Monday, November 19, 2007
Drug-dealing Hasidim inspire comic drama
Call it "Meshuggah Full of Grace." A spate of 1990s-era crimes where Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle drugs into the U.S. has inspired an indie comic drama that is slated to begin next spring in New York.
"Holy Rollers" follows an impressionable youth (Jesse Eisenberg) from an Orthodox Brooklyn community. He's lured into becoming an Ecstasy dealer by a friend (Justin Bartha) with ties to an Israeli drug cartel. Newcomer Danny Abeckaser is set to play the owner of a club where they do their decidedly unkosher business.
Set in 1999, the film marks the feature debut of Kevin Asch who directs from a screenplay by Antonio Macia.
http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSN1824665220071118
Call it "Meshuggah Full of Grace." A spate of 1990s-era crimes where Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle drugs into the U.S. has inspired an indie comic drama that is slated to begin next spring in New York.
"Holy Rollers" follows an impressionable youth (Jesse Eisenberg) from an Orthodox Brooklyn community. He's lured into becoming an Ecstasy dealer by a friend (Justin Bartha) with ties to an Israeli drug cartel. Newcomer Danny Abeckaser is set to play the owner of a club where they do their decidedly unkosher business.
Set in 1999, the film marks the feature debut of Kevin Asch who directs from a screenplay by Antonio Macia.
http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSN1824665220071118
Comments:
I hope they have at least one heimishe technical adviser.
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: November 19, 2007 6:55 AM
: November 19, 2007 6:55 AM
This is just a copy of the 2004 original movie called "Maria Full of Grace". It's the same concept, different country. See this link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390221
People should come up with their own ideas
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390221
People should come up with their own ideas
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : November 19, 2007 12:03 PM
: November 19, 2007 12:03 PM
