Night Club (2011)

Three friends - aided by one of the residents - start a night club in a retirement home, after taking a job there working the night shift to put themselves through USC.

Director:

Sam Borowski

Writers:

Larry Delrose (story), Tom Hass (screenplay)

Stars:

Ernest Borgnine, Zachary Abel, Natasha Lyonne

10 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ernest Borgnine	...	Albert
Zachary Abel	...	Justin Palma
Natasha Lyonne	...	Mrs. Keaton
Ahney Her	...	Nikki
Mickey Rooney	...	Jerry Sherman
Sally Kellerman	...	Dorothy
Bryan Williams	...	Chris Brown
Daniel Roebuck	...	Frank
Madison Liddy	...	April
Rance Howard	...	Chuck
Sam Borowski	...	Man Making out with Girlfriend at fraternity party
Paul Sorvino	...	Himself
Alex Hyde-White	...	Preacher
Chuck McCann	...	Manny Melowitz
Bill Sorvino	...	Arresting Officer

Storyline

Three friends, Justin, Chris and Nikki, decide to start their own Night Club, after taking a job working the night shift in a retirement home to put themselves through USC. They get a lot of help from one of the home's residents, Albert, who claims he used to run the hottest night club in Los Angeles for decades. As Justin tries to win the affections of a college mate April, Albert, Chris and Nikki, have the time of their lives throwing college parties attended by senior citizens, and a few famous singers/comedians.

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Plot Keywords:

night club | college | usc | two word title | old age home | 

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Taglines:

Everyone's Invited!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 April 2011 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Naoj Company, The

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film uses humor and a "dose of reality" according to Director Sam Borowski, to deal with some serious issues such as Dimentia, Alzheimer's and the plight of the elderly. Borowski's mother, Joan Borowski, whom he credits with getting him interested in film and movies, suffers from Alzheimer's.

User Reviews

Night Club a Must See For All of Us Who Have Aging Parents!

I was privileged to see "Night Club" last evening at a World Premiere event at the Phoenix Film Festival.

Not only was it great to see such seasoned actors in this film like Ernest Borgnine and Mickey Rooney, and others, but I thought Sally Kellerman, who played Dorothy, portrayed the Alzheimer's patient perfectly. I had a Father who had Alzheimer's Disease and I could see in the demeanor of Dorothy who my Father had become before his death. I believe this is a movie that all of us who have aging parents must see! I also think that all those that work in nursing homes, especially the administrators and owners of these care facilities should see this film, it will help to open up their eyes to possibilities of care and caring. There is more to care in a treatment facility than having our elders just sit around till their lives end and we know like in this movie many of them are doing just that. We will all find ourselves growing older in time with the possibility of having to enter a nursing home, if we begin now to improve the quality of care in these facilities we can look forward to being cared for in a manner with dignity and love as these three young students in this movie ended up doing. Before these care facilities were implemented we had families caring for our elderly, there is no reason a nursing home cannot feel like "home", after all they are called nursing "homes".

I believe this movie could make an impact on how we treat our elders, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles when they get near the end of their lives and need assistance with everyday living.

Kudos to the Director: Sam Borowski, Writers: Larry Delrose and Tom Hass, and the Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Mickey Rooney, Sally Kellerman, Madison Liddy, and all the others who were willing to put in their time and effort to produce a well scripted and well portrayed film.