Day at the Beach

USA
1997, 35mm, Color, 93 min.

Director: Nick Veronis
Producer: Nick Veronis
Executive Producer: Sophie Marr Veronis
Cinematographer: Nils Kenaston
Editor: Mark Juergens
Screenwriter: Nick Veronis
Music: Tony Saracene
Principal Cast: Catherine Kellner, Jane Adams, Neal Jones,
Patrick Fitzgerald, Joe Ragno, Nick Veronis

Nick Veronis' low-budget debut feature is a shaggy ensemble drama revolving around a New York ravioli-factory worker, Jimmy Hughes (Nick Veronis), who aspires to be an independent film maker. He scripts an ultra-low-budget gangster picture and enlists his buddies from the ravioli factory to star in it, but things get off to a less than auspicious start when one of the gang accidentally kills a bystander with one of the props. Together with their wives and girlfriends, the group flees to East Hampton where they encounter- surprise!-the real mob. "Though Day at the Beach superficially resembles any number of recent Gen-X 'friends' movies, it distinguishes itself repeatedly in vivid, arresting moments of poignancy, revelation, and intriguing dream imagery. Though it's too often true that a good debut film will get you a cup of coffee in today's competitive movie marketplace, Veronis has established himself as a talent to watch both as a film maker and an actor." (The Austin Chronicle)