Bindlestiffs is a 2012 comedy film produced by Andrew Edison and Luke Loftin, the writers, editors, and main two stars, which also stars John Karna. The film was completed in 2011 but wasnt picked up until 2012 after its premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. It was picked up for distribution in 2012 by Kevin Smith under his SModcast Pictures Presents label, in association with PhaseFilms, the first under this label. It has received a somewhat cult status from the internet, becoming available on VOD, iTunes, and DVD from RedBox.
After deciding to get rid of the homeless woman who was living with the three in their motel room, they take her to the woods behind their school, where the school security guard, Charlie, who had been tailing them all week, approaches them and shoots the homeless woman to death while startled. John then chases after Charlie, proceeds to beat him up, then tazes him into submission and possibly death. The three boys have a funeral three weeks later, where Luke reveals his sexual luck, and Andrew reveals he had to perform fellatio for crack he couldnt pay for. After singing a nearly accurate version of Amazing Grace, Andrew and Luke leave John by himself, before he wanders off and the credits roll.Filming started around 2010 when the three were in high school. As they shot, they edited the movie, and rewrote the script, then filming more scenes accordingly. Theterabytes of footage, equalling 400 hours of HD video, was then edited down to ahour version, which was then cut to a 79 minute version. The school scenes were shot first, with drama teachers playing the adult actors, and their classmates playing student extras. They then shot forweeks in a hotel room in Houston, rarely leaving, causing delusion. The rest of the film was shot in the stage where Loftin and Edison rewrote and were editing the movie. The film cost around 20,000 overall over the span of two years. ........
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