''Poor Boy'' is a 2016 American
Western film directed by
Robert Scott Wildes
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and written by Logan Antill. The film stars
Lou Taylor Pucci and
Dov Tiefenbach.
Plot summary
Romeo and Samson Griggs are two brothers who live in the desert. Left at birth in the will of fate, and growing up without any purpose in life, these brainless young men, survive by gambling and hustling. When a mysterious woman threatens to repo their much beloved houseboat, Prickface and Poor Boy, as they are nicknamed by the locals, cook up the biggest theft yet. With the goal of making enough money for moving to
California, the brothers are planning to leave behind their miserable lives once for all.
Cast
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Lou Taylor Pucci as Romeo Griggs
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Dov Tiefenbach as Samson Griggs
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* Felix Healy (Patrick Joseph Healy, born 1955), former Northern Irish football player and manager
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as Vern Rickey
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Justin Chatwin
Justin Chatwin (born October 31, 1982) is a Canadian actor. He began his career in 2001 with a brief appearance in the musical comedy ''Josie and the Pussycats''. Following his breakthrough role as Robbie Ferrier in the blockbuster ''War of the ...
as Jackie Clean
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Andy Bean
Thomas Andrew Bean (born March 13, 1953) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.
Bean has won numerous tournaments at both the amateur and professional level. Bean won 11 PGA Tour victories, includi ...
as Drime
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Amanda Crew
Amanda Catherine Crew (born June 5, 1986) is a Canadian actress. Following her film debut in ''Final Destination 3'' (2006), she had lead roles as Felicia Alpine in ''Sex Drive (film), Sex Drive'' (2008) and Tess Carroll in ''Charlie St. Cloud (f ...
as Charlene Rox
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Jon Foster as Roscoe Joe
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Michael Shannon as Blayde Griggs
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Amy Ferguson as Cynthia Ravenblanket
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Dale Dickey as Deb Chilson
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Eszter Balint
Eszter Balint (born 7 July 1966) is a Hungarian-American singer, songwriter, violinist, and actress.
Biography
Eszter Balint was born in Budapest, Hungary, to Marianne Kollar and Stephan Balint. She was living with the avant-garde Squat Theatre ...
as Missus Waxman
Production
In March 2015,
Lou Taylor Pucci announced that he will star in the film, with Robert Scott Wildes directing from a screenplay he wrote with Logan Antill, Kristin Mann serving as producer.
Principal photography began on May 6, 2015 in
Las Vegas, and concluded on June 1, 2015, with a total of 20 days of shooting.
Release
Poor Boy had its world premiere at the
Tribeca Film Festival on April 17, 2016.
Indican Pictures
Indican Pictures is an American entertainment company and film distributor.
The company was founded by Randolph Kret and Shaun Hill.
Indican Pictures has distributed such films as ''The Boondock Saints'', ''A Green Story'', ''The Girl Next Door' ...
acquired the domestic distribution rights and released the film on July 13, 2018, in
select theaters and through
video on demand.
References
External links
2016 films
2016 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
Neo-Western films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films
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