The Preppie Connection (2015)

A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network there.

Director:

Joseph Castelo

Writers:

Joseph Castelo, Ashley Rudden

Stars:

Thomas Mann, Lucy Fry, Logan Huffman

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Thomas Mann	...	Tobias Hammel
Lucy Fry	...	Alexis Hayes
Logan Huffman	...	Ellis Tynes
Guillermo Arribas	...	Fidel
Amy Hargreaves	...	Ingrid
Bill Sage	...	Mike Hammel
Dylan Blue	...	Dennis
Robert Gorrie	...	Ben
Jessica Rothe	...	Laura
Sam Page	...	Mr. Jennings
Hemky Madera	...	Raul
Nat DeWolf	...	Mr. Gaines
Tom Tammi	...	Dr. Fielding
Doug Plaut	...	Chuck
Cilda Shaur	...	Peg Atherton

Storyline

Based on a true story of a prep school student who smuggled $300k of uncut cocaine into the US in 1984. THE PREPPIE CONNECTION chronicles the exploits of a group of private school students who ran a drug distribution operation in the early 1980s. The story centers on Toby, the lower-class scholarship student, who uses his street cred and access to drugs to make friends with the popular kids, eventually allowing him to cultivate a drug trafficking network. Toby gets in far over his head as he leads his friends into the dangerous world of Colombian drug cartels.

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Plot Keywords:

teenager | drug dealer | drug dealing | drugs | cocaine | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for drug use, language throughout, sexuality/nudity and some violence

Details

Official Sites:

Coalition Films [United States]

Country:

Puerto Rico USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

18 March 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Conexão de Elite

Filming Locations:

Puerto Rico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Coalition Films,Mensch Productions,Parallell Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In order to protect the people involved they changed the names of everyone associated with the events. And to add more to the story, they made up certain events that didn't actually happen.

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Goofs

The music in the club in Colombia is house music that didn't exist in 1984. The first acid (house) tracks appear in 1986 and it wasn't even called acid (house)

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Crazy Credits

There is a snippet with Ed Bradley interviewing Derek Oatis during the end credits. Derek Oatis was the real life drug smuggler that this story is based upon.

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Soundtracks

Just Like Honey
Written by Jim Reid and William Reid
Performed by Sam Bisbee
Courtesy of Domino Publishing Company Ltd.

User Reviews

Drugs are bad, mkay...

Movies based on a true story are always more interesting then the odd fictional movie. In The Preppie Connection it's all about a simple guy, Toby (played by Thomas Mann), that tries to fit in with the other high class students. He's secretly in love with Alex (played by Lucy Fry) and tries to impress her and her entourage by scoring weed, then cocaine, and later by smuggling the white powder from Columbia. It's an interesting and entertaining movie. The cast is well chosen and the storyline is very easy to follow. It shows what some people would do to impress others or to fit in, and it shows how cocaine can destruct a lot of lives. Certainly worth a watch.