Fort Tilden (film)
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Sarah-Violet Bliss Charles Rogers |
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| Music by | Alexander Moro |
| Cinematography | Brian Lannin |
| Edited by | Sarah-Violet Bliss |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
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95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Fort Tilden is a 2014 American independent, comedy film, written and directed by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, starring Bridey Elliot, Claire McNulty, Neil Casey, Alysia Reiner, and Peter Vack.
The film had its world premiere at SXSW on March 8, 2014, where it won that year's Grand Jury Award. The film was acquired by revived Orion Pictures and was released on August 14, 2015, in a limited release, and through video on demand.
While at a rooftop gathering for their twin musician friends, roommates Allie (Claire McNulty) and Harper (Bridey Elliot) meet two guys, Russ and Sam. After the boys announce that they will be spending the day at Fort Tilden the girls make plans to meet them and bring them molly.
The following day, after realizing that the ferries are closed, the girls decide to bike to Fort Tilden and borrow a bike from their upstairs neighbor, Ebb. They pick up the drugs from Harper's friend Benji, who mocks her for being a dilettante who only pretends to be an artist. While riding through Brooklyn Harper has them stop in front of a cheap clothing store. When Allie realizes that she has not brought a bike lock, Harper urges her to simply wrap the chain around the bikes. While standing in line they watch as a boy steals Allie's bike, but because of their hesitation whether to confront him or not he easily makes off with the bike. Harper urges Allie to leave Ebb's bike behind, which she eventually does, covering it in trash so that it will not be stolen.
The girls call a cab driver who offers to take them to Fort Tilden for a hundred dollars. While in the car Allie grows frustrated because her contact for the Peace Corps, Cabiria, keeps contacting her in order to obtain her information. Giving up on her Harper makes small talk with the driver, who is from Calcutta and mentions having been there. However, after Harper mentions what her father does they are thrown out of the car by the cabbie, who tells her her father is a horrible man and a criminal.
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