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| name = Eggshells
| name = Eggshells
| image = Eggshells.JPG
| image = Eggshells.JPG
| caption =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| writer = [[Kim Henkel]]<br />[[Tobe Hooper]]
| starring =
| director = [[Tobe Hooper]]
| director = [[Tobe Hooper]]
| producer = [[David L. Ford]]
| producer = David L. Ford<br>Tobe Hooper<br>Raymond O'Leary
| writer = Tobe Hooper<br>[[Kim Henkel]]
| distributor =
| starring = Ron Barnhart<br>Pamela Craig<br>[[Allen Danziger]]<br>Sharron Danziger<br>Kim Henkel
| released = {{Film date|1969}}
| music = Spencer Perskin<br>[[Shiva's Headband]]<br>Jim Schulman
| cinematography = Tobe Hooper
| editing = Robert Elkins<br>Tobe Hooper
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| distributor = Watchmaker Films (2009 re-release)
| released = {{Film date|1969|||ref1={{sfn|Macor|2010|p=19}}{{sfn|Towlson|2014|p=143}}}}
| runtime = 89 minutes
| runtime = 89 minutes
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = [[English language|English]]
| language = English
| budget = $40,000 (estimated)
| budget = $40,000{{sfn|TexasMonthly|2004}}
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'''''Eggshells''''' is a 1969 American [[independent film|independent]] [[experimental film]] directed by [[Tobe Hooper]] in his [[directorial debut]]. Hooper, who co-wrote the film with [[Kim Henkel]], also served as one of the film's producers. The film centers on a [[Intentional community|commune]] of young [[hippies]], who slowly become aware of an otherworldly presence that resides in the basement.
'''''Eggshells''''' is an independent [[low-budget film]] released in [[1969 in film|1969]]. It is the first film directed by [[Tobe Hooper]]. It was written by [[Kim Henkel]] and Tobe Hooper (writers of ''[[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]''). It was produced by David L. Ford. It had a budget of $40,000.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/cms/printthis.php?file=feature6.php&issue=2004-11-01 | title=They Came. They Sawed | work=http://www.texasmonthly.com | last=Bloom | first=John}}</ref> Tobe Hooper described Eggshells as "a hippie movie". David Ford called it a "head film". In 2013, [[Arrow Films]] released a 3-disc [[blu-ray]] edition of ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2]]'' and included the digitally restored ''Eggshells'' as a bonus feature (alongside Hooper's early short film ''The Heisters'').<ref>http://www.arrowfilms.co.uk/the-texas-chainsaw-massacre-2/</ref>


== References ==
==Plot==
{{more plot|date=May 2020}}
A group of young [[hippies]], having recently moved into an old house in the woods, slowly become aware of an otherworldly presence residing in the basement of the house.{{sfn|Macor|2010|p=19}}{{sfn|Towlson|2014|p=143}}

==Cast==
* Mahlon Foreman as Mahlon
* Ron Barnhart as Ron
* Amy Lester as Amy
* [[Kim Henkel]] as Toes
* Pamela Craig as Pam
* Jim Schulman as Jim
* Allen Danziger as Allen

==Production==
Hooper reflected on the film later when recounting his first efforts as a filmmaker: "It's a real movie about 1969. It's kind of vérité but with a little push. Like a script on a napkin, improvisation mixed with magic. It was about the beginning of the end of the subculture. Most of it takes place in a commune house. But what they didn't know is that in the basement is a crypto-embryonic-hyper-electric presence that managed to influence the house and the people in it. The influences in my life were all kind of politically, socially implanted."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baumgarten |first1=Marjorie |title=Tobe Hooper Remembers 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2000-10-27/79177/ |website=The Austin Chronicle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605111113/http://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2000-10-27/79177/ |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |date=October 27, 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Reception==
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In 2017, Zane Gordon-Bouzard of ''[[Birth.Movies.Death]]'' stated that the film "lay[s] out its rambling vision of hippie life in Austin, Texas in a series of acid-splashed reveries". Gordon-Bouzard also noted that the film displayed many of the themes and motifs that would become a staple in director Hooper's later films.{{sfn|Gordon-Bouzard|2017}} Louis Black from ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'' gave the film a positive review, stating that the film very much emulated the works of [[Jean-Luc Godard]]. Black also praised the film for its capturing of 1960s [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] attitudes and lifestyles, as well as the psychedelic visuals and Hooper's direction.{{sfn|Black|2009}}

==See also==
* [[List of American films of 1969]]

==Citations==
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==Sources==
===Books===
{{refbegin|30em|indent=yes}}
*{{cite book|last=Macor|first=Alison|title=Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids: Thirty Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBQ_FGDKiSkC&pg=PA19|date=February 22, 2010|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-77829-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Towlson|first=Jon|title=Subversive Horror Cinema: Countercultural Messages of Films from Frankenstein to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1icXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA143|date=March 20, 2014|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-7469-1}}
{{refend}}

===Websites===
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*{{cite web|last1=Black|first1=Louis|title=SXSW FILM - Found Film: The rehatching of Tobe Hooper's 1969 debut, 'Eggshells'|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2009-03-13/754199/|website=AustinChronicle.com|publisher=[[The Austin Chronicle]]|access-date=May 13, 2020|location=Austin, Texas|date=March 13, 2009}}
*{{cite web|last1=Bloom|first1=John|title=They Came. They Sawed.|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/cms/printthis.php?file=feature6.php&issue=2004-11-01|website=TexasMonthly.com|publisher=[[Texas Monthly]]|access-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207024504/https://www.texasmonthly.com/cms/printthis.php?file=feature6.php&issue=2004-11-01|archive-date=February 7, 2012|ref={{sfnref|TexasMonthly|2004}}|date=November 2004}}
*{{cite web|last1=Gordon-Bouzard|first1=Zane|title=The Psychedelic Illumination Of Tobe Hooper's EGGSHELLS|url=https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/09/14/the-psychedelic-illumination-of-tobe-hoopers-eggshells|website=BirthMoviesDeath.com|publisher=[[Birth.Movies.Death]]|access-date=May 13, 2020|date=September 14, 2017}}
{{refend}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite web|last1=Earl|first1=William|last2=Nordine|first2=Michael|last3=O'Falt|first3=Chris|last4=Ehrlich|first4=David|last5=Kohn|first5=Eric |title=Tobe Hooper's Best Films: An IndieWire Tribute to 'Texas Chainsaw,' 'Poltergeist,' and More|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/08/tobe-hooper-best-films-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre-poltergeist-1201870176/|website=IndieWire.com|publisher=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=May 13, 2020|date=August 28, 2017}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0404011|Eggshells}}
* {{IMDb title|0404011|Eggshells}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|eggshells}}
* [http://sxsw.com/film/screenings/schedule/?a=show&s=F16657# Eggshells at SXSW 2009]
* [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A754199 Eggshells at The Austin Chronicle.com]


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Latest revision as of 20:55, 21 December 2024

Eggshells
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTobe Hooper
Written byTobe Hooper
Kim Henkel
Produced byDavid L. Ford
Tobe Hooper
Raymond O'Leary
StarringRon Barnhart
Pamela Craig
Allen Danziger
Sharron Danziger
Kim Henkel
CinematographyTobe Hooper
Edited byRobert Elkins
Tobe Hooper
Music bySpencer Perskin
Shiva's Headband
Jim Schulman
Distributed byWatchmaker Films (2009 re-release)
Release date
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40,000[3]

Eggshells is a 1969 American independent experimental film directed by Tobe Hooper in his directorial debut. Hooper, who co-wrote the film with Kim Henkel, also served as one of the film's producers. The film centers on a commune of young hippies, who slowly become aware of an otherworldly presence that resides in the basement.

Plot

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A group of young hippies, having recently moved into an old house in the woods, slowly become aware of an otherworldly presence residing in the basement of the house.[1][2]

Cast

[edit]
  • Mahlon Foreman as Mahlon
  • Ron Barnhart as Ron
  • Amy Lester as Amy
  • Kim Henkel as Toes
  • Pamela Craig as Pam
  • Jim Schulman as Jim
  • Allen Danziger as Allen

Production

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Hooper reflected on the film later when recounting his first efforts as a filmmaker: "It's a real movie about 1969. It's kind of vérité but with a little push. Like a script on a napkin, improvisation mixed with magic. It was about the beginning of the end of the subculture. Most of it takes place in a commune house. But what they didn't know is that in the basement is a crypto-embryonic-hyper-electric presence that managed to influence the house and the people in it. The influences in my life were all kind of politically, socially implanted."[4]

Reception

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In 2017, Zane Gordon-Bouzard of Birth.Movies.Death stated that the film "lay[s] out its rambling vision of hippie life in Austin, Texas in a series of acid-splashed reveries". Gordon-Bouzard also noted that the film displayed many of the themes and motifs that would become a staple in director Hooper's later films.[5] Louis Black from The Austin Chronicle gave the film a positive review, stating that the film very much emulated the works of Jean-Luc Godard. Black also praised the film for its capturing of 1960s Austin attitudes and lifestyles, as well as the psychedelic visuals and Hooper's direction.[6]

See also

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b Macor 2010, p. 19.
  2. ^ a b Towlson 2014, p. 143.
  3. ^ TexasMonthly 2004.
  4. ^ Baumgarten, Marjorie (October 27, 2000). "Tobe Hooper Remembers 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'". The Austin Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011.
  5. ^ Gordon-Bouzard 2017.
  6. ^ Black 2009.

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