A Thousand Junkies
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| A Thousand Junkies | |
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| Directed by | Tommy Swerdlow |
| Written by | Tommy Swerdlow T.J. Bowen |
| Produced by | John De Menil Clay Reed Tommy Swerdlow |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | John De Menil Warren Hansen |
| Edited by | Anisha Acharya Lee Buckley James Long Nathaniel Park |
| Music by | Benji Lysaght |
Production company | THI Productions |
| Distributed by | Whitewater Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Thousand Junkies is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by and starring Tommy Swerdlow. It is Swerdlow's directorial debut.[1]
Plot
[edit]One sunny day in Los Angeles, three heroin junkies, Tommy, T.J. and Blake, try to find some heroin so they can get high. Over the course of the day, with impending and growing withdrawal setting in, each character's backstory is explored to a degree as they embark on a seedy Odyssey and increasingly desperate measures to stave off dope sickness.
Cast
[edit]- Tommy Swerdlow as Tommy
- T.J. Bowen as T.J.
- Blake Heron as Blake
- Bill Pullman as himself[2]
- Steven Weber as Moshe[2]
- Dinarte de Freitas as Igor
- David Darmstetter as Liquor Store Owner
- Dennice Cisneros as T.J.'s Girlfriend
- Jerry Stahl as Cab Driver
- Karen Swerdlow as Karen
- Lucinda Jenney as Blake's Mom
- Patricia Castelo Branco as Ludmila
References
[edit]- ^ Grobar, Matt (28 April 2017). "'A Thousand Junkies' Stars On Rehashing A Painful Period In Their Lives And The AA Meeting Where They Met — Tribeca Studio". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ a b Scheck, Frank (27 April 2017). "'A Thousand Junkies': Film Review; Tribeca 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
External links
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Categories:
- 2017 films
- American comedy-drama films
- 2017 directorial debut films
- 2017 comedy-drama films
- Films with screenplays by Tommy Swerdlow
- Films set in Los Angeles
- Films about heroin addiction
- Films directed by Tommy Swerdlow
- Films produced by Tommy Swerdlow
- 2010s English-language films
- 2010s American films
- English-language comedy-drama films
- 2010s comedy-drama film stubs