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Feast

  • Director: John Gulager
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Horror
  • Movie Type: Horror Comedy, Creature Film
  • Themes: Small-Town Life, Trapped or Confined
  • Main Cast: Balthazar Getty, Henry Rollins, Navi Rawat, Judah Friedlander, Josh Zuckerman
  • Release Year: 2006
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 85 minutes
  • MPAA Rating: R

Plot

The hard-drinking patrons of a small-town dive bar are forced to fight for their lives when a vicious family of flesh-eating creatures arrive looking for their latest meal in a fast and fun horror romp filmed as part of HBO's Project Greenlight series and starring Balthazar Getty, Judah Friedlander, Henry Rollins, and screen veteran Clu Gulager. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jason Mewes - Edgy Cat; Jennifer Wade - Honey Pie; Krista Allen - Tuffy; Clu Gulager - Bartender; Duane Whitaker - Boss Man; Eileen Ryan - Grandma; Diane Goldner - Harley Mom; Tyler Patrick Jones; Anthony "Treach" Criss; Eric Dane - Hero

Credit

Michelle Morris Gertz - Casting, Larry Tanz - Co-producer, Marc Joubert - Co-producer, Andrew Jameson - Co-producer, Benjamin Ormond - Co-producer, Julia Bartholomew - Costume Designer, Stephen Maloney - First Assistant Director, John Gulager - Director, Kirk M. Morri - Editor, Ben Affleck - Executive Producer, Matt Damon - Executive Producer, Wes Craven - Executive Producer, Bob Weinstein - Executive Producer, Harvey Weinstein - Executive Producer, Chris Moore - Executive Producer, Nick Phillips - Executive Producer, Gavin Maloof - Executive Producer, Joe Maloof - Executive Producer, Phil Maloof - Executive Producer, Colleen Maloof - Executive Producer, Benjamin Ormand - Line Producer, Steve Edwards - Composer (Music Score), Gary J. Tunnicliffe - Makeup Special Effects, Clark Hunter - Production Designer, Thomas L. Callaway - Cinematographer, Joel Soisson - Producer, Michael Leahy - Producer, Matthew Wood - Sound/Sound Designer, Marcus Dunstan - Screenwriter, Patrick Melton - Screenwriter, Kevin O'Neill - Visual Effects Supervisor, Gary J. Tunnicliffe - Creature Design, Andi Brittan - Set Decorator

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Dictionary: feast   (fēst) pronunciation
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n.
    1. A large, elaborately prepared meal, usually for many persons and often accompanied by entertainment; a banquet.
    2. A meal that is well prepared and abundantly enjoyed.
  1. A periodic religious festival commemorating an event or honoring a god or saint.
  2. Something giving great pleasure or satisfaction: a book that is a veritable feast for the mind.

v., feast·ed, feast·ing, feasts.

v.tr.
To give a feast for; entertain or feed sumptuously: feasted the guests on venison.

v.intr.
  1. To partake of a feast; eat heartily.
  2. To experience something with gratification or delight: feasted on the view.
idiom:

feast (one's) eyes on

  1. To be delighted or gratified by the sight of: We feasted our eyes on the paintings.

[Middle English feste, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *fēsta, from Latin, pl. of fēstum, from fēstus, festive.]

feaster feast'er n.

Thesaurus: feast
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also feast on

noun

    A large meal elaborately prepared or served: banquet, junket. Informal feed, spread. See ingestion.

phrasal verb - feast on

    To be avidly interested in: devour, eat up, relish. See concern/unconcern.

Antonyms: feast
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n

Definition: banquet
Antonyms: light meal, snack

v

Definition: eat a lot
Antonyms: abstain, fast


 
feast, commemorative banquet symbolizing communal unity. Generally associated with primitive rituals and later with religious practices, feasts may also commemorate such events as births, marriages, harvests, and deaths. The principal Christian feasts of the Western Church are Easter, Pentecost, Epiphany, and Christmas. The greater number of feasts (excluding Sunday, the weekly feast) fall on the same day of the month each year (e.g., Christmas) and constitute the temporal cycle. Some of the more important liturgical observances are movable (e.g., Easter) and are part of the sanctoral system. Among the Jews the chief feasts are Rosh ha-Shanah, the Feast of Tabernacles, Purim, Passover, Hanukkah, and Shavuot. In the Muslim world the Islamic feasts vary according to country and locale, although there are several feast days of universal importance. The most widely celebrated are the little and great feasts following the fast of Ramadan and the feast commemorating the birth of Muhammad. In Buddhist countries festive celebrations are usually associated with the birthday of Buddha, his attainment of Nirvana, or enlightenment, and his death. In India there are many national and regional Hindu feasts. One of the most important is the feast of Holi. See also vigil and fasting.


A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


n.

A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness, frequently in honor of some holy person distinguished for abstemiousness. In the Roman Catholic Church feasts are "movable" and "immovable," but the celebrants are uniformly immovable until they are full. In their earliest development these entertainments took the form of feasts for the dead; such were held by the Greeks, under the name Nemeseia, by the Aztecs and Peruvians, as in modern times they are popular with the Chinese; though it is believed that the ancient dead, like the modern, were light eaters. Among the many feasts of the Romans was the Novemdiale, which was held, according to Livy, whenever stones fell from heaven.


Word Tutor: feast
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A large, elaborately prepared meal, usually for many persons.

pronunciation There was so much food at the feast that they didn't need to cook for the next week.

Wikipedia: Feast (film)
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Feast
Directed by John Gulager
Produced by Michael Leahy
Joel Soisson
Marc Joubert
Larry Tanz
Benjamin Ormand
Andrew Jameson
Alix Taylor
Alex Keledjian
Written by Marcus Dunstan
Patrick Melton
Starring Balthazar Getty
Navi Rawat
Henry Rollins
Judah Friedlander
Josh Zuckerman
Jenny Wade
Duane Whitaker
Jason Mewes
Eileen Ryan
Eric Dane
with Krista Allen
and Clu Gulager
Cinematography Thomas L. Callaway
Editing by Kirk M. Morri
Distributed by Dimension Films
Buena Vista Distribution
Release date(s) Chicago International Film Festival
October 14, 2005
United States limited
September 22, 2006
Language English
Budget US$3.2 million
Gross revenue US$658,573
Followed by Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds

Feast is a 2005 horror film that is a result of the third season Project Greenlight contest. The winning team was composed of writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton and director John Gulager. It was executive produced by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore (through their LivePlanet production company), Wes Craven and the Maloof family. The film was produced and distributed by Dimension Films in association with Maloof Motion Pictures and Neo Art & Logic.

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Plot

As the clientele are enjoying their drinks, a man covered in blood (identified onscreen as "Hero") enters through the door and warns them all of impending danger, but no one heeds his warning. To prove his point he exposes the head of a repulsive monster. Soon after this he is promptly pulled through a window and decapitated by one of the monsters following him, ironic as it said just before his death that his chances of survival were very high.

After the carnage, a woman ("Heroine") bursts through the door and reveals herself to be the recently deceased man's wife. After a brief sentimental moment between the wife and her late husband, they begin boarding up the windows in the bar. Despite their efforts, a young monster bursts through an uncovered window and begins incapacitating the people inside the bar. It attacks one of the women ("Harley Mom") severing her leg and it is initially assumed that she died from massive blood loss.

The monster disappears only for it to be found attempting to sexually penetrate one of the deer heads nailed to the wall. A shotgun blast promptly removes the deer head and monster from the wall and the monster then drops into a freezer which is sealed shut, trapping it inside.

Following this, the remaining windows are boarded up and the bar patrons are given a moment of peace. Trying to call for help, they learn that the only phone in the bar has been hit by a stray shotgun blast and has been rendered useless. After a short breather, one of the women ("Tuffy") suddenly realizes that her son is still upstairs and runs to get him.

Once she finds her child the group rejoices until the boy is pulled through a window and eaten by one of the monsters, leaving only his sneaker behind. Tuffy is now incapacitated by grief, and the monster then vomits a stream of slime at one of the group ("Beer Guy"). As the remaining people regroup downstairs, they realize that the slime has a decomposing effect and the victim is being slowly overcome by its effects.

The group kills the young monster in the refrigerator and hangs it outside. The monster's parents quickly have sex and produce two offspring in a matter of seconds, all of whom begin to attack the pub with renewed fury. Meanwhile, one of the women ("Honey Pie") begins washing off the blood and has to take off her clothes, much to the amusement of the others. The patrons regroup and enact various attempts to escape or drive off the monsters, all of which lead to more casualties, including the accidental death of the Heroine at the hands of the character aptly nicknamed "Bozo". Driven by her rage over the death of her child, Tuffy aggressively takes charge of the remaining survivors, which results in the audience seeing her nickname change from "Tuffy" to "Heroine 2". "Honey Pie" successfully makes it to a truck, giving the other characters brief cause for hope (until they realize she's speeding off by herself).

After many attacks and ultimately, a fight to the death between the last remaining humans and monsters, only four people survive the ordeal. One person ("Grandma") seems to survive but in the last second is seen being attacked by one of the remaining monsters.

Cast members with manner of death

Actor Character Death
Eric Dane Hero His final words are, "I'm the guy that's gonna save your ass." He is the first one killed
Jason Mewes Himself/Edgy Cat Has his face removed by a young monster, and in the ensuing chaos is then accidentally shot by the Bartender's shotgun. He is the third one killed.
Navi Rawat Heroine Accidentally shot by Bozo when she startles him, causing her to fall from the second floor. She is quickly killed and eaten by the monsters. She is the sixth one killed
Krista Allen Tuffy/Heroine 2 Survives
Balthazar Getty Bozo Survives
Judah Friedlander Beer Guy Although he is slowly dying from decomposition, he is ultimately killed when a monster crushes his head. He is the ninth one killed
Jenny Wade Honey Pie Survives, although being the one to reach the truck (originally planned to rescue the others), speeds away.
Duane Whitaker Boss Man Monster tears through his stomach,pulls him into the floor and eats him. He is the seventh one killed
Josh Zuckerman Hot Wheels Survives
Eileen Ryan Grandma Attacked by surviving monster during clip in credits, death implied but not actually shown. She is the tenth/last one killed
Clu Gulager Bartender While incapacitated by a heart attack during the final battle his throat is slashed open by a monster. It is shown that he survived the attack in the sequel.
Anthony "Treach" Criss Vet Punched through the chest by a monster. He is the second one killed.
Diane Goldner Harley Mom Although assumed dead from blood loss when her leg is cut off, she doesn't actually die until she is used for bait and detonated in order to kill a young monster. She is the fifth one killed.
Tyler Patrick Jones Cody Pulled through window and eaten by a monster. He is the fourth one killed.
Henry Rollins Coach Used as a human battering ram after being caught by the monsters while trying to get a car.His blood and body is shown flying through the bar by the monsters. He is the eighth one killed.

Release

Originally produced at Miramax, the film was later taken by Harvey and Bob Weinstein to their newly formed studio, The Weinstein Company, along with the Dimension Films brand after their so called "divorce" from Miramax Films.

The film premiered at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, the Chicago International Film Festival, the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival, and the Savannah Film Festival on various dates throughout October 2005. John Gulager was named "Best Director" for Feast at Fantastic Fest 2005.

After a period of delays, the film eventually made its way to American theaters on September 22, 2006. The DVD was released on October 17, 2006.

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Translations: Feast
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fest, højtid, festmåltid, gilde
v. tr. - holde gilde, beværte, traktere
v. intr. - feste, fryde sig over

idioms:

  • Feast of Weeks    jødisk højtid, Pinse
  • feast one's eyes on    ikke kunne se sig mæt på, fryde sig ved synet af

Nederlands (Dutch)
feestmaal, feest, feesten, genieten (van), een feest geven voor, zich te goed doen

Français (French)
n. - festin, banquet, (fig) régal (des yeux, des sens), (Relig) fête
v. tr. - (fig) se délecter à regarder qch, régaler qn (littér)
v. intr. - se délecter, se régaler

idioms:

  • Feast of Weeks    Pentecôte
  • feast one's eyes on    se délecter à regarder

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fest, Festessen
v. - festlich bewirten, sich weiden an

idioms:

  • Feast of Weeks    Schavuot (jüdisches Wochenfest)
  • feast one's eyes on    sich die Augen an etwas weiden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκευτική) εορτή, πανδαισία, τσιμπούσι
v. - ευωχούμαι, χαίρομαι, διασκεδάζω, ξεφαντώνω

idioms:

  • Feast of Weeks    Πεντηκοστή
  • feast one's eyes on    τρώω με τα μάτια, δεν χορταίνω να βλέπω

Italiano (Italian)
festa, banchetto

idioms:

  • feast eyes on    rallegrarsi alla vista di
  • Feast of Weeks    Festa delle Settimane (Pentecoste ebraica)

Português (Portuguese)
n. - festa (f)
v. - festejar

idioms:

  • Feast of Weeks    feriado (m) judeu
  • feast one's eyes on    deleitar a vista

Русский (Russian)
пир, празднество, банкет, наслаждение, пировать

idioms:

  • Feast of Weeks    Пятидесятница
  • feast one's eyes on    любоваться

Español (Spanish)
n. - fiesta religiosa, banquete, comilona, deleite
v. tr. - agasajar, festejar
v. intr. - deleitarse, regalarse, tomar parte en una fiesta

idioms:

  • Feast of Weeks    Pentecostés
  • feast one's eyes on    regalarse la vista con algo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fest, festmåltid, kalas, njutning (bildl.)
v. - hålla kalas för, festa

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
宴会, 节会, 酒席, 款待, 请客, 享乐, 参加宴会, 享受

idioms:

  • Feast of Weeks    犹太人的五旬节
  • feast one's eyes on    饱眼福

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 宴會, 節會, 酒席
v. tr. - 款待, 請客, 享樂
v. intr. - 參加宴會, 享受

idioms:

  • Feast of Weeks    猶太人的五旬節
  • feast one's eyes on    飽眼福

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 축연, 향연, 축제일
v. tr. - 잔치를 베풀다, 음식을 대접하다
v. intr. - 파티에 참석하다, 음식 대접 받다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 祝宴, 豪勢な食事, ご馳走, 楽しませるもの, 楽しみ, 祭日
v. - …にごちそうする, もてなす, ごちそうを食べる, 宴に参加する, 楽しませる

idioms:

  • Feast of Weeks    五旬節, ペンテコステ
  • feast one's eyes on    …で目を楽しませる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وليمه , مأدبه , عيد ديني (فعل) يقيم وليمه , يحتفل بعيد ديني , يستمتع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סעודה, משתה, חג‬
v. tr. - ‮ערך משתה‬
v. intr. - ‮סעד‬


 
 
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