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The Opportunists (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2000 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Myles Connell

Written By:
Myles Connell

Actors:
Christopher Walken ..... Victor 'Vic' Kelly
Peter McDonald ..... Michael 'Mikey' Lawler, aka Michael Kelly
Anne Pitoniak ..... Aunt Diedre 'Dee'
Kate Burton ..... Rest Home Sister
Jim Mayzik ..... Rest Home Priest
Vera Farmiga ..... Miriam Kelly
Donal Logue ..... Pat Duffy
Cyndi Lauper ..... Sally Mahon
Paul D'Amato ..... Dylan
Wally Dunn ..... Harry
Olek Krupa ..... Ted Walikaki
Chuck Cooper ..... Arnon Morris
John Ortiz ..... Ismail Espinoza
José Zúñiga ..... Jesus Del Toro
Brandon Vega ..... Tony Del Toro

Synopsis:

In this downbeat drama, a reformed criminal finds himself led back to a life of crime. Fresh out of prison, former safecracker Victor Kelly (Christopher Walken) wants to support his daughter Miriam (Vera Farmiga) and Aunt Dierdre (Anne Pitoniak) with his new career in auto repair. But Victor's deep in debt, and he's in no position to say no when he and his Irish gangster cousin Michael (Peter McDonald) hook up with two security guards (Jose Zuniga and (Donal Logue) looking for someone who can open a safe. The Opportunists was written and directed by Myles Connell in his feature debut; the supporting cast includes pop singer Cyndi Lauper as Victor's girlfriend.

Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist.

An ex-convict is living the quiet life in Queens, New York, until a mysterious man appears claiming to be his cousin from Ireland. It does not take long for the ex-convict, Vic, to become embroiled in an attempt at safecracking, courtesy of his "cousin".

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 29 July, 2011.

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