Bongwater

1998
R
1h 37m

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Alicia Witt, Scott Caan, Andy Dick, Brittany Murphy, Luke Wilson, and Jack Black in Bongwater (1998)

An indolent artist in Portland, Oregon becomes addicted to marijuana, prompting his girlfriend to flee to New York City with a heroin addict.An indolent artist in Portland, Oregon becomes addicted to marijuana, prompting his girlfriend to flee to New York City with a heroin addict.An indolent artist in Portland, Oregon becomes addicted to marijuana, prompting his girlfriend to flee to New York City with a heroin addict.

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5.1/10

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Storyline

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Trivia
When Tommy (Jamie Kennedy) looks at Serena's driver's license, we see that her last name is Witt. Alicia Witt, who plays Serena, wrote her last name on it exactly like in her own signature.

Goofs
The boom mic can be blatantly seen several times in the full screen (1.33) version.

Quotes
Tony: David, guess who stopped smoking?
David: Who?
Tony: Your house!

Crazy credits
Through the closing credits, we hear people leaving coded messages on an answering machine about buying pot.

Alternate versions
96-minute version:
Opening credits uses the song "Sunday" by Sonic Youth.
65 minutes in, at the end of David's hallucination, his mom walks away and says "Now how the hell do I get out of this place?" In this cut, she fades away into nothingness after saying that line.

Connections
References When We Were Kings (1996)

Soundtracks
Sunday
(uncredited)
Written by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley
Performed by Sonic Youth
[Appears 1 minute in during some versions of movie]

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6/10

Obscure stoner culture at it's best...!

Fans of movies such as "Half-Baked", "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", and "Orgazmo", should see this once in their lifetime. Don't be fooled by poor reviews. This movie is the best vehicle for Jack Black's obscure comedy I have seen to date (07/2005). Inter character relationships and general plot progression are over emphasized and simplified in a camp like fashion that, reminds me "Cheech and Chong". Sometimes this is done at a sacrifice to depth, but come on if I wanted to watch "Fight Club" or "Lord of the Rings" I would have. This movie only does one thing well, as so many movies do today, but that doesn't make it dull. I recommend this only to viewers who want to have some friends over, eat a big meal, get "into" the movie, and laugh at potheads being potheads.