with both horns and tusks. And it becomes her personal symbol of the disasters that loom over her family and her community, which she knows that she will soon need to face alone.
Is the movie Beasts of the Southern Wild based on a true story?
And you might remember that film depicts a place and a people that are imperiled. What you might not know is how true-to-life the story is. Today Isle de Jean Charles and Pointe au Chien, a part of Terrebonne Parish locals call “The Bathtub,” are threatened by costal erosion and political red tape.
What is Hushpuppy’s dad sick?
Even after she faces the brutal aurochs, Hushpuppy still cannot prevent her father’s eventual demise. And as illustrated in real life, sickle cell is a very ruthless and painful genetic condition, most commonly found among the African American community.
Where is Hushpuppy’s mother?
Hushpuppy’s mother either died herself or left the girl and Wink on their own. Although Wink loves to tell Hushpuppy stories of the night she was conceived, her mother exists only in Hushpuppy’s imagination.
Does the bathtub really exist?
What age is Annie?
She is a spunky, optimistic, energetic eleven-year old artist girl. She has curly red/orange hair (although she actually has straight auburn hair in the 1999 telefilm version, though it sometimes shown to be curly near the end). In the 2014 film, Annie is black.