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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.

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Sam Gold
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Yosef Zimmerman
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Rachel Apfel
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Jackie Solomon
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Mendel Gold
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Elka Gold
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Leon Zimmerman
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Ephraim
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Ruth Gold
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Rebbe Horowitz
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Zeldy Lazar
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Mr. Maxim
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Andrew (The Goy) (as Charles Hewson)
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Ivan
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Israeli Gangster
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Great Necker #1
Marc Rose ...
Great Necker #2
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Dutch Hasidic Man
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Fabric Customer
Alizée Guinochet ...
French Model (as Alizee Guinochet)
Alessandro Esposito ...
Yonkel Gold
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Young Hasidic Mule
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Young Hasidic Father (as Evan Matthew Weinstein)
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Customs Officer
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Customs Agent (as Caroline Stefanie Clay)
Kerry Morgan ...
Airplane Passenger
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DJ Announcer
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Dutch Announcer
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TV Personality
Roderick Pannell ...
Passerby
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Rachel's Friend (uncredited)
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Hasidic Jew (uncredited)
Lou Cantres ...
Carlos the Mailman (uncredited)
Keith Davis ...
Security Guard (uncredited)
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Store Clerk (uncredited)
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Tabitha (uncredited)
Joseph McConnell ...
Thug (uncredited)
Al Shaw Ki Moore ...
Club Friend (uncredited)
Leslie C. Nemet ...
Young Hasidic Mother (uncredited)
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Tattooed Inmate (uncredited)
Raffaello Perfetto ...
Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Zoe Portanova ...
Party Girl (uncredited)
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U.S. Customs Agent (uncredited)
Sammuel Soifer ...
Shmuely Lazar (uncredited)
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Girl at Airport (uncredited)
Anita Storr ...
Passenger Going Through Customs (uncredited)

Directed by

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Kevin Asch

Written by

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Antonio Macia ... (written by)

Produced by

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Danny A. Abeckaser ... producer
Kevin Asch ... executive producer
Dave Berlin ... executive producer
Michael Fucci ... associate producer
Jen Gatien ... producer
Isaac Gindi ... executive producer
Judy Maat ... line producer: Amsterdam
Per Melita ... producer
Robert Profusek ... co-producer
Marat Rosenberg ... executive producer
Ryan Silbert ... co-producer
Suzanne Spangler ... associate producer
Tory Tunnell ... producer

Music by

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Mj Mynarski

Cinematography by

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Ben Kutchins ... director of photography

Editing by

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Suzanne Spangler

Editorial Department

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Steven Bodner ... colorist: dailies (as Steven Bodner Jr.)
Adam Brent ... dailies telecine assistant
David Chai ... digital intermediate engineer
Chris Fierst ... assistant editor
Joseph Gutowski ... dailies project manager (as Joe Gutowski)
Mathieu Reid ... color timer (as Matt Reid)
Darrell R. Smith ... digital intermediate coordinator
Stan Sztaba ... negative cutter
Scot Starbuck ... colorist (uncredited)
Patricia Sztaba ... negative matcher (uncredited)

Casting By

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Sig De Miguel
Stephen Vincent

Production Design by

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Tommaso Ortino

Art Direction by

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Adam Sober

Set Decoration by

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Chris Trujillo

Costume Design by

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Jacki Roach

Makeup Department

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Brenda Bush Johannesen ... makeup artist (as Brenda Kay Bush)
Laura Menear ... additional makeup artist
Layna Roberts ... hair stylist (as Laynea Roberts)

Production Management

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Carolyn Eileen Lynch ... production supervisor
Per Melita ... production manager
Nicky Tüske ... production manager: Amsterdam

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Scott Lazar ... first assistant director
Juan Mazara ... second second assistant director (as Juan 'Maz' Mazara)
Jason Rody ... second assistant director (as Jason 'Rowdy' Rody)
Aram van de Rest ... first assistant director: Amsterdam

Art Department

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Stephanie Crane ... assistant shopper
Matteo Felice ... art department coordinator
Colin Kane Healey ... set dresser (as Colin Healey)
Matthew W. Herschel ... assistant set decorator / graphic artist
Helena Kincaid ... additional property assistant
Scott Kuzio ... leadman
Martine Langatta ... scenic artist: New Mexico
Tim Linden ... property master
Travis Moonschein ... charge scenic artist
Racey North ... assistant property master
Ian Pilger ... construction coordinator
Amy Williams ... on-set dresser

Sound Department

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Paul Bercovitch ... foley recordist
Micah Bloomberg ... additional sound mixer (as Micha Bloomberg)
Leslie Bloome ... foley artist (as Leslie Bloom)
Aymen Braek ... sound mixer
Bryan Dembinski ... sound mixer
Alicia Hook ... apprentice sound editor
Amanda Jacques ... boom operator
Eric Milano ... adr editor / dialogue editor
Tom Paul ... re-recording mixer / sound designer / supervising sound editor
Steven Tollen ... sound executive producer
Corey J. Grasso ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Perry Levy ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Mike Silvestri ... additional boom operator (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Chris MacKenzie ... digital opticals

Camera and Electrical Department

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Christian Baird ... electrician (as Christian Baird III)
Nathaniel Bates ... electrician
Jason Beasley ... electrician
Frank Bonacci ... grip (as Frankie Bonacci)
Daniel Choy Boyar ... best boy electric
Jeremy Brunjes ... camera operator: epk
Wesley L. Carrier ... electrician (as Wes Carrier)
Randolph Carty ... best boy grip (as Randolph 'Rudy' Carty)
Freddy Cintron ... electrician
Jeff Clark ... best boy grip
Chris Clarke ... gaffer
René Crout ... camera operator (as Rene Crout)
Alex Cush ... camera intern
Andrew Elias ... key grip
Andrew Engert ... electrician (as Andrew J. Engert)
Pavel Ezrohi ... grip
Erin Henning ... second assistant camera: "b" unit
Holly Hosman ... grip
Ben Katz ... camera production assistant
Karl Kim ... additional key grip
Jarrod Kloiber ... electrician
Andy Kromphardt ... loader
Daniel Levin ... still photographer
Ludovic Littee ... camera operator
James Madrid ... first assistant camera: "b" unit
Ian McAlpin ... second assistant camera
Jim McGibbon ... grip
Sebastien Nicolet ... grip
Kathleen Prevost ... still photographer
Lauretta Prevost ... camera operator
Ray Richards ... electrician
Jonathan E. Rotberg ... grip
Kyle Simmons ... electrician
John Trehy ... camera equipment: Amsterdam, Holland Rquipment
George Tur ... first assistant camera
Steven van Beek ... first assistant camera: Amsterdam
Kenny Walker ... grip
Jeffrey Lee Woods ... best boy electric (as Jeff Woods)
Evan Stulberger ... electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Lori Eastside ... extras casting associate: NYC Casting
Eliezer Meyer ... extras casting associate
Robert Oppel ... extras casting assistant
Elli ... extras casting: Hasidic background (uncredited)
Danielle Pretsfelder Demchick ... casting associate (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Kyle DeWoody ... set costumer
Lital Regev ... set costumer
Amanda Williams ... set costumer
Ara-Zior Wilson ... set costumer
Angeline Zeigler ... wardrobe supervisor (as Angie Zeigler)

Location Management

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Rolando Hudson ... location manager
Brendan Kehoe ... location manager
Peter Nentjes ... location manager: Amsterdam

Music Department

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Andre Allen Anjos ... composer: additional music (as André Allen Anjos)
Ashley Cuellar ... musician: singer
Oriane Hazan ... musician: singer
Monica Kanios ... musician: singer
Melissa Labatut ... musician: singer
Kasia Middleton ... additional orchestrator / music assistant
James Mirabal ... assistant score recording engineer
Chris Mullings ... score recording engineer
Mj Mynarski ... conductor (as MJ Mynarski) / orchestrator (as MJ Mynarski) / score producer (as MJ Mynarski)
The Shabbos Goys ... musicians
Solaris ... musician: singer
Damon Tedesco ... score producer / score recordist
Scott Vener ... music supervisor
Kevin J. Wyatt ... music supervisor

Script and Continuity Department

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Jodie Alexandra Taylor ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Anna Abrams ... set production assistant
Matthew Bernabei ... first assistant accountant / post-production accountant
Daniel Bethea ... set production assistant
Sarah Brigman ... set production assistant
Doug Burack ... tax accountant (as Douglas Burack)
Ian Cappello ... craft service assistant
Bobby Charles ... lab liaison: Cineco, Amdterdam (as Rob Charles)
Andrew Chow ... tax accountant
Christina Chow ... set production assistant
Sam Chwat ... dialect coach: New York Speech Improvement Services
Nathaniel S. Clouden ... office production assistant
Nicole Compas ... legal counsel: Gray Krauss
Kenneth Cue ... chef (as Kenny Cue)
Kristen Daly ... director's assistant
Danielle Davis ... key craft service: Craftysnax
Lisa Faibish ... assistant production office coordinator
Ben Fox ... title designer
John Frederick ... set production assistant
Scott Friedman ... production assistant: first team
Christopher Glemaud ... craft service assistant (as Chris Glemaud)
Jonathan Gray ... legal counsel: Gray Krauss
Caitlin Hart ... set production assistant
Squat Jeffries ... set production assistant
Sarah Lebutsch ... sales director
Phil Limeri ... lab client services: digital intermediate
Louis Machado ... representative: Kodak, Amsterdam
Al Shaw Ki Moore ... production assistant
Jamie Morris ... production accountant
Leslie Rodriguez ... second assistant accountant
Irina Varina ... set production assistant
Sebastien Betsch ... digital cinema supervisor (uncredited)
Jason Peter Scala ... production assistant (uncredited)
Corbett Uzel ... financing (uncredited)

Thanks

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Isaac Abeckaser ... dedicatee
Joby Harold ... special thanks
Stelio Kitrilakis ... special thanks
Katherine Oliver ... special thanks
Hilary Stabb ... special thanks
Stevenson Waite ... special thanks (as Steve Waite)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Inspired by a true story of a young Hasidic man who was lured into the world of international drug trafficking in the late 90s. Written by Carter

Plot Keywords
Taglines In 1998, 1 million ecstasy pills were smuggled into the USA by a group of Hasidic Jews. See more »
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Additional Details

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Also Known As
  • Jewish Connection (France)
  • Filiera evreiasca (Romania)
  • Святые роллеры (Russia)
  • The Jewish Connection (Netherlands)
  • Caminhos Opostos (Brazil)
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Runtime
  • 89 min
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Box Office

Budget $1,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $39,685, 23 May 2010

Did You Know?

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Trivia Many 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. See more »
Goofs Roughly 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. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Shrek Forever After/Survival of the Dead/Holy Rollers (2010). See more »
Soundtracks We Wish You a Merry Christmas See more »
Crazy Credits The closing credits mention the ring was responsible for importing over a million "Ecstacy" pills (should be "Ecstasy") See more »
Quotes Andrew (The Goy): I never heard jews complain so much about making money... Jesus christ.
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