USA,
2012, 85 min
Shown in 2012
CREDITS
- dir
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Adam Leon
- prod
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Dominic Buchanan, Natalie Difford, Jamund Washington
- scr
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Adam Leon
- cam
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Jonathon Miller
- editor
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Morgan Faust
- mus
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Nicholas Britell
- cast
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Tashiana Washington, Ty Hickson, Zoë Lescaze, Joshua Rivera
- source
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IFC Sundance Selects, 11 Penn Plaza, 18th floor,New York, NY 10001,ebrambilla@ifcfilms.com
www.ifcfilms.com
OTHER
Punctuated by retro gospel tracks and vividly evoking a sense of time and place, filmmaker Adam Leon’s first feature is a sharply observed, wryly funny story of friendship, urban community, burgeoning sexuality and artistic aspiration. Young New York graffiti artists Sofia and Malcolm (newcomers Tashiana Washington and Ty Hickson) resolve to one-up a rival gang by tagging the iconic Home Run Apple during a Mets game, an audacious and risky prank attempted by others but never accomplished. A problem quickly emerges, however, when their source will only give them access to the stadium for $500, well beyond the means for the broke duo. Undeterred, Sofia and Malcolm set off to raise the funds by any means necessary, whether through borrowing, bartering, calling in favors, selling pot or even committing robbery. But as the pair find their moneymaking schemes foiled at every turn, it becomes clear that Gimme the Loot is less invested in heist-like hijinks than in observing the memorable and unexpected people, places and situations Sophia and Malcolm encounter during two sweltering New York City summer days.
—Jesse Ataide
FACTOID #147
The Coppola clan (Francis, Eleanor, Sofia and Roman) is the family with the most filmmakers represented at the Festival. Films screened include Apocalypse Now (1990); One from the Heart (1990); Lick the Star (1998); The Virgin Suicides (2000); CQ (2002); and On the Set of CQ (2002). (And that’s not even counting onscreen appearances by cousins Nic Cage and Jason Schwartzman.)
