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In Brooklyn, a youth from an Orthodox Jewish community is lured into becoming an Ecstasy dealer by his pal who has ties to an Israeli drug cartel.In Brooklyn, a youth from an Orthodox Jewish community is lured into becoming an Ecstasy dealer by his pal who has ties to an Israeli drug cartel.In Brooklyn, a youth from an Orthodox Jewish community is lured into becoming an Ecstasy dealer by his pal who has ties to an Israeli drug cartel.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations
Charlie Hewson
- Andrew (The Goy)
- (as Charles Hewson)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaMany of the extras in the film were Satmar Hasidim, who would spontaneously offer prayers and blessings at appropriate points in movie scenes, even though those were not scripted.
- GoofsRoughly 5 minutes into the film, in the Brooklyn cut scene after eating family dinner and before the scene at the fabric shop a late model Honda Civic sedan (Produced starting in 2006) can be clearly seen, even though the movie is set in 1998.
- Quotes
Andrew (The Goy): I never heard jews complain so much about making money... Jesus christ.
- Crazy creditsThe closing credits mention the ring was responsible for importing over a million "Ecstacy" pills (should be "Ecstasy")
- SoundtracksWe Wish You a Merry Christmas
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Absolutely awful and boring. It's a wannabe film. A wannabe 'Goodfellas' that came off more like 'The Outsiders' with Hasidic Jews and Israelis. The fact that it's based on a true story is the only way they got this film made. Maybe it could have been interesting if it was told differently but it wasn't. You don't like the main guy you just want to smack him on the head for being such a dumb a**. In fact, you don't like anyone in this film. People don't go to movies to see a bunch of people they don't like in a boring story. It could have been interesting but it wasn't. You really have to wonder what Jesse Eisenberg is doing with his career if he goes from good hit films to this indie turd. Overall, badly written, badly directed. After the Jesus camp horror film he did, maybe he's trying to hit a religious gambit of poor films. It was clear that this film was trying to be poignant and edgy and it was your film student types who thought they could really shake things up with an "unheard of" true story. They sat around drinking beers talking about how they were going to get all of these awards, etc. It's a predictable glory piece that's banking on the fact that the subject matter will get it some awards and out there because Jewish films always get recognition. But, let's face it, if most of the judges at the Olympics were Russian, the Russians would always win. That's just how things go. It just seems that the film makers could have used their time to make something a little less trite. Maybe they should take the Robert Carnegie class or read something on how to develop characters and give them emotional depth. This film was completely void of that. It was just people going from place to place doing stupid and bad stuff. That's it. That's not a movie, that's a newspaper article.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Thánh Roller
- Filming locations
- 84-06 106th Avenue, Ozone Park, New York, USA (external shots of the Gold and Zimmerman houses)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $303,064
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $39,685
- May 23, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $744,266
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
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