Casting
In the grip of a spiraling compulsion that threatens to alienate him from his family, a businessman, Ken, encounters a young gambler, Pete, on an LA City bus who could save or destroy him in the City of Commerce
Casting
Tinseltown has its movers and shakers, but they all first started somewhere as The Assistants in Hollywood. The Assistants is a new movie opening December 3. It's a story about a group of Hollywood assistants who use their positions to lie, con, and blackmail their way into producing their own movie. Though it's funny, certainly, there's also great truth in it. In the film, all these twentysomethings - wannabe actors, writers, directors, craftsmen, etc. - yearn, dream, hope and pray to one day be a success in the film business like those they work for and see all around them. Be careful what you wish for - particularly in Hollywood.
Producer
Tinseltown has its movers and shakers, but they all first started somewhere as The Assistants in Hollywood. The Assistants is a new movie opening December 3. It's a story about a group of Hollywood assistants who use their positions to lie, con, and blackmail their way into producing their own movie. Though it's funny, certainly, there's also great truth in it. In the film, all these twentysomethings - wannabe actors, writers, directors, craftsmen, etc. - yearn, dream, hope and pray to one day be a success in the film business like those they work for and see all around them. Be careful what you wish for - particularly in Hollywood.
Casting
A desperate young writer is lured on a wild ride through the desert by a mysterious woman in this darkly comic take on the all-American road trip. Along the way they cross paths with a hapless mobster, a 6 foot transvestite and a lovesick housewife, all on the way to their celebrity TV shrink in Las Vegas... Things quickly spiral out of control into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game... a writer's frantic search for inspiration becomes intertwined with a motley crew of quirky characters seeking love and adventure at any cost.
First Assistant Accountant
Jake Vig (Edward Burns) es un avispado y elegante timador que acaba de estafar, con la ayuda de su equipo, miles de dólares al incauto Lionel Dolby. Sus colaboradores son Gordo (Paul Giamatti), Shills Miles (Brian Van Holt), Big Al y dos agentes corruptos del Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles, Lloyd Whitworth (Donal Logue) y Omar Manzano (Luis Guzmán). Cuando Jake descubre que Lionel es el contable del excéntrico jefe del hampa Winston King (Dustin Hoffman), decide devolverle el dinero al gángster. Inmediatamente después, organiza el mayor golpe de su vida: la víctima será Morgan Gillette, un banquero muy bien relacionado con el crimen organizado. Pero a Jake le falta una pieza para completar el equipo: la atrevida carterista Lily (Rachel Weisz), cuya misión será llevar a cabo un complejo plan que incluye créditos a empresas, contabilidad creativa, transferencias bancarias y cuentas en el extranjero.
