Freaks (2018 film)

Freaks
Directed by
Written by
  • Zach Lipovsky
  • Adam Stein
Produced by
  • Adam Stein
  • Zach Lipovsky
  • Jordan Barber
  • Mitchell Waxman
Starring
CinematographyStirling Bancroft
Edited bySabrina Pitre
Music byTim Wynn
Production
companies
  • Amazing Incorporated
  • Wise Daughter Films
  • My Way Productions
  • Storyboard Capital Group
Distributed byWell Go USA Entertainment
Release dates
  • September 8, 2018 (2018-09-08) (TIFF)
  • September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13) (United States)
Running time
105 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Canada
LanguageEnglish
BudgetCA$2,000[1]
Box office$368,410[2]

Freaks is a 2018 science fiction thriller film written and directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, and starring Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park, Amanda Crew and Lexy Kolker. The film follows a seven-year-old girl (Kolker) who leaves her home for the first time after being kept inside by her father (Hirsch).[3]

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2018, and was released commercially in North America on September 13, 2019, by Well Go USA Entertainment.[4][5][6] It received positive reviews, with praise for Kolker's performance.

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  2. ^ "Freaks (2018)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "Toronto Film Festival's profile for "Freaks"". Archived from the original on October 16, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
  4. ^ "Release date information from Apple Trailers". Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  5. ^ Fleming, Mike (September 10, 2018). "Well Go In $2 Million Deal For 'Freaks' – Toronto". Deadline. Archived from the original on October 16, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
  6. ^ Vlessing, Etan (September 10, 2018). "Toronto: Well Go USA Takes Sci-Fi 'Freaks' for Multiple Territories". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 16, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.