Humboldt County (film)

Infobox Film
name = Humboldt County


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director = Darren Grodsky Danny Jacobs
producer = Todd Senturia Michael O. Gallant Jason Weiss
writer = Darren Grodsky Danny Jacobs
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starring = Jeremy Strong
Fairuza Balk Frances Conroy Brad Dourif Peter Bogdanovich
music = iZLER
cinematography = Ernest Holzman
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released = September 26, 2008
runtime = 97 mins
country = USA
language = English
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website = http://www.humboldtcountymovie.com
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imdb_id = 0870122

Humboldt County is a 2008 comedy/drama film by Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs. It stars Jeremy Strong, Fairuza Balk, Frances Conroy, Brad Dourif and Peter Bogdanovich. The film made its debut at SXSW on March 7, 2008. It was picked up by Magnolia Pictures and was released on September 26, 2008. [cite news |work=Variety |title=Magnolia nabs 'Humboldt County' |url=http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=story&id=1061&articleid=VR1117987407&cs=1 |first=Winter |last=Miller |date=2008-06-12 |accessdate = 2008-07-08]

Plot

A disillusioned medical student is stranded for a summer in a remote community of counterculture pot farmers. [cite news |title=Hollywood film producers seem to be going to pot ... again |url=http://www.reporternews.com/news/2008/jun/21/hollywood-film-producers-seem-to-be-going-to-pot/ |first=Stephen |last=Humphries |date=2008-06-21 |accessdate=2008-07-08]

Critical response

As of October 11, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 58% of critics rated the film positively based on 12 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/humboldt_county/ |title=Humboldt County Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2008-10-11 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 53 out of 100 based on 8 reviews, indicating a mixed or average response. [cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/humboldtcounty?q=Humboldt%20County |title=Humboldt County (2008): Reviews |accessdate=2008-10-11 |publisher=Metacritic]

References

External links

* [http://www.humboldtcountymovie.com Official website]
*imdb title|0870122|Humboldt County