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Bass Ackwards (2010)

Bass Ackwards poster
Directed by
Linas Phillips
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man leaves a bad relationship and sets out on a road trip across the country in a beat-up VW bus. He meets people and has small adventures along the way.

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What happens

Bass Ackwards is a film written, starring and directed by Linas Phillips and also starring Davie-Blue, Jim Fletcher and Paul Lazar. The film stars Phillips as a man who embarks on cross-country journey in a modified VW bus after ending a disastrous affair with a married woman. Bass Ackwards was named an official selection in the 2010 Sundance Film Festival for inclusion in NEXT, a new category that recognized films for their innovative and original work in low-and-no-budget filmmaking, and is part of a wave of films that showcases the diversity of independent cinema. The film was released to video on demand platforms on February 1, 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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