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3.9/10   117 votes
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Eric G. Johnson (writer)
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Release Date:
November 2006 (USA) more
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When there's nowhere else left to go.
Plot:
Tweek City is a week in the life of Bill, a potentially closeted, half-Latino, small-time speed dealer in San Francisco's Mission District... more | add synopsis
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An Indie film of surprising depth by an interesting new director more (7 total)

Cast

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Giuseppe Andrews ... Bill Jensen
Keith Brunsmann ... Jerm

Eva Fisher ... Jenna

Demetrius Navarro ... Ramon

Elizabeth Bogush ... Sharon Wasley
Samy Langs ... Rogeria

Luis Saguar ... Chucho
Gabriela Maltz Larkin ... Maria Jensen
Nick Scoggin ... Mr. Jensen
Salim Cain ... Cliver
Anni Long ... Nancy
Alex Moggridge ... Lars
Brett Banducci ... Young Bill
Molly Landy ... Young Sharon
Charles C. Stevenson Jr. ... Mr. Swanson
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USA:86 min
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An Indie film of surprising depth by an interesting new director, 24 January 2007
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Author: gmsjohnson2002 from United States

"Tweek City" is a fine little indie film that explores the paranoid world of crack users in the gritty, wonderfully realized underbelly of San Francisco. It seems like a "Midnight Cowboy" for the 2000s, part buddy movie and part cautionary tale.

The anti-hero Bill Jensen completes a real journey in the film and that journey is fully realized in the impassioned acting of Giussepe Andrews. Bill struggles throughout the film not only with his drug habit, but with ethnic and sexual identity. HIs sexual struggle gives his feelings about his buddy, Jerm, a special poignancy. Jerm is full of life force and enduring optimism. He and Bill's steady Latino friend are the only ballast that keep Bill's leaky boat afloat.

The cinematography and production values are way beyond the scope of most Indies. The look is stark, the soundtrack eerie and foreboding. I haven't seen anything by the director Eric Johnson before, but I would certainly add him to my list of "must sees" for the future.

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