A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network there.
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Joseph Castelo
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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 | |
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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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Rated R for drug use, language throughout, sexuality/nudity and some violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
18 March 2016 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Conexão de Elite See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$5,576, 20 March 2016Gross USA:
$11,558Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$11,558Company Credits
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Written by Lawrence Fitzgerald, Simon Pitchers, Fraser Reich and Andy Diagram
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Based on a true story. See more »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) See more »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. See more »Soundtracks
DiscordoWritten by Lawrence Fitzgerald, Simon Pitchers, Fraser Reich and Andy Diagram
Performed by Dead Astronauts
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Based on a true story, a poor white kid tries to get in good with the rich privileged kids going to a fancy prep school by smuggling in drugs for them to take.
I seen this drug tale before a dozen times, but the film is quite interesting to watch despite. Especially the lead actor Thomas Mann, who became big from Me, Earl, and a Dying Girl. Just like that movie, Mann's character narrates the story, in a very very similar fashion.
Lucy Fry also played an interesting character as well as Logan Huffman who played one of the rich prep school kids. He did a fantastic job of being very unlikable to the point were you like to not like him. very nice.
Worth sitting through.