All Square (2018)

Name: All Square
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2018-10-12
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Michael Kelly, Jesse Ray Sheps, Pamela Adlon, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Tom Everett Scott

All Square (2018), directed by John Hyams, starring Michael Kelly and Jesse Ray Sheps.

10/12/2018 BR Comedy and Drama 1h 34m

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Synopsis

A down-on-his-luck bookie befriends an ex-girlfriend’s son and gets the bright idea to take bets on his youth league baseball games; only to realize he’s killed what’s pure about the sport as the games turn ugly when money is on the line.

Yaron LevyCinematography
John HyamsDirector
Neil FazzariEditing
Ben CornwellProducer

About the film

All Square is a 2018 American drama film directed by John Hyams. It stars Michael Kelly, Jesse Ray Sheps, Pamela Adlon. The film won the 2018 Best Narrative Film Award at the SXSW Film Festival.

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All Square is a 2018 American drama film directed by John Hyams. It stars Michael Kelly, Jesse Ray Sheps, Pamela Adlon. The film won the 2018 Best Narrative Film Award at the SXSW Film Festival.

Plot

John "Zibs" Zbikowski is a down-on-his-luck, small-town bookie. He abandoned a promising baseball career in his youth to care for his ailing father Bob, whose life fell apart after a fatal DUI. Zibs inherited Bob's sportsbook, but has difficulty collecting on debts from the locals, often stealing from their houses as collateral. After a one-night stand with his high school ex-girlfriend Debbie, Zibs ends up babysitting her 12-year old son Brian the next day. Zibs reluctantly accepts Brian's invitation to his baseball game, and is inspired to start taking bets on the local Youth League.

The scheme is immediately lucrative for Zibs, though it results in bad behavior from the coaches and parents at games. Zibs starts spending more time with Brian as well, teaching him to pitch. He also introduces Brian to drinking, gambling, and fighting, and has him act as a lookout during home robberies. Debbie becomes wary of Zibs's influence on her son. With the success of the Youth League sports book, Zibs all but abandons his day job as a sheet rock installer, alienating his friend and colleague Scotty. Meanwhile, Matt "Smitty" Smith, the Little League commissioner who is running for public office, catches onto Zibs' new sports book scheme and tries to blackmail him into shutting it down. Zibs learns from Brian that Smitty is cheating on his wife with Debbie, and leverages this information to keep Smitty quiet.

Brian becomes disillusioned with Zibs's scheme after seeing the increasingly hostile behavior of the Youth League parents. He deliberately throws a huge game, nearly causing a riot to break out on the baseball field. Smitty cancels the rest of the season and Zibs's clients turn on him. After Zibs and Brian have a falling out, Brian breaks into his estranged father Hooper's house, and Hooper puts him in the hospital. Zibs seeks revenge on Hooper, but Bob talks him out of taking action, revealing that his "DUI" was actually the deliberate murder of a man sleeping with his wife. Zibs reconciles with Brian and abandons the Youth League sports book, but admits his behavior is unlikely to change otherwise.

Cast

Michael Kelly as John Zbikowski

Jesse Ray Sheps as Brian

Pamela Adlon as Debbie

Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Scotty

Tom Everett Scott as Adam

Yeardley Smith as Beaches

Harris Yulin as Bob

Josh Lucas as Matt Smith

Five Novogratz

Production

The movie was initially written to be set in Wilmington, Delaware. At Kelly's request, the setting was moved to Dundalk, Maryland so crew members from House of Cards could work on the film.

Release

The film was released on 12 October 2018 in the United States.

References

External links

All Square at IMDb

Text from All Square on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Square

Trivia

The production budget was US$ 750.000.
It premiered on October 12, 2018, a Friday.
It runs 1h34 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosMill House Motion Pictures, Paperclip, Vertical
CountriesUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
BudgetUS$ 750,000
StatusReleased

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Crew

Yaron Levy Cinematography
John Hyams Director
Neil Fazzari Editing
Ben Cornwell Producer
Jonathan Rosenthal Producer
Jordan Foley Producer
Michael Kelly Producer
Yeardley Smith Producer
Timothy Brady Writer

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What is All Square about?

All Square: A down-on-his-luck bookie befriends an ex-girlfriend’s son and gets the bright idea to take bets on his youth league baseball games; only to realize he’s killed what’s pure about the sport as the games turn ugly when money is on the line.

Who directed All Square?

All Square was directed by John Hyams in 2018.

Who stars in All Square?

The cast of All Square includes Michael Kelly, Jesse Ray Sheps, Pamela Adlon, Isiah Whitlock Jr. and Tom Everett Scott.

How long is All Square?

All Square runs for 94 minutes, or 1h34.