Laws of Gravity (1992)

Name: Laws of Gravity
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1992-08-26
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Peter Greene, Edie Falco, Adam Trese, Arabella Field, Paul Schulze

Laws of Gravity (1992), directed by Nick Gomez, starring Peter Greene and Edie Falco.

08/26/1992 BR Crime and Drama 1h 38m

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Sooner or later, everything goes down.

Synopsis

The lives of two incompetent young men from Brooklyn spin out of control after a friend returns from Florida with guns to sell.

Jean de SegonzacCinematography
Nick GomezDirector, Screenplay
Tom McArdleEditing
Bob GosseProducer

About the film

Laws of Gravity is a 1992 American crime drama film written and directed by Nick Gomez and starring Peter Greene.

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Laws of Gravity is a 1992 American crime drama film written and directed by Nick Gomez and starring Peter Greene.

Plot

Jimmy and Johnny are two Brooklyn street toughs who never made it into workaday society. Danger is the hit that gets them out of bed. Jimmy owes a loan shark money and Johnny is wanted by the police. Things go further out of control when their old friend Frankie arrives in a stolen car with a trunkload of guns for sale.

Cast

Peter Greene as Jimmy

Edie Falco as Denise

Adam Trese as Jon

Arabella Field as Celia

Paul Schulze as Frankie

Saul Stein as Sal

Tony Fernandez as Tommy

Larry Meistrich as Pete

James Michael McCauley as Kenny (credited as James McCauley)

Rick Groel as Kevin

Anibal O. Lleras as Rey (credited as Anibel Leirras)

John Gallagher as Bobby

David Troup as Sullivan

Miguel Sierra as Vasquez

David Tuttle as Ted

Reception

Vincent Canby give the film a positive review in The New York Times, writing that "Mr. Gomez's narrative is bleak, but it is kept in such tight focus, and dramatized with such intensity, that the effect is spellbinding even when the terrifically accomplished actors, all speaking at once, go sailing cheerfully over the top."

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 7 critics' reviews are positive.

References

External links

Laws of Gravity at IMDb

Laws of Gravity at Rotten Tomatoes

Laws of Gravity at Box Office Mojo

Text from Laws of Gravity (film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_Gravity_(film)

Trivia

The production budget was US$ 38.000.
It premiered on August 26, 1992, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h38 — a typical feature length.
It won 1 award(s) and received 0 nomination(s) on record at Wikidata — Wolfgang Staudte Award among them.
This film's quiz has 13 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.