Down Time (2001)

Director:

Sean Wilson

Writers:

Larry Loy
Sean Wilson

Release Date:

18 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Tagline:

Forget what you know.

Plot:

A street hustler who makes all the wrong moves finds himself doing hard time in the penitentiary in this hard-edged drama...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Drugs | Violence | Mexican American | Drug Overdose

Cast

William Van Noland	...	Slim (as William Van Nolan)
Peter Quartaroli	...	Paulie
Sam McBride	...	Sammytown
Joy Garner	...	Gina
James Anthony Cotton	...	Kc
Kevon Kane	...	RJ
David Fine	...	Eddie the Pimp
David Berkson	...	Hillbilly
David Cordoni	...	Frank
Mario Montes	...	Big Mario
David Dyno Rocha	...	Mexican Gang Leader
Kelwin Hagen	...	Mike
Christian Canterbury	...	Johnny Boy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Bolko	...	SWAT Officer 7
Jeff Guerrero	...	SWT Officer 4
Danton Mew	...	SWAT Officer 1
Randall Ng	...	SWAT Officer 5
Bob Ngim	...	SWAT Officer 2
Matt Pennypacker	...	SWAT Officer 6
Bob Quinn	...	The Father
Lory-Michael Ringuette	...	Prison Guard
Bryan Soo	...	SWAT Officer 3
Wolfgang Von Huttick	...	Serial Killer
Ron Zeno	...	Billie Joe Furlow

Directed by
Sean Wilson

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Larry Loy
Sean Wilson

Produced by
Tom Gander	....	associate producer
Pete Smith	....	associate producer
Sean Wilson	....	producer

Original Music by
James Anthony Cotton

Cinematography by
Greg Burnstein

Film Editing by
Charlie Archer

Casting by
Beau Bonneau

Makeup Department
Lyla Ross	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
James Anthony Cotton	....	post-production supervisor

Sound Department
Albert Benichou	....	sound editor
Pepe Morales	....	sound designer

Camera and Electrical Department
Justin Chin	....	key grip
Jeff McRory	....	grip

Other crew
Francis Hamada	....	weapons wrangler
Vince Sortino	....	location crew

Production Companies

• Apex Entertainment
• Joint Productions
• Riptide Studios
• Visionsmith Entertainment

Distributors

• Artisan Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD) (VHS)
• Be Best in DVD (BBI-DVD) (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• CVD Media Co. Ltd. (2003) (Thailand) (DVD)
• Cultmovies (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• ILC Prime (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• ILC Prime (2004) (South Africa) (DVD)
• Media Vision (2004) (Albania) (TV)
• Neo Films (2004) (Indonesia) (DVD)
• Peacock Films (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sean Wilson

Special Effects

• Lionfish Group, The

MPAA:

Rated R for drug use, language, some violence and nudity

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Alameda County Jail, Alameda County, California, USA

Company:

Apex Entertainment

Soundtrack:

City of Pain

Raw and scrappy independent

This is film that clearly shows it's budgetary limitations. It has stretches of muddy audio and some of the acting is pretty bad. Given that, I still like this movie. It has a raw scrappy feel, great dialog and some very evocative characters.

You get a tremendous sense of the tug-o-war between good and evil, raging inside the head of slim (the main character). The film starts off with a bang, and, although it lags a bit in the middle, there is enough humor and character development to carry us along. The scenes with the main convicts sitting around playing cards passing the time are funny and believable. I found myself almost laughing out loud. After that the film starts to meander a bit but pulls it together in the end and manages to deliver a anti drug message. Over all I would recommend it but know going in this is a low budget independent film.