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Beasts of the Southern Wild Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Basic inform­ation

Director
Benh Zeitlin
Release date
20th January 2012
Runtime
1 hour and 33 minutes
Writer
Benh Zetlin
Genres
Drama and Fantasy
Budget
$1.8 Million £1.4 Million

Ratings and Reviews

Metacritic
86/100
Rotten Tomatoes
86% 8.2/10
Metecritic User
"­Beasts of the Southern Wild is a fantas­tical, emotio­nally powerful journey and a strong case of filmmaking that values imagin­ation over money"
New York Times
"­Rem­arkable creati­on" and "Most diverse film of 2012"

Awards

2012 Cannes Film Festival
Camera d'or Award
Won
Sundance Festival
Grand Jury Prize
Won
85th Academy Awards
Best Picture
Nominated
23rd Chicago Film Critics Awards
Best Original Score
Nominated
 

Summary

Beasts of the Southern Wild is an American indepe­ndant film directed by Ben Zeitlin starring Quvenzhané Wallis and Dwight Henry.
A little girl named Hushpuppy lives with her father in a bayou outside of Louisiana. Hushpu­ppy's father falls ill along with the bayou; temper­atures rise making the ice caps melt and the beasts called aurochs start to roam around. The rising waters threaten the bayou and the community which sends hushpuppy into searching for her long lost mother.
 

Main Cast

Quvenzhané Wallis
Hushpuppy
Dwight Henry
Wink

Trivia and Context

Quvenzhané Wallis was only 9 years old when filming Beasts of the Southern Wild and was 5 years old when auditi­oning.
The Father (Dwight Henry) was a baker and had no intentions in acting. But the casting crew wanted him so badly; they never gave up on him.
The film was set in Isle de Charles Doucet but was filmed in Parish Town Montegut.
The staff built the set by hand using the things around the area.
During the film the father (Dwight Henry) got tackled at the hospital when he should not have as he is allowed to by law to refuse medica­tion.