Family life gets in the way of a con man's search for the perfect scam.Family life gets in the way of a con man's search for the perfect scam.Family life gets in the way of a con man's search for the perfect scam.
John 'Fastjack' Farrell
- Fitz
- (as John 'Fast Jack' Farrell)
Michael A. Rizza
- Poker Player #2
- (as Michael Rizza)
Arthur J. Nascarella
- Dino
- (as Arthur Nascarella)
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- Writer
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- TriviaThe dice/card moves used in this movie were all shown to the cast by a real life dice mechanic by the name of "Fast Jack" he is one of the last true card and dice mechanics living today!
- GoofsJoe is on the phone with his bookie and names a horse in the "late night double" and bets a $50 "box". There are no box bets in a (daily) "double", and any wager that can be"boxed" requires more than one horse.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Killin Smallz (2022)
- SoundtracksYou Know I Want You
Performed by Kevin Osbourne
Music and Lyrics by Chris Hajian
Moving Pictures Music - ASCAP
Featured review
Nice indie film with great ingredients: gambling, sleight of hand, craps rather than cards, no poker sponsors (Hurrah!) and in the mix a good family drama about a father discovering his mentally handicapped son and building that relationship.
It works in the main: a very solid cast and a good script give this some oomph, however it is a little light on real drama. Perhaps it suffers from the seen it before syndrome that afflicts most con films, even with the twists of dice and a handicapped kid, that aside as a study of a gambler rediscovering life it works well.
It is enjoyable and the performances are solid.
Definitely worth viewing - just lacks something that something extra that would make it truly memorable.
It works in the main: a very solid cast and a good script give this some oomph, however it is a little light on real drama. Perhaps it suffers from the seen it before syndrome that afflicts most con films, even with the twists of dice and a handicapped kid, that aside as a study of a gambler rediscovering life it works well.
It is enjoyable and the performances are solid.
Definitely worth viewing - just lacks something that something extra that would make it truly memorable.
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- Jan 25, 2009
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,286
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,073
- Jan 11, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $8,286
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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