Director/Screenwriter: Lawrence O'Neil
Producer: David Schaye
Cinematographer: Tim McCann
Editor: Marisa Benedetto
Cast: Jeffrey Donovan, Kevin Pinassi, Colleen Werthmann, Timothy Wheeler
Print Source: Nightlight Films
89 minutes
Throwing Down has to rate as the most weirdly entertaining film of this year's Festival; its darkly comic story of two small-time scam artists who get much more than they bargained for when they seize on the chance to make a huge, unexpected score combines pitch-black humor, an eccentrically convoluted plot, a bizarre cast of characters and razor-sharp dialogue that rings too true to be made up.
The story concerns two young con artists, A.
J. and Pete, who always seem one step ahead of looming disaster. A.J.'s
philosophy involves seizing on the "split second window of opportunity" that
life occasionally offers, though this invariable involves something illegal.
After ripping off a car full of young Virginians who have come to New York
City to score some drugs, A. J. is off to put the finishing touches on a
scam he's been working on for weeks. Pete, meanwhile, is supposed to be
watching A. J.'s back, but instead stumbles upon the chance to hijack a
large shipment of drugs being sent by a mob functionary through the mail to
a waiting customer. This "golden opportunity" will end up involving both
young men in a surrealistic nightmare beyond their wildest imaginings.
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