HIPPO Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: Examines the coming-of-age of two step-siblings: Hippo, a video-game addicted teenager and Buttercup, a Hungarian Catholic immigrant with a love of classical music & Jesus. Like the Ancient Greek Aphrodite, Buttercup's love is unrequited by a brother who prefers to indulge the art of war and chaos. The result is a hormone-fueled, tragicomic waking nightmare that must be seen to be believed. Hippo is directed by indie filmmaker Mark H. Rapaport, making his featrue directorial debut after a few shorts; he also founded the company Kinematics. The script is by Mark H. Rapaport & Kimball Farley.
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00:00Mom!
00:08The boy was Adam, also known as Hippo.
00:13The girl was known as Buttercup.
00:15Call me daddy before you hang up, please, just once.
00:18My dad said I'm all dead.
00:21Their mother is a peculiar woman named Ethel.
00:23When do you think World War III is going to happen?
00:26It's hard to say, dear.
00:27Do you think it might be in my lifetime?
00:28I suppose it could.
00:30Okay, I need a gun.
00:32As homeschooled students, neither Buttercup nor Hippo ever had much interaction outside
00:38of one another.
00:39That toy is an outside toy, Shepard.
00:41It's not a toy, it's a gun.
00:42It's outside.
00:43There comes a time in every boy's life when he wakes up in a puddle of goo.
00:50Goo?
00:51Goo.
00:52Very sticky, I might add.
00:55War is a game.
00:57Don't be fooled by simulation theory, however.
00:59True warrior.
01:00Do you want to stay in here with me?
01:02I'm a big man now.
01:03I'm 19.
01:04You have to legally respect me.
01:06It says so in the Constitution.
01:08Everybody respects you.
01:09We all respect you.
01:10You are a firebird.
01:21They've arrived.
01:22Quick, go get to the nearest closet and I'll go get my crossbow.
01:24No, no, no, no, no, no.
01:25The crossbow will never work.
01:26You know that.
01:27You need the most powerful thing in the world.
01:30My Godfinger.
01:33Shut your mouth, I said!
01:37Why do you look so sad?
01:39You should be happy!
01:43A star dies every millisecond, but only once in a millennia does a deity rise up with a
01:49potent mega-weapon attached to his own hips.
01:52I hope you find a man just like your brother.
01:56Let us bear humble witness.
01:59Happy birthday to you.
02:01Happy birthday to you.
02:04Happy birthday dear Hippo.
02:07Happy birthday to you.