Spring Breakers

Spring Breakers is a 2012 American <a href="/facts/Crime_film/IbSVYSme">crime film</a> written and directed by <a href="/facts/Harmony_Korine/NSTrv2G0">Harmony Korine</a> and starring <a href="/facts/James_Franco/fkgyomWg">James Franco</a>, <a href="/facts/Vanessa_Hudgens/Qz6pumfw">Vanessa Hudgens</a>, <a href="/facts/Selena_Gomez/8f1GEQAd">Selena Gomez</a>, <a href="/facts/Ashley_Benson/ts1cwGkR">Ashley Benson</a>, and <a href="/facts/Rachel_Korine/k72SF5cG">Rachel Korine</a>. Gomez, Hudgens, Benson, and Korine portray four college-aged girls on their <a href="/facts/Spring_break/l1EmNNlm">spring break</a> in Florida where they meet an eccentric local drug dealer (Franco) who helps them in a time of desperation, and their eventual descent into a world of drugs, crime, and violence.
Writer/director Korine had devised the concept for Spring Breakers over several years prior to production, with fleeting ideas about the plot and what should transpire. His initial desire was to create a "<a href="/facts/Sensory_perception/xLK0n2q4">sensory</a> film" that was more about feeling than action and placed little importance on <a href="/facts/Narrative/RIVoxJpV">narrative</a> or <a href="/facts/Plot_(narrative)/wSgKPzb2">plot</a>, the idea for which came later. Once Korine developed the backbone of the story, which takes place around the American spring break period, he traveled to Florida to write the screenplay. Production began in 2012, on an estimated budget of $5 million, making it Korine's second most expensive film to date. The film is also one of Korine's first theatrical works to receive a wide release.
Spring Breakers was released on March 22, 2013 in the United States by <a href="/facts/A24_(company)/nGJ8WKCz">A24</a> and grossed $31 million worldwide, making it a resounding success considering the small budget. It received generally positive reviews from <a href="/facts/Film_criticism/GMSKXSDj">film critics</a>, with some calling it a potential <a href="/facts/Cult_film/bFplqvzW">cult classic</a>. The film was selected to compete for the <a href="/facts/Golden_Lion/PeFfpXGU">Golden Lion</a> at the <a href="/facts/69th_Venice_International_Film_Festival/qHn5KuNI">69th Venice International Film Festival</a>. Critics and scholars have read deeper meaning in the film's plot, commenting on its reflection of modern-day superficiality and the younger generation's self-destructive obsession with highly stylized, disposable <a href="/facts/Popular_culture/cKj0ho02">pop culture</a> media and sensory ephemera. It ranks in <a href="/facts/BBC%27s_100_Greatest_Films_of_the_21st_Century/uMTapsUI">BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century</a>. A <a href="/facts/Sequel/UjQLJcYm">sequel</a>, under the name of Spring Breakers: The Second Coming, was announced in 2014 for an undated release. <a href="/facts/Jonas_%C3%85kerlund/UmxV1b2s">Jonas Åkerlund</a> was attached to direct with <a href="/facts/Irvine_Welsh/aloc1B9Y">Irvine Welsh</a> penning the script, without the involvement of Korine or the original cast.

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