Buddy Duress, known for his role alongside Robert Pattinson in the Safdie Brothers’ Good Time, has died. He was 38.
Duress, born Michael C. Stathis, died of “a cardiac arrest from a drug cocktail” in November 2023, his brother Christopher Stathis confirmed to People on Tuesday.
Duress was also known for his performance as Mike, a drug dealer in the Safdie Brothers’ 2014 Heaven Knows What and. In Good Time, released 2017 and based partially on Duress’ life, he played Ray, a recently released criminal to Pattinson’s protagonist Constantine “Connie” Nikas.
In a 2017 SSense interview, Duress said he first met Josh Safdie in 2013, following his release from jail for drug charges. He landed the role in Heaven Knows What shortly after, but was sent back jail before the film’s premiere for skipping a drug in-patient program.
“You know, I still look back at it. If I had went to that program, I...
Duress, born Michael C. Stathis, died of “a cardiac arrest from a drug cocktail” in November 2023, his brother Christopher Stathis confirmed to People on Tuesday.
Duress was also known for his performance as Mike, a drug dealer in the Safdie Brothers’ 2014 Heaven Knows What and. In Good Time, released 2017 and based partially on Duress’ life, he played Ray, a recently released criminal to Pattinson’s protagonist Constantine “Connie” Nikas.
In a 2017 SSense interview, Duress said he first met Josh Safdie in 2013, following his release from jail for drug charges. He landed the role in Heaven Knows What shortly after, but was sent back jail before the film’s premiere for skipping a drug in-patient program.
“You know, I still look back at it. If I had went to that program, I...
- 2/28/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Comedian, actor and podcaster Tom Segura has signed with WME for representation in all areas.
Segura is best known for his Netflix specials Ball Hog (2020), Disgraceful (2018), Mostly Stories (2016), and Completely Normal (2014). While he’d planned to unveil an additional Spanish-language special on Netflix last fall, its release has been delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Segura previously released the hour-long stand-up albums White Girls With Cornrows and Thrilled in 2012 and 2010, respectively. He’ll kick off his latest world tour, “I’m Coming Everywhere” on December 31, with two shows at the Hawaii Theater Center in Honolulu, Hi, and will continue touring throughout 2022.
Segura’s film credits include Paramount Pictures’ comedy Instant Family, in which he starred opposite Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne, comedian Steve Byrne’s The Opening Act, Justin Dec’s horror-thriller Countdown and Cameron Van Hoy’s crime drama Flinch. He’s appeared on the TV side in The Cabin with Bert Kreischer,...
Segura is best known for his Netflix specials Ball Hog (2020), Disgraceful (2018), Mostly Stories (2016), and Completely Normal (2014). While he’d planned to unveil an additional Spanish-language special on Netflix last fall, its release has been delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Segura previously released the hour-long stand-up albums White Girls With Cornrows and Thrilled in 2012 and 2010, respectively. He’ll kick off his latest world tour, “I’m Coming Everywhere” on December 31, with two shows at the Hawaii Theater Center in Honolulu, Hi, and will continue touring throughout 2022.
Segura’s film credits include Paramount Pictures’ comedy Instant Family, in which he starred opposite Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne, comedian Steve Byrne’s The Opening Act, Justin Dec’s horror-thriller Countdown and Cameron Van Hoy’s crime drama Flinch. He’s appeared on the TV side in The Cabin with Bert Kreischer,...
- 11/17/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Fosters actor Christopher Meyer and Jalyn Hall, who stars in CW’s new series All American, have been cast in the Netflix drama All Day and a Night, written and directed by Black Panther scribe Joe Robert Cole. The pic stars Moonlight breakout Ashton Sanders as Jah, a young man who committed a homicide and is facing just that. The drama is seen through his Pov as he deals with the repercussions of his actions. Hall will play the younger version of Jah, and Meyer is Lamark, Jah’s best friend. Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson of Color Force and Jared Ian Goldman are producing. Meyer is currently appearing on the fourth season of Showtime’s The Affair, while Hall can next be seen in Universal’s The House With a Clock in Its Walls. Meyer is repped by Pantheon, Stride Management, and attorney Chris Abramson. Hall is also...
- 8/6/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Seth Metoyer,
MoreHorror.com
The first wave of the 2017 Screamfest Horror Film Festival lineup and the festival ambassador have been announcement.
The festival will run from October 10-19, 2017 at the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood. Film festival badges are currently on sale to the general public at www.ScreamfestLA.com and individual film tickets will be available soon. Actor and producer Dominic Monaghan will serve as ambassador for the festival.
Some really intriguing offerings in this list. Find official line up details below.
From the Press Release
America’s largest and longest running horror film festival, Screamfest Horror Film Festival, is proud to announce the first wave of its official 2017 film line up. In its 17th year, the festival, which will run from Oct. 10-19, 2017 at the Tcl Chinese in Hollywood, has launched careers - providing a platform for filmmakers and actors to showcase their latest work to enthusiasts and general audiences.
MoreHorror.com
The first wave of the 2017 Screamfest Horror Film Festival lineup and the festival ambassador have been announcement.
The festival will run from October 10-19, 2017 at the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood. Film festival badges are currently on sale to the general public at www.ScreamfestLA.com and individual film tickets will be available soon. Actor and producer Dominic Monaghan will serve as ambassador for the festival.
Some really intriguing offerings in this list. Find official line up details below.
From the Press Release
America’s largest and longest running horror film festival, Screamfest Horror Film Festival, is proud to announce the first wave of its official 2017 film line up. In its 17th year, the festival, which will run from Oct. 10-19, 2017 at the Tcl Chinese in Hollywood, has launched careers - providing a platform for filmmakers and actors to showcase their latest work to enthusiasts and general audiences.
- 9/2/2017
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Halloween scares are nearly here.
With Hollywood studios and SoCal theme parks shifting towards horror and scares for Halloween, America’s largest horror film festival, Screamfest Horror Film Festival, just announced its first wave of films to be showcased from October 10-19 at the Tcl Chinese in Hollywood.
Additionally, Dominic Monaghan (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) was named as this year’s festival ambassador.
“I am extremely honored to serve as this year’s Screamfest ambassador,” said Monaghan in a press release. “I applaud Screamfest and its founder and festival director Rachel Belofsky for embracing the work of filmmakers and actors in the horror genre. I’m a big fan of this space, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to be a part of a fest that truly acknowledges unique and creative work.”
The festival has made showcased multiple known horror films and launched the careers for many actors.
With Hollywood studios and SoCal theme parks shifting towards horror and scares for Halloween, America’s largest horror film festival, Screamfest Horror Film Festival, just announced its first wave of films to be showcased from October 10-19 at the Tcl Chinese in Hollywood.
Additionally, Dominic Monaghan (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) was named as this year’s festival ambassador.
“I am extremely honored to serve as this year’s Screamfest ambassador,” said Monaghan in a press release. “I applaud Screamfest and its founder and festival director Rachel Belofsky for embracing the work of filmmakers and actors in the horror genre. I’m a big fan of this space, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to be a part of a fest that truly acknowledges unique and creative work.”
The festival has made showcased multiple known horror films and launched the careers for many actors.
- 8/30/2017
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
America’s largest and longest running horror film festival, Screamfest Horror Film Festival, is proud to announce the first wave of its official 2017 film line up. In its 17th year, the festival, which will run from Oct. 10-19, 2017 at the Tcl Chinese in Hollywood, has launched careers – providing a platform for filmmakers and actors to showcase their latest work to enthusiasts and general audiences. Actor and producer Dominic Monaghan (Lord of the Rings trilogy, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, TV’s “Lost”) will serve as this year’s festival ambassador.
“I am extremely honored to serve as this year’s Screamfest ambassador,” said Monaghan. “I applaud Screamfest and its Founder and Festival Director Rachel Belofsky for embracing the work of filmmakers and actors in the horror genre. I’m a big fan of this space, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to be a part of a fest that truly acknowledges unique and creative work.
“I am extremely honored to serve as this year’s Screamfest ambassador,” said Monaghan. “I applaud Screamfest and its Founder and Festival Director Rachel Belofsky for embracing the work of filmmakers and actors in the horror genre. I’m a big fan of this space, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to be a part of a fest that truly acknowledges unique and creative work.
- 8/30/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Every October, horror fans in Los Angeles celebrate the Halloween season with diverse scares on the big screen at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival. The first wave of films for the 17th annual event have been announced, and this year's lineup is already looking to be one to watch, with the buzzed-about Tragedy Girls, the origin story Leatherface, and the animated farewell Todd & The Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End all slotted to screen at Screamfest:
Press Release: Hollywood, Calif. – August 29, 2017 – America’s largest and longest running horror film festival, Screamfest Horror Film Festival, is proud to announce the first wave of its official 2017 film line up. In its 17th year, the festival, which will run from Oct. 10-19, 2017 at the Tcl Chinese in Hollywood, has launched careers - providing a platform for filmmakers and actors to showcase their latest work to enthusiasts and general audiences.
Press Release: Hollywood, Calif. – August 29, 2017 – America’s largest and longest running horror film festival, Screamfest Horror Film Festival, is proud to announce the first wave of its official 2017 film line up. In its 17th year, the festival, which will run from Oct. 10-19, 2017 at the Tcl Chinese in Hollywood, has launched careers - providing a platform for filmmakers and actors to showcase their latest work to enthusiasts and general audiences.
- 8/29/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Horror-comedy premiered at this year’s SXSW.
Gunpowder & Sky has acquired Tyler MacIntyre’s Tragedy Girls.
The film centres on two death-obsessed teens, played by Alexandra Shipp and Brianna Hildebrand, who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small midwestern town into frenzy and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.
The Exchange handles international sales on the film that premiered at SXSW.
MacIntyre also co-wrote the script with Chris Lee Hill. The film is MacIntyre’s second feature following his debut Patchwork, which won Best Picture at Screamfest in 2015.
Tragedy Girls is produced by The Comeback Kids and New Artist Pictures, in association with Ardor Pictures.
Anthony Holt, Armen Aghaeian, Edward Mokhtarian, Cameron Van Hoy, Tara Ansley and Craig Robinson produced, while Kerry Rhodes served as executive producer.
“After seeing how well audiences were connecting with the film at South by Southwest, we knew we needed to find a distribution partner that shared...
Gunpowder & Sky has acquired Tyler MacIntyre’s Tragedy Girls.
The film centres on two death-obsessed teens, played by Alexandra Shipp and Brianna Hildebrand, who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small midwestern town into frenzy and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.
The Exchange handles international sales on the film that premiered at SXSW.
MacIntyre also co-wrote the script with Chris Lee Hill. The film is MacIntyre’s second feature following his debut Patchwork, which won Best Picture at Screamfest in 2015.
Tragedy Girls is produced by The Comeback Kids and New Artist Pictures, in association with Ardor Pictures.
Anthony Holt, Armen Aghaeian, Edward Mokhtarian, Cameron Van Hoy, Tara Ansley and Craig Robinson produced, while Kerry Rhodes served as executive producer.
“After seeing how well audiences were connecting with the film at South by Southwest, we knew we needed to find a distribution partner that shared...
- 7/31/2017
- ScreenDaily
*Updated with the official press release.* We've been excited for Daily Dead readers to watch MacIntyre's Tragedy Girls since our own Heather Wixson saw it at the SXSW Film Festival, saying that it "brilliantly turns the slasher genre on its head" in her five-star review. Thankfully, it looks like horror fans won't have to wait much longer to see it.
Press Release: Los Angeles – July 31, 2017 -- Gunpowder & Sky, the global content studio, today announced the acquisition of the teen-slasher-comedy, Tragedy Girls. The film follows two death-obsessed teens played by Alexandra Shipp (X-Men: Apocalypse) and Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool) who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small midwestern town into frenzy and cement their legacy as modern horror legends. The acquisition comes just as the film made its Canadian debut at the Fantasia Film Festival.
Tragedy Girls was directed by Tyler MacIntyre, who also co-wrote the script with Chris Lee Hill.
Press Release: Los Angeles – July 31, 2017 -- Gunpowder & Sky, the global content studio, today announced the acquisition of the teen-slasher-comedy, Tragedy Girls. The film follows two death-obsessed teens played by Alexandra Shipp (X-Men: Apocalypse) and Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool) who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small midwestern town into frenzy and cement their legacy as modern horror legends. The acquisition comes just as the film made its Canadian debut at the Fantasia Film Festival.
Tragedy Girls was directed by Tyler MacIntyre, who also co-wrote the script with Chris Lee Hill.
- 7/31/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The Exchange has acquired international sales to the SXSW horror-comedy feature Tragedy Girls.
CEO Brian O’Shea and his team will screen the film at the market. CAA handles Us rights and a deal is expected imminently.
Brianna Hildebrand, Alexandra Shipp, Jack Quaid, Kevin Durand, and Craig Robinson lead the cast in the story of two death-obsessed teenage girls in a small midwestern town.
When the friends use their online show about real-life tragedies to send everyone into a frenzy they cement their legacy as modern horror legends.
Tyler MacIntyre directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Chris Lee Hill.
Producers are Anthony Holt, Armen Aghaeian, Edward Mokhtarian, Cameron Van Hoy, Tara Ansley, and Robinson. Kerry Rhodes serves as an executive producer.
The Comeback Kids and New Artist Pictures produced Tragedy Girls in association with Ardor Pictures.
“Tragedy Girls is a fun, commercial and incredibly satisfying teen genre movie, which will have a great run in the...
CEO Brian O’Shea and his team will screen the film at the market. CAA handles Us rights and a deal is expected imminently.
Brianna Hildebrand, Alexandra Shipp, Jack Quaid, Kevin Durand, and Craig Robinson lead the cast in the story of two death-obsessed teenage girls in a small midwestern town.
When the friends use their online show about real-life tragedies to send everyone into a frenzy they cement their legacy as modern horror legends.
Tyler MacIntyre directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Chris Lee Hill.
Producers are Anthony Holt, Armen Aghaeian, Edward Mokhtarian, Cameron Van Hoy, Tara Ansley, and Robinson. Kerry Rhodes serves as an executive producer.
The Comeback Kids and New Artist Pictures produced Tragedy Girls in association with Ardor Pictures.
“Tragedy Girls is a fun, commercial and incredibly satisfying teen genre movie, which will have a great run in the...
- 5/12/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Action spoof stars Donnie Wahlberg, Jenny McCarthy and Lukas Haas.
Highland Film Group is at the market talking up new sales title and action spoof Tooken starring Donnie Wahlberg, Jenny McCarthy and Lukas Haas.
John Asher directs the Elevative Entertainment project from a screenplay he co-wrote with Cameron Van Hoy that pokes fun at the Taken franchise.
Tooken follows a vengeful man on the trail of villains who took those he loves most, including his dog and his mother. Paradigm represents Us rights.
Lee Tergesen, Reno Wilson, Margaret Cho, Lauren Stamile, Laura Leigh, Joyce Bulifant, Ethan Suplee and Akon also star.
Kelly Noonan of Elevative Entertainment, Van Hoy and Asher are producing. Paradigm will handle the domestic rights.
The Highland sales slate includes Bruce Willis starrer Extraction, The Trust with Nicolas Cage and Noam Murro’s Blink.
Highland Film Group is at the market talking up new sales title and action spoof Tooken starring Donnie Wahlberg, Jenny McCarthy and Lukas Haas.
John Asher directs the Elevative Entertainment project from a screenplay he co-wrote with Cameron Van Hoy that pokes fun at the Taken franchise.
Tooken follows a vengeful man on the trail of villains who took those he loves most, including his dog and his mother. Paradigm represents Us rights.
Lee Tergesen, Reno Wilson, Margaret Cho, Lauren Stamile, Laura Leigh, Joyce Bulifant, Ethan Suplee and Akon also star.
Kelly Noonan of Elevative Entertainment, Van Hoy and Asher are producing. Paradigm will handle the domestic rights.
The Highland sales slate includes Bruce Willis starrer Extraction, The Trust with Nicolas Cage and Noam Murro’s Blink.
- 2/7/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Just as the cast of Taken 3 starts coming together, the news has emerged that there's even more Bryan Mills headkickery in the works. This is a bit different though: the project just announced is a "Naked Gun style" spoof, currently called Tooken.The screenplay is by John Asher and Cameron Van Hoy, with Asher set to direct. Asher previously made the indie comedies Somebody Marry Me and Who The F Is Buddy Applebaum, and the low-budget horror Wreckage. As an actor, he played the young Donald Sutherland in Space Cowboys, and took the Anthony Michael Hall role in the TV series of Weird Science.Van Hoy, meanwhile, produced, wrote and acted in something called Sharkproof with Jon Lovitz in 2012, and Treasure Of The Black Jaguar in 2010. Interestingly, he's also behind the spoof short film Taken 3: Back To Normal, which we can possibly now view as some sort of Tooken proof of concept.
- 3/18/2014
- EmpireOnline
Elevative Entertainment have announced a summer production start for the Naked Gun-esque spoof comedy "Tooken".
The action/revenge drama makes fun of the genre, specifically the Liam Neeson-starrer "Taken" and the various films of its ilk that have popped up following its success.
Cameron Van Hoy and John Asher wrote the screenplay, with Asher set to direct and Kelly Noonan to produce. Casting is now underway.
Source: Deadline...
The action/revenge drama makes fun of the genre, specifically the Liam Neeson-starrer "Taken" and the various films of its ilk that have popped up following its success.
Cameron Van Hoy and John Asher wrote the screenplay, with Asher set to direct and Kelly Noonan to produce. Casting is now underway.
Source: Deadline...
- 3/18/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Elevative Entertainment‘s Kelly Noonan and Cameron Van Hoy have set for a summer production start Tooken, a spoof comedy described as a Naked Gun-style take on the action/revenge drama. It takes particular aim at the Liam Neeson starrer Taken, which is readying its third installment. Cameron Van Hoy and John Asher wrote the screenplay, and Asher is set to direct. Casting is underway. Elevative co-produced the feature Beneath with Revolver Picture Co and has optioned the novel Dog On It: A Chet And Bernie Mystery, hiring Jason Filardi to adapt it. Paradigm reps Elevative. Asher is repped by Original Artists, Formation Entertainment and attorney Eric Suddleson.
- 3/17/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Take some beautiful shots of Downtown La, mix with former Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher, add in one barely-clothed Mischa Barton, stir it all together, and you'll get the new music video for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' "Everybody's on the Run."
Barton rose to stardom on the immensely popular primetime show The Oc, which detailed the drama of teenagers living in Southern California. She has three films slated for release in 2012.
Gallagher gained fame for his seminal britpop band, Oasis, which he left in 2009. He has since launched a solo project under the name Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, who played a lauded set at Coachella this year.
The dramatic video features Barton and actor Cameron Van Hoy running around La in matching leopard print underwear, chasing after Noel Gallagher (who plays a taxi driver), and a skateboarding thief. And while the City of Angels looks pretty good in the video,...
Barton rose to stardom on the immensely popular primetime show The Oc, which detailed the drama of teenagers living in Southern California. She has three films slated for release in 2012.
Gallagher gained fame for his seminal britpop band, Oasis, which he left in 2009. He has since launched a solo project under the name Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, who played a lauded set at Coachella this year.
The dramatic video features Barton and actor Cameron Van Hoy running around La in matching leopard print underwear, chasing after Noel Gallagher (who plays a taxi driver), and a skateboarding thief. And while the City of Angels looks pretty good in the video,...
- 6/21/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Considering the recent spate of teen violence and shootings, "Pups", the sophomore feature from filmmaker Ash ("Bang"), arrives with a definite timeliness.
But this tale of a pair of teen-age bank robbers plays too much like a juvenile version of "Dog Day Afternoon", and anyone old enough to have seen that classic will not make a favorable comparison. Nor does the film have the juice to fully connect with younger audiences. Recently showcased at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, "Pups" faces an uncertain commercial future.
The film centers on Stevie Cameron Van Hoy), a 13-year-old suburban asthmatic who when first seen is videotaping his unsuccessful suicide attempt by hanging, and his understanding girlfriend Rocky (Mischa Barton). Stevie eventually decides to work out his frustrations by borrowing his mother's gun and attempting to hold up the local bank, with Rocky in tow.
Things go awry, of course, and the pair are soon holding a group of hostages and engaging in a lengthy standoff with police and the feds. Between dealing with the petulant Stevie's quixotic demands for pizza and a helicopter, the weary police negotiator, played by Burt Reynolds, must also field a series of calls from his wife and young daughter.
"Pups" strikes only the most obvious notes in its depiction of teen alienation, its satirical portrait of the media -- Stevie and Rocky are interviewed by MTV's Kurt Loder, amusingly playing himself -- and its assortment of stereotypical hostages, including a cynical, wheelchair-bound veteran of the Gulf War (Adam Farrar) and a nerdy bank manager David Alan Graf). The film's dialogue and situations are strictly by the book, with such contrived plot machinations as Rocky experiencing her first period in the midst of the crisis.
Reynolds (whose frequent co-star Charles Durning handled similar chores in "Dog Day") delivers an effectively restrained performance that's good enough to make you wish his material was better. As the teen bank robbers, Van Hoy and Barton are very convincing, though the former's bouts of hysteria grow increasingly hard to take. Filmmaker Ash, obviously working on a low budget and under difficult location conditions, does a thoroughly professional job, giving the film an assured technical polish.
PUPS
Fireheart Films
Credits: Director, screenplay: Ash; Producers: Ash, Daniel M. Berger; Executive producers: Kazuyoshi Okuyama, Sachie Oyama; Director of photography: Carlos R. Arguello; Editor: Michael D. Schultz; Production designer: Daniel M. Berger. Color/stereo. Cast: Rocky: Mischa Barton; Stevie: Cameron Van Hoy; Daniel Bender: Burt Reynolds; Wheelchair man: Adam Farrar; Bank manager: David Alan Graf; Kurt Loder: Himself. No MPAA rating. Color/stereo. Running time -- 101 minutes.
But this tale of a pair of teen-age bank robbers plays too much like a juvenile version of "Dog Day Afternoon", and anyone old enough to have seen that classic will not make a favorable comparison. Nor does the film have the juice to fully connect with younger audiences. Recently showcased at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, "Pups" faces an uncertain commercial future.
The film centers on Stevie Cameron Van Hoy), a 13-year-old suburban asthmatic who when first seen is videotaping his unsuccessful suicide attempt by hanging, and his understanding girlfriend Rocky (Mischa Barton). Stevie eventually decides to work out his frustrations by borrowing his mother's gun and attempting to hold up the local bank, with Rocky in tow.
Things go awry, of course, and the pair are soon holding a group of hostages and engaging in a lengthy standoff with police and the feds. Between dealing with the petulant Stevie's quixotic demands for pizza and a helicopter, the weary police negotiator, played by Burt Reynolds, must also field a series of calls from his wife and young daughter.
"Pups" strikes only the most obvious notes in its depiction of teen alienation, its satirical portrait of the media -- Stevie and Rocky are interviewed by MTV's Kurt Loder, amusingly playing himself -- and its assortment of stereotypical hostages, including a cynical, wheelchair-bound veteran of the Gulf War (Adam Farrar) and a nerdy bank manager David Alan Graf). The film's dialogue and situations are strictly by the book, with such contrived plot machinations as Rocky experiencing her first period in the midst of the crisis.
Reynolds (whose frequent co-star Charles Durning handled similar chores in "Dog Day") delivers an effectively restrained performance that's good enough to make you wish his material was better. As the teen bank robbers, Van Hoy and Barton are very convincing, though the former's bouts of hysteria grow increasingly hard to take. Filmmaker Ash, obviously working on a low budget and under difficult location conditions, does a thoroughly professional job, giving the film an assured technical polish.
PUPS
Fireheart Films
Credits: Director, screenplay: Ash; Producers: Ash, Daniel M. Berger; Executive producers: Kazuyoshi Okuyama, Sachie Oyama; Director of photography: Carlos R. Arguello; Editor: Michael D. Schultz; Production designer: Daniel M. Berger. Color/stereo. Cast: Rocky: Mischa Barton; Stevie: Cameron Van Hoy; Daniel Bender: Burt Reynolds; Wheelchair man: Adam Farrar; Bank manager: David Alan Graf; Kurt Loder: Himself. No MPAA rating. Color/stereo. Running time -- 101 minutes.
- 12/7/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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