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Director:
Joe Maggio
Writer:
Joe Maggio (writer)
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Genre:
Crime | Drama | Romance more
Plot:
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Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
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Cast

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Clint Jordan ... Virgil Bliss
Kirsten Russell ... Ruby
Anthony Gorman ... Manny
Greg Amici ... Gillette
Marc Romeo ... Devo
Anthony Hayden ... Lester
Tom Brangle ... Captain

Whitney Hamilton ... Virgil's Boss

Denny Bess ... Lombardo
Alejandra Leon ... Prostitute #2
Richard Bierman ... Check-Out Guard
Patrick Sullivan ... Drug Dealer
John Hagemann ... Big Guard
Patrick Walsh ... Little Guard
Mike Bubb ... Prisoner
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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Concrete Films more

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Virgil's Bliss?, 28 February 2002
Author: crypticcrytic from Oak Park, IL USA

Bliss is an apt surname for this man-child whose criminality began in his elementary school years and finished up with graduate studies in Rikers, NYC. Expect a hardened criminal, cynical posture and an impenetrable veneer? You'll find a mannerly southern boy trying to do the right things on the road to recovery.

Virgil is a sympathetic character released, after a brief decompression in a halfway house, to a city beyond his comprehension. Since his New York experience was all in a jail, he's thinking his small town instincts will serve him well here. Unaffected by prison mores, his re-entry is hastened by his unreformed roommate determined to accustom Virgil to the culture of NYC (mean) streets.

Transitions are always painful but our hero is blessed with incremental success. The quest to overcome his past, reform the wayward and recover his long lost integrity is the fascinating struggle that keeps the story rolling. The odds of success are slim but Virgil is not the typical ex-con. And 'Virgil Bliss' is not your typical morality tale. The title role is portrayed by Clint Jordan whose training prepared him with real prison time. Watch for more from this talent and hope that this vehicle gets the mileage to move him on.

Virgil's incremental progress is hindered by the excre-mental patients who inhabit the world of the ex-con and illustrate the problem of recidivism even for the most determined felon. And the viewer is left with the task of solving this conundrum.

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