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Spork

United States

2010

81 Min
Color
English
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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DIR J.B. Ghuman Jr.

EXEC Kevin Frost, Geric Miller-Frost

PROD Christopher Racster, Chad Allen, Honey Labrador

SCR J.B. Ghuman Jr.

DP Bradley Stonesifer

CAST Savannah Stehlin, Sydney Park, Rachel G. Fox, Michael William Arnold, Oana Gregory, Kevin Chung, Rodney Eastman, Keith David, Elaine Hendrix, Yeardley Smith, Beth Grant, Chad Allen, Richard Riehle, Taaffe O'Connell, Francesca Tosti, John Alton, Odelia Hartl, Jenny Koh, India Scandrick, Sydni Scurlark

ED Phillip J. Bartell

PROD DES Nathan Carden

MUSIC Casey James and The Staypuft Kid, Timothy Kiefer

SOUND Arran Murphy, Romain Bigorgne

Tribeca (Cinemania), London (World Cinema), Outfest (Closing Night Gala), Queer Lisboa (Intersexuality & Visual Representation)

Synopsis

Junior high isn’t easy for anyone— especially if you’re a frizzy-haired, pink-cheeked hermaphrodite like Spork. But when the talent show shines a chance for Spork to show up Betsy Byotch’s mean girls gang, her recently best-friended trailer-park neighbor Tootsie Roll steps up to coach her in booty-poppin’ moves. This ’80s-inspired dance send-up is littered with colorful dialogue from a tween cast with mouths beyond their years. —Tribeca Film Festival

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J.B. Ghuman Jr.

J.B. Ghuman, Jr. was born in 1980, in Miami Beach, Florida, and raised there. He moved to New York City to pursue his dreams as an artist, working on paint-on-canvas and installation art.

Though originally a theatre geek, he soon headed to LA to pursue a career in acting. After doing numerous national commercial spots in addition to film and TV roles, JB decided to try his luck behind the camera. Following a stint of self-produced shorts that he both wrote and directed it wasn’t long before JB was moving up the ranks and being hired to direct music videos for celebrities, including Perez Hilton and RuPaul.

JB’s latest challenge was in writing and directing his first feature length film, Spork (2009), which had its world premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. JB is currently working on another feature length screenplay and fielding offers to direct music videos. —Queer Lisboa 

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ΞRIC B∆D TASTΞ

24Sep12

"Ow! You stupid ball! You stupid, stupid ball!" such a funny teen drama-rama & i really loved the chiptune sounds & the dog-kick scene.

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This is Jake Kath

21Jun12

Goddamnit! Okay, there's things I like about this one. I like how the filmmakers sneaked progressive ideas and reversed social norms. I like how the kids talk like kids would talk like in middle school. I like the soundtrack. Unfortunately, its predictable, unfocused, and doesn't raise above the obnoxious Disney Channel TV movie aesthetic that it tries to subvert.

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    This is Jake Kath

    21Jun12

    But with that being said, it does feel like a first time director is directing. I look forward into seeing if his next feature is any better.

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Polyglot

4Jan12

Teen dramedy mixed with chiptune music. :p

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leah

29Jun11

This movie is so up my alley, when am I finally going to be able to see it?

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It really got me

By MR. Univers​e on June 1, 2011

I can’t say enough good things about this film. It is a film that deserves better then it is getting. it is a gem stuck in the middle of a mediocre wasteland of cinema. Now i will admit it is not the…  read review

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