Springing

Springing is a 2012 American black comedy-drama film directed by Simon Patrick; written by Patrick and Percy Jameson; and produced by Patrick, Jameson, and Victor Martino. The film stars an of Webster Cayman, Michael Fabien, Jason Morkel, Mark Pearce, and Logan Wheeler and revolves around five irresponsible and loosely connected "friends" living in,  as they try to change their lives for the better by kicking their drug, smoking, and alcohol addictions, only to find new challenges awaiting. Angela Shepard, Dominic DiMarco, and George Kumar appear in supporting roles.

The film entered development circa 2007 when won a bidding war for a black comedy-drama film written by Machine Boys writer-director Simon Patrick and No-No co-writer Percy Jameson, and the project almost instantly entered  due to the. After it ended, Patrick and Jameson realized they were unsatisfied with the script, and it was entirely written at least eight times to create the final product. Casting took place from December 2011 and January 2012, and principal photography took place from January to March 2012 in. The film's soundtrack was composed by electronic musician and record producer Lorenzo "Hi-Def" Cabrera.

The film was released by on October 12, 2012 in the United States and was quickly became a box office success, grossing $680.2 million against a $13 million budget and becoming the tenth highest-grossing film of 2012. It is also currently the eighth highest-grossing -rated film of all time. It received critical acclaim for its writing, casting, and soundtrack, and several critics have called it one of the greatest and most influential films of the 2010s. The film was won four (including ), two, and two , among other accolades.

Plot
In, , alcoholic Michael Brennan lives in a low-income apartment community and regularly engages in self-destructive behavior with his neighbors/"friends": Luciano "Luke" DeLuca, a self-infatuated fellow alcoholic; George "Torch" Johnson, a ; Steven "Spike" Spencer, a -addicted womanizer; and Pierre "Air Boy" Moreau, Torch and Spike's dealer and a drug experimenter himself. Growing tired of constant sex and alcohol binges, for his upcoming 30th birthday, Brennan decides to make it his goal to wean himself off booze and live a "wholesome and worthwhile" life. Thinking he is incapable of quitting drinking, this amuses Luke, Torch, Spike, and Air Boy. Brennan taunts them, saying that they are unable to do the same about their own dependencies, which he refers to as "springing". The others take offense to that and purport that they are "perfectly capable" of doing so. The five collectively decide that the next day—on Brennan's birthday—they will give up their respective addictions.

The next morning, the guys wish Brennan a happy birthday. Brennan begins his "new life" away from alcohol by killing a bird perched on his doormat, meeting Air Boy at a corner store where they steal snacks, and stealing a flash drive from Luke containing a sex tape of Spike and his girlfriend Kate Majors. Meanwhile, Kate dumps Spike, and an enraged Spike nearly relapses before stealing some of Torch's "leftover" cannabis and "stoning" for the first time. He then hallucinates that a big orange bug is flying around him and tries to kill it, destroying everything in his kitchen. Torch quickly realizes that Air Boy—who is willing to experiment with any drug possible and has developed a plethora of addictions—is having the hardest time and taunts him with.

Brennan gives online dating a go and quickly falls for a 24-year-old journalist named Andrea Quincy.