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'''''Spring Breakers''''' is a 2012 American <!-- see talk page before editing genres --> [[comedy film|comedy]] and [[drama film|drama]] film written and directed by [[Harmony Korine]]. The film stars [[Selena Gomez]], [[Vanessa Hudgens]], [[Ashley Benson]], [[Rachel Korine|Rachel Korine,]] and [[James Franco]]. The film follows four college-aged girls on their spring break.<ref name="Rachel">{{cite web|date=November 4, 2011|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/rachel-korine-yes-harmonys-wife-joins-spring-breakers|title=Rachel Korine (Yes, Harmony's Wife) Joins 'Spring Breakers'|work=The Playlist|publisher=[[Indiewire]]|accessdate=April 4, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/spring-breakers-v560779|work=[[Allmovie]]|title=Spring Breakers|author=Buchanan, Jason|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/us/film/spring-breakers-movie-review|work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|author=Rothkopf, Joshua|title=Spring Breakers|quote="Spring Breakers is either an inspired satire of the youth movie or the most irresponsible comedy mainstream Hollywood will never make."|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/spring-breakers-2013-1|work=RogerEbert.com|author= Roeper, Richard|title=Spring Breakers Movie|date=March 20, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 2013|authorlink=Richard Roeper}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20657941,00.html|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|author=Gleiberman Owen|date=March 22, 2013|title=Spring Breakers|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref>
'''''Spring Breakers''''' is a 2012 American <!-- see talk page before editing genres --> [[comedy film|comedy]] and [[drama film|drama]] film written and directed by [[Harmony Korine]]. The film stars [[Selena Gomez]], [[Vanessa Hudgens]], [[Ashley Benson]], [[Rachel Korine|Rachel Korine,]] and [[James Franco]]. The film follows four college-aged sluts on their spring break.<ref name="Rachel">{{cite web|date=November 4, 2011|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/rachel-korine-yes-harmonys-wife-joins-spring-breakers|title=Rachel Korine (Yes, Harmony's Wife) Joins 'Spring Breakers'|work=The Playlist|publisher=[[Indiewire]]|accessdate=April 4, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/spring-breakers-v560779|work=[[Allmovie]]|title=Spring Breakers|author=Buchanan, Jason|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/us/film/spring-breakers-movie-review|work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|author=Rothkopf, Joshua|title=Spring Breakers|quote="Spring Breakers is either an inspired satire of the youth movie or the most irresponsible comedy mainstream Hollywood will never make."|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/spring-breakers-2013-1|work=RogerEbert.com|author= Roeper, Richard|title=Spring Breakers Movie|date=March 20, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 2013|authorlink=Richard Roeper}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20657941,00.html|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|author=Gleiberman Owen|date=March 22, 2013|title=Spring Breakers|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref>

The film was selected to compete for the [[Golden Lion]] at the [[69th Venice International Film Festival]].<ref name="labiennale">{{cite web|url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/venezia69/ |title=Venezia 69 |accessdate=July 26, 2012|work=labiennale}}</ref> It received positive reviews from movie critics, some calling it a [[cult classic]],<ref name="midnight" /><ref>{{cite web|date=March 27, 2013|url=http://www.idsnews.com/news/weekend/story.aspx?id=91982|title=Spring Breakers: The newest cult classic|work=WEEKEND|publisher=IDS News|accessdate=July 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=March 18, 2013|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/spring-breakers-trailer-selena-gomez_3560943|title=Is Record Breaking 'Spring Breakers' A Cult Movie In The Making?|work=Contactmusic.com|publisher=|accessdate=July 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/Spring-Breakers-6337.html|title=Spring Breakers Review|author=Sean O'Connell|work=CinemaBlend.com|publisher=|accessdate=July 5, 2013}}</ref> and was a box office success grossing $31.7 million at the worldwide box office against a $5 million production budget.


==Plot==
==Plot==

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For other uses, see Spring break (disambiguation).
Spring Breakers
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHarmony Korine
Written byHarmony Korine
Produced byCharles-Marie Anthonioz
Jordan Gertner
Chris Hanley
David Zander
StarringJames Franco
Selena Gomez
Vanessa Hudgens
Ashley Benson
Rachel Korine
Gucci Mane
CinematographyBenoît Debie
Edited byDouglas Crise
Adam Robinson
Music byCliff Martinez
Skrillex
Gucci Mane
Ellie Goulding
Production
companies
Distributed byA24 Films (US)
Vertigo Films thru Universal Pictures (UK)
Release dates
  • September 4, 2012 (2012-09-04) (Venice)
  • March 22, 2013 (2013-03-22) (United States)[1]
Running time
94 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[3]
Box office$31,724,284[3]

Spring Breakers is a 2012 American comedy and drama film written and directed by Harmony Korine. The film stars Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine, and James Franco. The film follows four college-aged sluts on their spring break.[4][5][6][7][8]

Plot

Childhood friends and college students Faith, Brit, Candy, and Cotty plan to go on a spring break vacation, but don't have enough money for the trip. To obtain the funds, Brit and Candy rob a fast food restaurant using hammers and realistic-looking squirt guns, with Cotty as the getaway driver. Faith, a Christian and the most innocent of the group, is taken aback by Brit and Candy's actions; however, she overlooks their crimes and travels to Florida with them.

On the trip, the girls attend wild beach parties, engaging in drinking and reckless behavior. After a rambunctious party, they are arrested and bailed out by Alien, a rapper and gangster from St. Petersburg. Faith becomes uncomfortable with Alien's surroundings and lifestyle; she decides to leave, begging the girls to come with her. Despite her pleas, Brit, Candy, and Cotty return to Alien's mansion and become part of his crime ring. Whilst Faith returns home, she gets harassed by Sugar and Hunyboo but eventually makes it on a bus to head back. At a strip club, Alien runs into his rival Big Arch, who warns Alien to stop selling drugs in his territory. Alien ignores him and, in retaliation, Big Arch executes a drive-by shooting on Alien's car. Cotty is shot in the arm during the confrontation and decides to return home.

With Cotty gone, Alien, Brit, and Candy begin a sexual relationship between the three of them and decide to take revenge on Big Arch. They go to his waterfront mansion in Alien's boat, but Alien is subsequently killed right as he steps onto the pier. Brit and Candy kill Big Arch and his men, leaving their signature pink ski masks in the water by the dock. The girls then kiss Alien's dead body, and leave Florida in Big Arch's Lamborghini.

Cast

Production

According to Harmony Korine, he wrote the film partially to make up for his own spring breaks, as he had been fully devoted to skateboarding, and therefore missed out on what he saw as opportunities for hedonistic pursuits.[9] The original lineup of lead actresses was announced as Emma Roberts, Selena Gomez, and Vanessa Hudgens.[10] Roberts however dropped out in early 2012, reportedly after hearing she would need to gain body fat for her role.[11] Director Korine had purposely collected a group of well-known young actresses with a similar reputation to Roberts in Hollywood.[12]

There was speculation that the character Alien was based around a rap artist by the name of Riff Raff.[13] According to Franco, his character is based on the underground rap artist Dangeruss. "Of course Harmony and I looked at some of Riff Raff's videos as inspiration, but he was one of a number of people we looked at. I would say the biggest influence on the role was this local Florida rapper named Dangeruss. He's fairly unknown, but he was down there in the place, living the life, and he became the biggest model for me, and he's in the movie."[14] The film was shot in March and April 2012 in and around St. Petersburg, Florida.[9] Skrillex produced the score for the film.[15]

A part of the main cast at the film's premiere in Paris in February 2013 (left to right: Rachel Korine, Ashley Benson, Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens)

Release

A three-minute preview of Spring Breakers was released at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival in May 2012.[16] The entire film premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2012.[17] The film was released in New York and Los Angeles on March 15, 2013.[18] The film was released nationwide on March 22, 2013.[19] The film had a limited release in the UK on April 5, 2013.[20]

Home media

Spring Breakers was released on digital download on June 25, 2013, [21][22] and it was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 9, 2013.[23]

Reception

Critical response

The film received generally positive reactions from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives a score of 66% "fresh" based on reviews from 131 critics, with a rating average of 6.3 out of 10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Spring Breakers blends stinging social commentary with bikini cheesecake and a bravura James Franco performance."[24]

Xan Brooks of The Guardian said the film is Korine's "most fully realised, purely satisfying feature film since Gummo."[25] Emma Seligman of The Huffington Post described the film as "Scarface meets Britney Spears."[26] Oliver Lyttlelton of IndieWire gave the film a B, stating that the film would be a future cult favorite for "midnight moviegoers".[27]

Guy Lodge of Variety gave it a negative review saying, "this attractively fizzy pic may be a shock to the system for fans of teen queens Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens, but remains pretty toothless titillation by its writer-helmer's standards."[28] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter noted that James Franco gives one of his more bizarre performances in his unpredictable career, saying "he's a cross between Bo Derek in 10 and Richard Kiel in Moonraker."[29]

Box office

Spring Breakers grossed $14,124,284, in North America, and $17,600,000 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $31,724,284.[3]

In North America, the film opened to #6 in its first weekend with $4,858,944, behind The Croods, Admission, The Call, Oz the Great and Powerful, and Olympus Has Fallen.[30]

Accolades

List of awards and nominations
Date of ceremony Group Category Recipients Outcome
May 3, 2013 14th Golden Trailer Awards Trashiest Trailer Spring Breakers Won
February 12, 2012 54th Grammy Awards Best Dance Recording Skrillex
August 11, 2013 15th Teen Choice Awards Choice Fashion: Female Hottie Selena Gomez Pending
Choice Fashion: Smile
August 29-September 8, 2012 69th Venice International Film Festival Future Film Festival Digital Award - Special Mention Harmony Korine Won
Golden Lion Nominated

Soundtrack

Untitled

Spring Breakers is a soundtrack album by the film of the same name, released on March 19, 2013 by Big Beat Records and Warner Music.[31][33]

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites"Skrillex2:56
2."Rise And Shine Little Bitch"Cliff Martinez & Skrillex0:35
3."Pretend It's A Video Game"Cliff Martinez2:47
4."With You, Friends (Long Drive)"Skrillex3:18
5."Hangin' With Da Dopeboys"Dangeruss & James Franco2:53
6."Bikinis & Big Booties Y'all"Cliff Martinez & Skrillex3:06
7."Never Gonna Get This Pussy"Cliff Martinez2:40
8."Goin' In" (Skrillex Goin' Down Mix)Birdy Nam Nam3:19
9."Fuck This Industry"Waka Flocka Flame3:27
10."Smell This Money" (Original Mix)Skrillex2:38
11."Park Smoke"Skrillex4:01
12."Young Niggas"Gucci Mane & Waka Flocka Flame3:44
13."Your Friends Ain't Gonna Leave With You"Cliff Martinez3:14
14."Ride Home"Skrillex2:55
15."Big Bank" (featuring French Montana)Meek Mill, Pill, Torch & Rick Ross3:38
16."Son Of Scary Monsters"Cliff Martinez & Skrillex3:40
17."Big 'Ol Scardy Pants"Cliff Martinez3:08
18."Scary Monsters On Strings"Skrillex3:11
19."Lights"Ellie Goulding4:08
Total length:41:06
Wal-Mart Exclusive Bonus Track
No.TitleRecording Artist(s)Length
20."$$$ex"Vanessa Hudgens and Y.LA4:08

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