Country: USA
Year: 2000
Duration: 100'
Rich Bower had always hung out with criminals, but decides to change his life and become the manager of a hip-hop group. The band makes a big hit, especially with upper-middle-class white kids, who get to discover a culture that is very different from their own. Rich makes friends with the documentary filmmaker Sam Donager and with her husband Terry, a perverse and fascinating character. Meanwhile, a New York police detective, Mark Clear, is conducting and an investigation into Rich, who is suspected of having blackmailed a childhood friend of his, Dean, who has since become a famous basketball player.
Biography
film director
James Toback
James Toback was born in 1946. He graduated from Harvard University and taught at the City College of New York. He worked as a reporter for magazines such as "Esquire", "Harpers", "Dissent", and "Commentary". In 1974 he debuted as a feature film screenwriter with The Gambler, directed by Karel Reisz. He won an Oscar nomination in 1991 for his screenplay for Bugsy, directed by Warren Beatty. His first film as a director was Fingers, starring Harvey Keitel. His documentary, The Big Bang, won him an Oscar in 1989.
FILMOGRAFIA
Fingers (Rapsodia per un killer, 1978), Love and Money (Per amore e per denaro, 1982), Exposed (Star's Lovers, 1983), The Pick-Up Artist (Ehi ci stai? , 1987), The Big Bang (doc., 1989), Two Girls and a Guy (1997), Black and White (id., 2000), Love in Paris (1999), Harvard Man (2001).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto e sceneggiatura: James Toback.
Director of photography: David Ferrara.
Art director: Anne Ross.
Costume designer: Jacki Roach.
Editor: Myron Kerstein.
Music: Wu-Tang Clan.
Cast and characters: Oli «Power» Grant (Rich Bower), Brooke Shields (Sam Donager), Scott Caan (Scotty), Robert Downey Jr. (Terry), Stacy Edwards (Sheila), Gaby Hoffmann (Raven), Allan Houston (Dean), Ben Stiller (Mark Clear).
Production company: Michael Mailer, Daniel Bigel, Ron Rotholz per Screen Gems, USA, tel. +1-310-2447658, fax +1-310-2440046.
Co-production: Palm Pictures.
Italian distribution: Columbia Tristar Films Italia Srl, via Cantalupo in Sabina, 29, 00191 Roma, Italy, tel. +39-06-330841, fax +39-06-33084251, e-mail antonella_longardi@spe.sony.com.
Director of photography: David Ferrara.
Art director: Anne Ross.
Costume designer: Jacki Roach.
Editor: Myron Kerstein.
Music: Wu-Tang Clan.
Cast and characters: Oli «Power» Grant (Rich Bower), Brooke Shields (Sam Donager), Scott Caan (Scotty), Robert Downey Jr. (Terry), Stacy Edwards (Sheila), Gaby Hoffmann (Raven), Allan Houston (Dean), Ben Stiller (Mark Clear).
Production company: Michael Mailer, Daniel Bigel, Ron Rotholz per Screen Gems, USA, tel. +1-310-2447658, fax +1-310-2440046.
Co-production: Palm Pictures.
Italian distribution: Columbia Tristar Films Italia Srl, via Cantalupo in Sabina, 29, 00191 Roma, Italy, tel. +39-06-330841, fax +39-06-33084251, e-mail antonella_longardi@spe.sony.com.