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Losing Ground (2005 film)

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Losing Ground
Directed byBryan Wizemann
Written byBryan Wizemann
Produced byBryan Wizemann
StarringEileen O'Connell
Kendall
Pigg Matthew Mark Meyer
CinematographyMark Schwartzbard
Edited byBrad Studstrup
Music byTrevor de Clercq
Release date
  • March 20, 2005 (2005-03-20)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Losing Ground is a 2005 independent film directed by Bryan Wizemann adapted from Wizemann's play of the same name. It follows seven people over the course of a single night in a Las Vegas video-poker bar, and their tangled interactions.

The film features the same cast as the stage performance and was filmed using high-definition video at The Gate, a bar in Park Slope.[1] Losing Ground premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival[2] on March 11, 2005, to generally favorable reviews.[3] The film was distributed to a small number of theaters in New York City.[4] It was released on DVD January 26, 2009.

Plot summary

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Cast

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  • Eileen O'Connell
  • Kendall Pigg
  • Matthew Mark Meyer
  • Monique Vukovic
  • Rhonda Keyser
  • John Good
  • Colm Byrne

Stage production

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The play initially ran at Tom Noonan's Paradise Theater from March 29, 2003, to April 13, 2003.[5][6][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Brooklyn Filmmaking Renaissance?", New York Press, January 25, 2006, available here.
  2. ^ a b Erik Childress, "CineVegas '05 Interview ('Losing Ground' Director Bryan Wizemann)", eFilmCritic, March 20, 2005, available here.
  3. ^ DENNIS HARVEY, "Losing Ground", Variety, March 22, 2005, available here.
  4. ^ Prairie Miller, "Losing Ground: Microcosm Of A Greed Culture", WBAI Arts Magazine, available here.
  5. ^ Les Gutman, "A CurtainUp Review: Losing Ground", CurtainUp, available here.
  6. ^ http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/archweb/arch2003_l.php#LOSING_GROUND
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