Reeling from a terrifying assault over the summer, 19-year-old Brad Land starts college determined to get his life back to normal. His brother, Brett, is already established on campus and is a member of a fraternity that lures Brad in with its promise of protection, popularity, and life-long friendships. Brad is desperate to belong but as he sets out to join the fraternity his brother exhibits reservations, a sentiment that threatens to divide them. As the pledging ritual moves into hell week, a rite that promises to usher these unproven boys into manhood, the stakes violently increase with a series of torturous and humiliating events. The pledges are taken to an off-campus site in the woods, where they are told they either need to drink large quantities of beer, or if they fail they need to sodomize and then kill a goat. They pass the test, and are told the hazing is over. During the crossing ceremony, Brad becomes upset that his brother did not attend and confronts him. Their argument becomes heated and they almost fight each other. Brett says Brad does not belong in the fraternity after seeing how bad the hazing process was.
Events culminate when Will, Brad's pledge brother, dies of a heart attack while exercising on the track field and his body was shown to be covered in bruises from hazing. The pledges, particularly Brad, are warned not to reveal anything to the authorities. The university launches an investigation into Phi Sigma Mu and the fraternity is suspended from campus after someone had told the investigators all about the hazing process. The pledge master suspects Brad for leaking information to the university. Brad comes back to his dorm after class to find his goat defecating on the carpet with "Rat Fuck" shaved into its coat.
After confronting the brothers at the house, Brad gets accused of speaking to the authorities but Brett steps in and reveals himself as the source of the leaks.
Brett and Brad both go to the police station to identify Brad's attackers from 6 months ago. One of them is revealed to have been shot in a gas station robbery, while the other has yet to be identified in a line up. Brad lies and says none of the men are the one who assaulted him. The final scene is of Brad and Brett visiting the field where Brad was beaten. The film ends with Mark Mullens throwing a bone to the Goat along with Brad.
The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2016.[3][9] Shortly after, Paramount Home Video and acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film, with Paramount partnering with a third-party in the U.S for a theatrical release with Paramount handling same-day VOD with its sister network MTV having the first TV window.[10] The partner later was revealed to be The Film Arcade.[11] It was screened in the Panorama section of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.[12] The film was screened at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 27, 2016.[11] The film was released on September 23, 2016.[4]
Critical responseedit
On review aggregatorRotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 79% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 76 reviews, with an average rating of 6.53/10. The site's critical consensus reads "Goat isn't an easy watch, but its thought-provoking themes, talented cast, and all-out intensity offer rewards for viewers willing to tough it out."[13] On Metacritic the film has a score of 64 out of 100 score, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[14]
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Goat is a 2016 American drama film directed by Andrew Neel and written by David Gordon Green Neel and Mike Roberts it is based on the book Goat A Memoir by Brad Land 2 It stars Ben Schnetzer Nick Jonas Gus Halper Daniel Flaherty Jake Picking Virginia Gardner and James Franco The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22 2016 3 The film was released on September 23 2016 by The Film Arcade and Paramount Home Video with a limited theatrical release and a same day video on demand distribution 4 GoatTheatrical release posterDirected byAndrew NeelScreenplay byDavid Gordon Green Andrew Neel Mike RobertsBased onGoatby Brad LandProduced byJames Franco David Hinojosa Vince Jolivette Christine VachonStarringNick Jonas Ben Schnetzer Gus Halper Daniel Flaherty Jake Picking Virginia Gardner Austin Lyon Eric Staves James FrancoCinematographyEthan PalmerEdited byBrad TurnerMusic byArjan MirandaProductioncompaniesGreat Point Media Killer Films Rabbit Bandini ProductionsDistributed byThe Film Arcade Paramount Home VideoRelease datesJanuary 22 2016 2016 01 22 Sundance September 23 2016 2016 09 23 United States Running time96 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office 23 020 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3 1 Filming 4 Release 4 1 Critical response 5 References 6 External linksPlot editReeling from a terrifying assault over the summer 19 year old Brad Land starts college determined to get his life back to normal His brother Brett is already established on campus and is a member of a fraternity that lures Brad in with its promise of protection popularity and life long friendships Brad is desperate to belong but as he sets out to join the fraternity his brother exhibits reservations a sentiment that threatens to divide them As the pledging ritual moves into hell week a rite that promises to usher these unproven boys into manhood the stakes violently increase with a series of torturous and humiliating events The pledges are taken to an off campus site in the woods where they are told they either need to drink large quantities of beer or if they fail they need to sodomize and then kill a goat They pass the test and are told the hazing is over During the crossing ceremony Brad becomes upset that his brother did not attend and confronts him Their argument becomes heated and they almost fight each other Brett says Brad does not belong in the fraternity after seeing how bad the hazing process was Events culminate when Will Brad s pledge brother dies of a heart attack while exercising on the track field and his body was shown to be covered in bruises from hazing The pledges particularly Brad are warned not to reveal anything to the authorities The university launches an investigation into Phi Sigma Mu and the fraternity is suspended from campus after someone had told the investigators all about the hazing process The pledge master suspects Brad for leaking information to the university Brad comes back to his dorm after class to find his goat defecating on the carpet with Rat Fuck shaved into its coat After confronting the brothers at the house Brad gets accused of speaking to the authorities but Brett steps in and reveals himself as the source of the leaks Brett and Brad both go to the police station to identify Brad s attackers from 6 months ago One of them is revealed to have been shot in a gas station robbery while the other has yet to be identified in a line up Brad lies and says none of the men are the one who assaulted him The final scene is of Brad and Brett visiting the field where Brad was beaten The film ends with Mark Mullens throwing a bone to the Goat along with Brad Cast editNick Jonas as Brett Land Ben Schnetzer as Brad Land Gus Halper as Chance Daniel Flaherty as Will Virginia Gardner as Leah James Franco as Mitch Austin Lyon as Dave Jake Picking as Dixon Rowley Brock Yurich as Wes Will Pullen as The Smile Eric Staves as Ben Baity Connor Harris as Mark Mullens Chase Crawford as Goat Boy Jamar Jackson as The Breath Chewie as The GoatProduction editIn October 2014 it was announced that James Franco would produce the film under his Rabbit Bandini Productions banner while Andrew Neel would direct from a screenplay written by David Gordon Green with revisions by Neel and Mike Roberts Christine Vachon and David Hinojosa was reported to produce under their Killer Films banner while John Wells would serve as an executive producer 5 In January 2015 Nick Jonas and Ben Schnetzer joined the cast of the film 5 In May 2015 Virginia Gardner joined the cast of the film 6 Filming edit Filming began on May 4 2015 in Finneytown Ohio a small suburb outside Cincinnati Ohio 7 8 Release editThe film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22 2016 3 9 Shortly after Paramount Home Video and acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film with Paramount partnering with a third party in the U S for a theatrical release with Paramount handling same day VOD with its sister network MTV having the first TV window 10 The partner later was revealed to be The Film Arcade 11 It was screened in the Panorama section of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival 12 The film was screened at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 27 2016 11 The film was released on September 23 2016 4 Critical response edit On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 79 on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 76 reviews with an average rating of 6 53 10 The site s critical consensus reads Goat isn t an easy watch but its thought provoking themes talented cast and all out intensity offer rewards for viewers willing to tough it out 13 On Metacritic the film has a score of 64 out of 100 score based on 25 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 14 References edit Goat Box Office Mojo Retrieved September 26 2016 Goat Movie Tie in Edition A Memoir Brad Land Random House Retrieved August 24 2018 a b Goat Sundance Film Festival Archived from the original on May 6 2017 Retrieved May 4 2016 a b Raup Jordan January 25 2016 Goat Sundance 2016 Review The Film Stage Retrieved June 22 2016 a b Sneider Jeff October 1 2014 James Franco to Produce Frat Hazing Movie Goat Andrew Neel to Direct Exclusive TheWrap Retrieved May 7 2015 Kroll Justin May 5 2015 Project Almanac Actress Virginia Gardner Joins David Gordon Green s Goat Variety Retrieved May 7 2015 Goat begins filming in local neighborhood local12 com May 5 2015 Archived from the original on May 6 2015 Retrieved May 7 2015 James Franco Nick Jonas and Josh Hutcherson all begin filming Cincinnati OH this week onlocationvacations com May 5 2015 Archived from the original on May 18 2015 Retrieved May 7 2015 Sundance Institute Completes Feature Film Lineup For 2016 Sundance Film Festival sundance org December 7 2015 Retrieved May 4 2016 McNary Dave January 29 2016 Sundance Nick Jonas Fraternity Drama Goat Bought by Paramount Variety Retrieved May 4 2016 a b Goat Seattle International Film Festival Archived from the original on May 7 2016 Retrieved May 5 2016 Berlinale 2016 Panorama Special Opening Films Christine Vachon to Receive Special Teddy Award and Films from Germany Austria and Switzerland Berlinale Archived from the original on 29 January 2016 Retrieved 17 January 2016 Goat 2016 Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved May 11 2020 Goat reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Retrieved September 22 2016 External links editGoat at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Goat 2016 film amp oldid 1210972326, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
