Bug Movie
Bug is a 2007 film directed by Academy Award winning director William Friedkin and stars Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon and Harry Connick Jr.. Adapted from a play by Tracy Letts of the same name, the film adaptation was released on May 25, 2007.
Fast Facts:
- Premiered at 2006 Cannes Film Festival with much critic praise
- Released in the U.S. on May 25, 2007 by Lions Gate Films
- Budget was only $4,000,000
- Based off an original play by Tracy Letts
- Domestic Gross: $7,025,810
- International Gross: $1,021,990
- MPAA Rating: R
- Rank of 2007 R-rated: 70
- Rotten Tomatoes: 59%
- Tagline: "First they send in their drone... then they find their queen"
- Set Design: Franco-Giacomo Carbone
- Released on DVD, and on Blu-ray on September 25, 2007
- Metacritic: 62
- Runtime: 101 minutes
- Saturn Award best actress Ashley Judd
- Theme song preformed by System of the Down
Quotes
"Bug is more cerebral than visceral so those expecting a more traditional chiller may be disappointed. But for those interested in a creepy character study, this Bug has bite."— from IGN Movies
"A film of excruciating intensity, a psychodrama that infects the imagination."— Colin Covert from Minneapolis Star Tribune
"William Friedkin's latest film, Bug, begins as an ominous rumble of unease, and builds to a shriek." — Roger Ebert from Chicago Sun-Times
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