Sand (2000)

A young man tries running from his past by hiding from his two violent brothers, only to have them track and harass him and his friends.

Director:

Matt Palmieri

Writer:

Matt Palmieri

Stars:

Michael Vartan, Norman Reedus, Kari Wuhrer

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Vartan	...	Tyler Briggs
Norman Reedus	...	Jack
Kari Wuhrer	...	Sandy
Marshall Bell	...	Gus
John Hawkes	...	Hardy
Peter Simmons	...	Andy
Rodney Eastman	...	Baker
Bodhi Elfman	...	Max
Denis Leary	...	Teddy
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Leo
Julie Delpy	...	Lill
Jon Lovitz	...	Kirby
Emilio Estevez	...	Trip
Kayce Martin	...	Marina
James Davies	...	Young Ty

Storyline

When Ty's mother dies, he leaves Barstow for the coast, where his mother grew up and where the beach gives him solace. He gets work, makes friends with some local guys, and falls for Sandy, the sister of one of them. Without warning, Ty's hard-edged father, his profane uncle, and his two low-life half-brothers show up, needing a place to hide from the cops for awhile. Ty wants them gone, but his stubborn and ornery family checks into the local motel. Things get worse when the low-life brothers sexually assault Sandy. Her brother and his pals reply with fists. Out come guns and knives, and a showdown in the sand is guaranteed.

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Plot Keywords:

beach | motel | gun | guitar | california | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 January 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sandstorm

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hard Sand Productions Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Kirby: Man, lemme give you some advice. Don't ever get married.
Tyler Briggs: Yeah? Why's that?
Kirby: 'Cause it'll ruin your life! Uh! It's unbelievable! You know, she cuts her nails in bed, right? She leaves her hairs everywhere, she won't let me watch my TV shows, she won't let me sleep in my trunks, she shits on my friends, she hates the ocean, she snores like a fucking gorilla, she corrects my talkin', she won't even get out of bed and get her diaphragm! She only eats sushi.
[mocking her in a funny voice]
Kirby: I'll only ...

User Reviews

Should be re-titled to 'Pound Sand'

Matt Palmieri must go to a lot of Hollywood parties or be connected to somebody cool enough to line up this many b-list celebrity performers in one certifiably awful film. Is this a case of "paycheck time" or a case of "Hey, Harry Dean Stanton agreed to do it, why not join the party?" Maybe they all have the same agent who got a call asking for the whole group to do either 'The Surreal Life' or appear in this film. Either way, it's still Surreal Life. Stanton, Denis Leary, Jon Lovitz, Julie Delpy, Kari Wuhrer and Emilio Estevez...... what, no Janice Dickinson or Verne Troyer? Oops, this was made in pre-Surreal Life 1999 and only surfaced recently... like the bones of a corpse washing ashore. My mistake. And anyone else's mistake for watching this. Even back in 1999 the Tarantino copycats had worn out their welcome, but this flimsy tripe is more of a fifth generation carbon copy of a Tarantino rip-off. And even if you watch it for the interesting cast you get cheated. Sure, you get Leary phoning in his usual acerbic performance, but his lines are mostly weak. Then there is Stanton who has ONE scene, and Lovitz, Delpy and Estevez who have little more than that. These should really be uncredited "guest" performances but they're featured prominently on the video cover. The real stars are Vartan, Wuhrer and a bunch of other young actors who mostly posture and yell at each other virtually nose to nose throughout. It's the old game of covering weak dialogue by having the actors shout rather than speak. Ooh, the intensity. And the storyline is so wrong-headed that it seems to flow like a dream spun by idiots. No example of this is more telling than the endless back and forth battle between the low-life brothers and the surfer dudes--the surfers apparently believing, not once, not twice, but even three times, that their besting of low-lifes with GUNS (yet not relieving said low-lifes of their weapons) means the scumbags have learned their lesson and will not RETURN with their GUNS. Oh, why go on...this film is junk and leave it at that.