Jumpin' at the Boneyard ( Jumpin at the Boneyard ) ( Jumping at the Bone yard )

Jumpin' at the Boneyard (DVD) (*)

$22.99

Original Title: Jumpin at the Boneyard
Alternate Title: Jumping at the Bone yard
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Sundance Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Italian ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

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

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1992 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jeff Stanzler

Written By:
Jeff Stanzler

Actors:
Tim Roth ..... Manny
Alexis Arquette ..... Dan
Danitra Vance ..... Jeanette
Samuel L. Jackson ..... Mr. Simpson
Joey Allen ..... Darryl
Jermaine Barkley ..... Friend
Corey Bennett ..... Young Boy
Michael Boyd ..... Helper #1
Elizabeth Bracco ..... Cathy
Ángel Carasquillo ..... Tumbler #1
Steven Catala ..... Steve
Kathleen Chalfant ..... Mom
Robert Cooper ..... Helper #2
Kevin Corrigan ..... Morty
Dudley Findlay Jr. ..... Jackie

Synopsis:

This bleak, provocative drama, the debut of filmmaker Jeff Stanzler, gives a haunting look at the effects of drug abuse upon those who care for the user. It tells the story of unemployed, depressed and just-divorced Bronx-resident Manny who hears burglars in his kitchen one morning and walks in to find his little brother Danny and Danny's girlfriend Jeanette rifling around for money to support their crack cocaine habits. Using the baseball bat he carries, Manny nearly beats his errant brother to death. He grabs their drugs and bundles them into his car for a long drive to the graveyard where their recently deceased father is buried. Thus begins a long, depressing journey between the disparate brothers as they try to make peace with their pasts and find redemption for their wasted lives amidst the ruins of their old neighborhood.

Writer/director Jeff Stanzler's tough drama Jumpin' at the Boneyard features standout performances from Tim Roth and Alexis Arquette as brothers struggling against the odds in New York City. Manny (Tim Roth) is unemployed and struggling to find himself; Danny (Alexis Arquette), his brother, is a drug addict. Together they have one day to rebuild their relationship and retrace their childhood footsteps through the meanest streets of New York. Only with each other's help can they find the strength to change their lives.

Jumpin' at the Boneyard, Jeff Stanzler's first feature, is a small, grim, sometimes brutal drama about two brothers from the Bronx, each of whom is equally dispossessed but in different ways.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 23 April, 2012.