Tape
Some things can't be erased.
Jon, a first-time filmmaker, finds himself in Lansing, Michigan to present his film at a local film festival.Vince, his high school friend who is now a volunteer fireman and small-time drug dealer, also visits the town to support Jon on his big day, or so it seems.
- Director
- Richard Linklater
- Worldwide
- $490,475
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
3 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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Jon, a first-time filmmaker, finds himself in Lansing, Michigan to present his film at a local film festival. Vince, his high school friend who is now a volunteer fireman and small-time drug dealer, also visits the town to support Jon on his big day, or so it seems. After a raucous hello and much backslapping, it appears that there is an undercurrent of tension in the air.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Tape returned 4.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $100,000
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $490,475
- Release date
- Nov 2, 2001
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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