How It All Went Down (2003)

A struggling filmmaker finds himself involved in a dark world of guns, drugs and prostitution.

Director:

Silvio Pollio

Writer:

Silvio Pollio

Stars:

Silvio Pollio, Daniella Evangelista, Franco Valenti

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Silvio Pollio	...	Carmine "Istante" Cavelli
Daniella Evangelista	...	Stella
Franco Valenti	...	Frank
Paige Gray	...	Lisa
Jay Kramer	...	Jay
Joe Pascual	...	Gustavo
Horace Morris	...	Morris
Alistair Abell	...	Jimmy
Paul J. Andersen	...	Tico
Jim Bremner	...	Andy, The Producer
Jane Sowerby	...	Madame X
John Destry	...	Guy
Woody Jeffreys	...	Nathan
David Lewis	...	Andy
Chet Kemp	...	Skinhead

Storyline

A struggling filmmaker finds himself involved in a dark world of guns, drugs and prostitution.

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Plot Keywords:

filmmaker | gun | drugs | prostitution | stripper | 

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Taglines:

How far would you go to make it to the top?

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2003 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arc2 Intertainment, Silvio Pollio Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Flashdance (1983)

User Reviews

The film succeeds in giving a beauty and dignity to some dark and ugly subject matter.

"How It All Went Down" is a film that creeps up on you, and stays with you, in a way that's difficult to explain. We are all familiar with the elements of this story..a protagonist strikes a Faustian bargain that proves to be his ultimate downfall. In this case, a young film maker reluctantly turns to drug dealing as an end-run to finance a film project, after his attempts to work within the legitimate, established channels fail. "How It All Went Down" proves the adage that sometimes, it is not so much the story as who's telling it. This story is told so beautifully, and with such passion infused in every frame, that we are swept along with it, despite our sense of deja vu. There's a reason why a literate society continually re-works and re-tells its "myths" and "themes" in operas, books, films and music..it's because these stories resonate with us. In short, it works. And this film works.