Spring Breakers
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 Spring Breakers facts

• It stars James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine and follows four college-aged girls on their spring break in Florida where they meet an eccentric local drug dealer named Alien who helps them in a time of desperation, and their eventual descent into a world of drugs, crime, and violence
• Korine had devised the concept for Spring Breakers over several years prior to production, with fleeting ideas about the plot and what should transpire
• His initial desire was to create a "sensory film" that was more about feeling than action and placed little importance on narrative or plot, the idea for which came later
• Once Korine developed the backbone of the story, which takes place around the American spring break period, he travelled to Florida to write the screenplay
• Production began in 2012, on an estimated budget of $5 million–a relatively small amount in today's film industry, albeit Korine's second most expensive film to date
• The film is also one of Korine's first theatrical works to receive a wide release
• Spring Breakers was released on March 22, 2013 in the United States by A24 and grossed $31 million worldwide, making it a resounding success considering the small budget
• It received generally positive reviews from film critics, with some calling it a potential cult classic
• The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival
• Critics and scholars have read deeper meaning in the film's plot, commenting on its reflection of modern-day superficiality and the younger generation's obsession with highly stylised pop culture media