Ass Backwards | |
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Directed by | Chris Nelson |
Produced by |
Heather Rae Molly Conners |
Written by |
June Diane Raphael Casey Wilson |
Starring | June Diane Raphael Casey Wilson Alicia Silverstone Jon Cryer Vincent D'Onofrio Brian Geraghty Bob Odenkirk Paul Scheer Jon Paul Phillips |
Production
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Prominent Pictures
Worldview Entertainment |
Distributed by | Gravitas Ventures |
Release date
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Running time
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86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Ass Backwards is an American female buddy road trip comedy film written by and starring June Diane Raphael and Casey Wilson. The film is directed by Chris Nelson and produced by Heather Rae.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2013. The film was made available on iTunes and VOD on September 30, 2013, leading up to the film's theatrical release on November 8, 2013.
Loveable losers Kate and Chloe (June Diane Raphael and Casey Wilson) are best friends with a not so firm grip on reality. The girls have been inseparable ever since tying for dead last at a kiddie beauty pageant as children. Now they are all grown up and living in New York City, where Chloe is a "rising star" dancing in a glass box at a nightclub and Kate is the "CEO" of her own one-woman egg-donor "corporation." Their past humiliations at the pageant remain long forgotten until they receive an invitation to the pageant's milestone anniversary celebration. With the unpleasant memories flooding back, Kate and Chloe decide to redeem themselves and take a roadtrip back to their hometown and win the elusive crown.
On the road, they face some hard truths about themselves and each other as they encounter drug addicts, spring breakers, strip club hooligans, a feminist farming collective, and their favorite reality TV star, leading to the girls' homecoming and final reckoning with their past, present and future.
The film features Alicia Silverstone as Laurel, Kate and Chloe's former beauty pageant rival, and Vincent D'Onofrio as Chloe's dad, Bruce.
The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on January 21, 2013. It made its Los Angeles premiere at the Outfest Film Festival on July 13, 2013.
Since its Sundance premiere, the film was acquired by Gravitas Ventures, who announced its VOD release for September 30, 2013 before its theatrical release on November 8, 2013.