Laws of Gravity (1992)

Director:

Nick Gomez

Writer:

Nick Gomez

Release Date:

20 August 1993 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Sooner or later, everything goes down.

Plot:

Jimmy and Jon are a couple of Brooklyn guys who somehow never found their way into workaday society; they never found their way into big-time crime...

Plot Keywords:

Summer | New York | Tragedy | Neorealism | Brooklyn New York

Awards:

5 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Peter Greene	...	Jimmy
Edie Falco	...	Denise
Adam Trese	...	Jon
Arabella Field	...	Celia
Paul Schulze	...	Frankie
Saul Stein	...	Sal
Tony Fernandez	...	Tommy
Larry Meistrich	...	Pete
James McCauley	...	Kenny
Rick Groel	...	Kevin
Anibal O. Lleras	...	Rey (as Anibel Leirras)
John Gallagher	...	Bobby
David Troup	...	Sullivan
Miguel Sierra	...	Vasquez
David Tuttle	...	Ted
Hannah Sullivan	...	Terry (as Patricia Sullivan)
Eli Kabillio	...	Guy
Bill Sage	...	Guy's Pal (as William Sage)
Anthony Ingoglia	...	Smiley
Judith Boxley	...	Picnic Goer
Mark Chandler Bailey	...	Picnic Goer
Diedre Bodie-Henderson	...	Picnic Goer
Kimberly Gambino	...	Picnic Goer (as Kim Gambino)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Zorikh Lequidre	...	Man leaving bar (uncredited)
Tara Martell	...	Stunt C. O. #1 (uncredited)

Directed by
Nick Gomez

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Nick Gomez

Produced by
Bob Gosse	....	producer
Larry Meistrich	....	producer

Cinematography by
Jean de Segonzac

Film Editing by
Tom McArdle

Production Design by
Monica Bretherton

Production Management
Sarah Vogel	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bob Gosse	....	assistant director
Genevieve Lohman	....	second assistant director
Chris Marazzo	....	second second assistant director

Sound Department
Jeanne Gilliland	....	sound (as Jean Gilliland)
Bill Ivie	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeff Pullman	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Frank Kolarek Jr.	....	electrician

Editorial Department
Jane Pia Abramowitz	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Robin Schulman	....	product placement

Thanks
Tom McArdle	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Cineplex Odeon Films
• Island World
• Jaguar Productions (II)
• Shooting Gallery

Distributors

• Orion Home Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Cineplex Odeon Films (1992) (Canada) (theatrical)
• RKO Pictures (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cineplex-Odeon Home Video (1993) (Canada) (VHS)
• MCA Home Video (1993) (Canada) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (DVD-R)
• Meistrich Corporation
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2010) (worldwide) (all media)
• Triboro Entertainment Group (1993) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-12 | Singapore:M18 (cut) | Australia:M | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Cineplex Odeon Films

Trivia:

The film just took 12 days to shoot and the whole production cost was about $US38,000.

Movie Connections:

References Breathless (1960)

Genuine and authentic

You can't tell where the film crew is or their equipment, because the whole thing is so close to reality that you can't even call this a real movie. Its more than a movie, its like you're there. You're hanging out with these egregious people, on the street, in their apartments, in the bars they hang out in..its really amazing.

Not one of the actors makes one false move and you can't say that about very many movies. But like I said, they didn't appear to even BE actors in the first place. I wonder if there was a lot of improv between the actors, everything they said was so real.

You can't say a lot really happens, either, but that's exactly like real life, too!

From what I just read, this was made for the amount of money Julia Roberts makes for filming one or two scenes. Whoever said life was fair?