Bomb the System

Bomb the System
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Directed by	Adam Bhala Lough
Produced by	Ben Rekhi Sol Tryon
Written by	Adam Bhala Lough
Starring	Mark Webber Jaclyn DeSantis Gano Grills Jade Yorker
Music by	Sebastian Demian El-P Ethan Higbee International Friends
Cinematography	Ben Kutchins Ben Rekhi
Edited by	Jay Rabinowitz
Distributed by	Palm Pictures
Release date	2002
Running time	91 min.
Country	United States
Language	English / Hindi
Box office	$15,520

Bomb the System is a drama film written and directed by Adam Bhala Lough, which was released to film festivals in 2002 (see 2002 in film) and American theaters in 2005. It revolves around a group of graffiti artists living in New York City who decide to make a mark on the city, and stars Mark Webber, Gano Grills, Jaclyn DeSantis, Jade Yorker, Bönz Malone, Kumar Pallana and Joey SEMZ. Bomb the System was the first major fictional feature film about the subculture of graffiti art since Wild Style was released 1982. Several well-known graffiti artists participated in the making of the film including Lee Quinones, Cope2 and Chino BYI. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by El-P.

In January 2004 the film was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.

The film was produced for US$500,000, expanded from the director's thesis project at NYU. The director, producer, cinematographer, and other key members of the crew had recently graduated from NYU and this was their first film. The film played at over 26 film festivals on four continents and was first offered distribution by Now on Media in Japan after the company's president saw a 1-minute clip at the 2004 Independent Spirit Awards. The film received a wide theatrical release in Japan and extensive press coverage.Palm Pictures distributed the film in the US and gave it a limited 2-theater release in New York City and Los Angeles on May 27, 2005. Palm decided not to open the film wider despite positive reviews in The New York Times, LA Times, Variety, Rolling Stone, and The Village Voice and a per-screen average gross of US$4,588. The film was released on DVD October 8, 2005.