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A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network there.A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network there.A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network there.
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Clair Catherine
- Sara
- (as Clair Westenberg)
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- TriviaIt was hard for Derek Oatis to watch the film saying: "I had a hard time revisiting the stuff. It prompted a return to therapy. I had a huge amount of guilt for what I did to my family. But in a weird way, it helped me process this stuff in a way I never had."
- Goofsthe $100 bills used to buy the cocaine during the bidding war are newbie prints/modern bills.
- Crazy creditsThere 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.
- ConnectionsEdited from 60 Minutes (1968)
- SoundtracksJust Like Honey
Written by Jim Reid and William Reid
Performed by Sam Bisbee
Courtesy of Domino Publishing Company Ltd.
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Rather dull
The narrative follows a predictable arc without any insight that would otherwise make it worthwhile for viewers to watch this film. There was nothing provocative or contentious offered by the flat, almost cardboard like characters. It is the kind of shallow, angst filled melodrama found in movies aimed at the young adults segment except the topic of hard drug use by teenagers is anything but because the tragedy is very real.
Derek Oatis is the person whom this movie was based off. He got away with 5 years probation and 5,000 hours of community service for selling hard drugs to teenage boys and girls. Mull over that for a while and then watch a documentary about what happens when young people become addicted to drugs. None of the people associated with the Derek Oatis case (including Derek Oatis himself) suffered any long-term consequences for what they did. They got expelled from school but then went on to lucrative and prestigious careers in law, finance, media and the like. Knowing this, is it really meaningful to make a film about the 'social injustices' of being a poor kid in a rich kid school?
Derek Oatis is the person whom this movie was based off. He got away with 5 years probation and 5,000 hours of community service for selling hard drugs to teenage boys and girls. Mull over that for a while and then watch a documentary about what happens when young people become addicted to drugs. None of the people associated with the Derek Oatis case (including Derek Oatis himself) suffered any long-term consequences for what they did. They got expelled from school but then went on to lucrative and prestigious careers in law, finance, media and the like. Knowing this, is it really meaningful to make a film about the 'social injustices' of being a poor kid in a rich kid school?
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- mingsphinx
- Dec 26, 2016
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- Also known as
- La conexión de los niños pijos
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- Gross US & Canada
- $11,558
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,576
- Mar 20, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $11,558
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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