Bobby G. Can't Swim ( Bobby G. Can not Swim )

Bobby G. Can't Swim (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Bobby G. Can not Swim
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
81 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John-Luke Montias

Written By:
John-Luke Montias

Actors:
John-Luke Montias ..... Bobby Grace
Susan Mitchell ..... Lucy
Vincent Vega ..... Coco
Norman Milton ..... Popeet
Gilbert Glenn Brown ..... Reggie (as Gilbert Brown)
Paul Maged ..... Mike
Andrew Rein ..... Andy
Donna Sonkin ..... Gina
Michael Gnat ..... Tim
Gene Ruffini ..... Alex
Anthony Castle ..... Tony Zino
Steve Heinze ..... Astro
Bill Golodner ..... Det. Smith
Rick Poli ..... Dollar Bill
Tom Flannagan ..... Det. Nuzzo

Synopsis:

John-Luke Montias makes a triple-threat debut as writer, director and star of the tense urban drama Bobby G. Can't Swim. Bobby Grace (John-Luke Montias) is a small-time drug dealer who is just trying to keep himself above water, selling cocaine to a collection of losers and ne'er-do-wells in New York's Hell's Kitchen. Despite the pathetic circumstances of his life, Bobby and his pals - girlfriend Lucy (Susan Mitchell), who makes her living as a hooker; Popeet (Norman Milton), a blind man who has a knack for finding salable objects, and Coco (Vincent Vega), Bobby's supplier - are convinced that somehow their lives will get better. One day, Bobby's ship would seem to have finally come it; he meets an upscale customer who wants to buy an entire kilo of coke. The deal should earn Bobby a payday big enough to allow him to get out of dealing, but the customer demands product before payment, and when the payment doesn't arrive, Bobby's gravy train turns into an anchor threatening to take him to the bottom of the ocean. Bobby G. Can't Swim received an enthusiastic response in its screening at the 1999 Santa Barbara Film Festival.

Bobby G. lives life on the edge in this real, raw New York street drama. Bobby is a small-time coke dealer, always on the hustle but rarely successful. He lives in Hell's Kitchen with his Puerto Rican girlfriend Lucy, who makes ends meet as a prostitute. A typical day finds Bobby selling $20 bags to neighborhood locals and passing cars. A yuppie kid looking to score a kilo of coke approaches him to broker a deal and Bobby sees the opportunity of a lifetime to make some real money. His rough days may just be over. With the tidy profit he could even leave the business. Playing out of his league, Bobby arranges to get the kilo from Astro, a fearsome, high-level drug dealer. Though Lucy announces that she's decided to go back to Puerto Rico and pleads with him to make a fresh start too, Bobby is sticking to his deal and isn't going anywhere now, convinced he'll be 'livin' large in a matter a' days. "On deal day the client gets nervous and the plan goes awry with Bobby turning over the merchandise without being able to hold on to the cash. He now fears for his life unless he can come up with the money, fast, to pay back Astro. Seized with panic Bobby seeks out an acquaintance, Dollar Bill, who puts him in touch with a mob figure who needs somebody "whacked" and is willing to pay big bucks for it too. Though Bobby has never fired a gun in his life, he carries out the execution. The act plunges him into a state of shock and torment verging on madness. In the ensuing hours, Bobby, his mind in a daze, will find redemption in a bizarre journey involving a homeless woman, the Hudson River, and a blind street-peddler named Popeet. He will also learn, that what fate may give, she is just as free to take away.

A small-time coke dealer just wants to make enough money to get him and his Puerto Rican prostitute girl friend out of their situations. When he is given an opportunity to make a big sale to a yuppie who shows up. However, looking to make a big score quickly moves into disaster, as everything falls apart.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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