Drawing Flies

{{for|the Soundgarden song|Badmotorfinger}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox film | name = Drawing Flies | image = File:Drawing_Flies_Poster.jpg

| caption = Poster | director = [[Malcolm Ingram]] Matt Gissing | producer = Malcolm Ingram Matt Gissing [[Scott Mosier]] [[Kevin Smith]] | writer = Malcolm Ingram Matt Gissing | starring = [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]] [[Jason Mewes]] [[Renee Humphrey]] [[Carmen Llywelyn|Carmen Lee]] | music = | cinematography = Brian Pearson | editing = Malcolm Ingram Matt Gissing | distributor = [[View Askew Productions]] | released = {{Film date|1996|11|24|ref1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/drawing-flies-1200447560/|title=Drawing Flies|date=25 November 1996}}</ref>}} | runtime = 76 minutes | country = Canada |budget=$40,000<ref name="ign"/> | language = English }} '''''Drawing Flies''''' is a 1996 [[comedy film]] from [[Kevin Smith (filmmaker)|Kevin Smith]]'s [[View Askew Productions]]. It was written, directed, and edited by filmmakers [[Malcolm Ingram]] and Matt Gissing, with financial backing from Smith and [[Scott Mosier]]. This was Jason Lee's first leading role. The movie gets its namesake from a song by the American [[grunge]] band [[Soundgarden]].

==Synopsis== After they get cut off welfare, Donner ([[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]]) leads four of his jobless, penniless roommates spend their last remaining money on a cover charge for a party and get high. After getting evicted, they all embark on a journey to find a cabin in the woods that belongs to his uncle. They get lost and stranded in the woods, without food or water or their bearings when their van breaks down. He eventually reveals to his roommates that the search for the cabin is really a search for [[Sasquatch]]. They, of course, think he's crazy. There is conflict. Donner insists he is onto something, but the others just write him off. But to make matters worse, they uncover all kinds of bizarre and dangerous activity as they wander through the woods in search of not only Bigfoot himself but any hope of a future. Eventually, Donner does find Bigfoot and has a campfire with him (as well as others).

==Cast== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Actor !! Role |- | [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]] || Donner |- | [[Jason Mewes]]|| Az |- | [[Renee Humphrey]] || Meg |- | [[Carmen Llywelyn|Carmen Lee]] || Cassidy |- | Martin Brooks || Jake |- | [[Scott Mosier]] || Diaperman |- | [[Kevin Smith]] (Credited as [[Silent Bob]])|| John |- | [[Ethan Suplee]] (Credited as [[Willam Black]])|| Ethan |- | [[Joey Lauren Adams]] || Hippy Chick |- |}

==Production notes== While making ''[[Mallrats]]'', Kevin Smith met Canadian ''[[Film Threat]]'' journalist Malcolm Ingram and his friend Matt Gissing; the three decided to make ''Drawing Flies'', the title of which is based on a [[Soundgarden]] song from the album ''[[Badmotorfinger]]''. Along with much of the cast of ''Mallrats'', Smith headed up to the Canadian wilderness and made the film. The same camera and type of film stock that was used to film ''[[Clerks (film)|Clerks]]'' was used to film ''Drawing Flies''. The film was only featured at a few film festivals before it was given a [[DVD]] release in 2002. Kevin Smith wears his "[[Jay and Silent Bob|Silent Bob]]" outfit from ''Mallrats'' and is credited as "Silent Bob", although the character is referred to as "John". He never utters a line.

Previous to this film, Jason Lee had only acted in ''Mallrats''. He later said of ''Drawing Flies'': "nobody’s seen that film, really, but that film really marked a turning point for me in that I thought, Okay, regardless of what happens with this movie, this is the second movie for me. If I can pull this off, then I'll be an actor."<ref name="ign">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/10/04/interview-with-jason-lee-part-3-of-5|website=IGN|title=Interview with Jason Lee (Part 3 of 5) |first= Kenneth |last=Plume|date=4 October 2000}}</ref>

==Home media== The film was released on DVD on February 26, 2002.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jessica|last=Wolf|url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/product_article.cfm?article_id=2565|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020304231033/http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/product_article.cfm?article_id=2565|title=Little-Seen Kevin Smith Film Bows Same Day as Silent Bob|website=hive4media.com|archivedate=March 4, 2002|date=February 7, 2002|accessdate=September 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0116138|title=Drawing Flies}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|drawing_flies}}

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