What Is It?
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What Is It?

Year:
Duration:
82 min | USA:72 min
Genres:
Drama
IMDB rate:
6
Director:
Crispin Glover
Awards:
2 wins
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2005-01-27
Cast
Actor
Character
Fairuza Balk
Fairuza Balk
What Is It?
Michael Blevis
The young man
Carlos Richardson
The young man's alter ego
Lisa Fusco
The young man's fantasy girl
Steven C. Stewart
Dueling Demi-God Auteur
Crispin Glover
Dueling Demi-God Auteur
John Insinna
The Young Man's Outer Sanctum Friend / Inner Sanctum's Choked Victim
Kelly Swiderski
Inner Sanctum Concubine / Outer Sanctum Snail Collector
Robin Adams
Inner Sanctum Concubine / Outer Sanctum Girl Who Recognizes Burning
Adam Parfrey
The minstrel
Rikky Wittman
The minstrel's nemesis
Lynn Conley
The Minstrel's Concubine
Cheryl Brown
Outer Sanctum Mocking Tormentor / Walkie-Talkie Grabbing Woman That Cries Later
Tom Carroll
Grave Digger / Mocking Tormentor
Eric Yates
Inner Sanctum Puppet Show Audience Member / Outer Sanctum Victim /
Mary P. Hayes
The young man's mother
Zoryna Dreams
Monkey Woman (as Zoreena Dreams)
Ivonna Earnest
Monkey Woman
Karin Odell
Monkey Woman
Muffy
Monkey Woman
Kiva
Monkey Woman
Did you know?
Trivia
Crispin Glover's directorial debut.
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Originally intended to be short film, "What Is It?" expanded out to be a feature over the 9 years of its production.
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Quotes
Dueling Demi-God Auteur and The young man's inner psyche: Good. He's dead. Now we can have a good time.
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The young man: The king of eye works for me.
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The minstrel: Four hundred more injections and I shall be an invertebrate, free of this human form, free of this opposable thumb.
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Faq
Q
Who was the first executive producer money for this film?
A
Why, it was Mike F**ley, who met Crispin through Matt Devlen. He put the very first money in this movie. Mike and Crispin had their meeting on Abbott Kinney in Venice. That's movie history folks!
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Photos from cast
Fairuza Balk
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