Teen Heroin User-Turned-Filmmaker Releases ‘Straight Outta Tompkins’ First Trailer (Exclusive Video)
Guns and drugs and fight clubs — whoa. The first trailer for Zephyr Benson's drug-fueled New York City crime drama “Straight Outta Tompkins” has more running, snorting and fighting than you can shake a stick at. But don't blame the writer (also Benson) for being over-dramatic, because the film is actually based on a true story. See video: ‘Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever’ Gifts the Internet With First Trailer The now 21-year-old director/writer/producer plays Gene, a middle class teenager who befriends a Lower East Side drug dealer while he is battling addiction. The bold directorial debut parallels...
- 11/6/2014
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
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