Drawing Flies

For the Soundgarden song of the same name see Drawing Flies (song).

Drawing Flies
Directed by	Malcolm Ingram Matt Gissing
Produced by	Malcolm Ingram Matt Gissing Scott Mosier (Executive Producer) Kevin Smith (Executive Producer)
Written by	Malcolm Ingram Matt Gissing
Starring	Jason Lee Jason Mewes Renee Humphrey Carmen Lee Martin Brooks
Cinematography	Brian Pearson
Editing by	Malcolm Ingram Matt Gissing
Distributed by	View Askew Productions
Running time	76 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Drawing Flies is a View Askew Production made by two Canadian filmmakers, Malcolm Ingram and Matt Gissing. It was financed by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier.

Synopsis

After they get cut off welfare, Donner (Jason Lee) leads four of his jobless, penniless roommates 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. 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...

Cast

Actor	Role
Jason Lee	Donner
Jason Mewes	Az
Renee Humphrey	Meg
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 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 "Silent Bob" outfit from Mallrats and is credited as "Silent Bob" although the character is referred to as John. So he obviously not playing the same character.

Apparently the beginnings of Drawing Flies started with Matt, Malcolm and another Bob on a mission to write the script. The three were loaded accompanied by a few cases of beer and a computer in a motel in Niagara Falls.

External links

• Drawing Flies at the Internet Movie Database
• Drawing Flies at Rotten Tomatoes