Pete Beach patrol cars, used to transport the arrested students to jail (which is actually Gulfport’s detention facility). However, at one point the trailer clearly shows marked St. I remember there being a Craigslist ad searching for extras, and people like hustling over to the beach to try to get in the movie and also to watch the filming.” I still don’t think there has been another on that level, and I don’t know why, seeing as it was a small indie film. “We were all hyped for this movie,” said Tampa Bay Times staffer Christopher Spata, who then wrote for the Tampa Tribune. And we saw our local world broadcast onscreen, albeit a sleazier version. We saw a tattooed and cornrowed James Franco lure the gals further into a seedy world of corruption. We watched as Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine turned to crime to bankroll a trip to St.

“Spring Breakers,” A24′s neon-soaked beach noir movie, turns 10 this week.ĭirected by Harmony Korine and filmed around Pinellas County, the trippy tale released in 2013 takes viewers on a spring break vacation turned dark.įor Floridians, the movie was a big deal.

10 shut up