Playback (2012): Cast, Ratings, Box Office & Plot
Playback is a 2012 horror thriller starring Ambyr Childers, Toby Hemingway and Jennifer Missoni. It runs 1 hour 38 minutes and earned $57,587 worldwide. IMDb users rate it 4.3/10.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 38m (98 min)
- Original language
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Spanish - Studio
- Magnet Releasing
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Playback About?
The premise of Playback without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Set against the backdrop of 1980s Argentina, a courageous group of transgender women find strength and community through electrifying drag performances. Led by the determined Delpi, they create a space of resistance against social prejudice, police brutality, and the growing AIDS crisis. Their vibrant shows offer a powerful message of hope and defiance during a time of immense hardship and oppression.
Playback Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- female topless nudity
- man punches a woman
- tape gag
- movie reality crossover
- tape over mouth
- female frontal nudity
- supernatural power
- psychotronic film
- wheelchair
- supernatural horror
- character repeats someone else's dialogue
- town with a dark secret
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- video archive
- hand placed on tv screen
- escaping from bonds
- man rips open woman's shirt
- louis le prince
- girl's soccer game
- female star appears in underwear
- coughing up blood
- reference to the ring
- woman covered in blood
- elbow punch to the face
- point of view shot
- girl's locker room
- huffing
- crime buff
- glitch
- adoptive sister adopted brother relationship
- spy camera
- miniskirt
- reference to scream
- pouty lips
- voyeurism
- man in a wheelchair
- sister adopted brother sex
- music box
- man beats a woman
- repeated scene shown in fast reverse
- reference to freaky friday
- honda civic
- lecherous man
- adult actress plays a teenage girl
- aspiring filmmaker
- teen party
- garroted
- blood on breasts
- making out
- broken picture frame
- murder house
Playback Cast
Ambyr Childers leads the cast, with Toby Hemingway and Jennifer Missoni.
Also Starring in Playback
· 1 morePlayback Reviews & Ratings
IMDb users rate Playback 4.3/10.
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IMDb 4.3 /10
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TMDB 41% User score
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Movie Insider 3.0 /5
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Playback Plot Summary
What happens in Playback from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 4-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
On October 21, 1994, a brutal night unfolds when Harlan Diehl murders his family at their farmhouse and is shot by the police as he kills his sister. The tragedy leaves behind eerie video footage—recorded by Harlan himself—and the surviving baby, who remains alive through the carnage. Fast forward fifteen years to Marshall, Michigan, where a driven high school student named Julian Miller [Johnny Pacar] isn’t afraid to chase forgotten local legends for a journalism assignment. He chooses the Harlan Diehl case, bucking his mother Anne Miller’s wishes, and drafts his girlfriend Riley Ambyr Childers as his project partner. Together they gather camera gear and archive footage from Quinn Toby Hemingway, a former video-store coworker who now catalogs material for the local news station.
Full summary
The whole story of Playback, scene by scene
Playback Box Office
Playback grossed $57,587 worldwide. $264 came from the US and Canada and $57,323 (100%) from the rest of the world.
Worldwide gross
$57.6K
- US & Canada
- $264
- International
- $57.3K
Playback Trailers & Videos
The trailer of Playback.
How Well Do You Know Playback?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 10
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Who is the ambitious high‑school student assigned the film project on a forgotten local story?
Cars in Playback
20 cars on screen, including the 1999 Ford E-350 and the 2006 Chevrolet Impala.
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1999 Ford E-350 Main role -
2006 Chevrolet Impala Important role -
1996 Honda Civic Coupé Important role -
2009 Toyota Yaris Important role
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Playback FAQ: Cast, Box Office & Runtime
Runtime, release date, cast, box office, ratings, post-credit scenes and language of Playback, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Playback?
Playback runs 1 hour 38 minutes (98 minutes).
When was Playback released?
Playback was released on March 9, 2012.
Who is in the cast of Playback?
Playback stars Ambyr Childers, Toby Hemingway and Jennifer Missoni, among 5 credited actors.
How much did Playback make at the box office?
Playback grossed $57,587 worldwide ($264 domestic, $57,323 international).
How is Playback rated?
Playback has 4.3/10 on IMDb, 41% on TMDB and 3.0/5 on Movie Insider.
Does Playback have a post-credit scene?
No. Playback has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Playback in?
The original language of Playback is Spanish.
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