Overnight (2003)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Directors:

Tony Montana
Mark Brian Smith

Release Date:

8 July 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

There's More Than One Way To Shoot Yourself

Plot:

A documentary on the rise and stumble of Troy Duffy, the bartender-cum-filmmaker who was swept up by Miramax's Harvey Weinstein to turn his script for The Boondock Saints into a feature film.

Plot Keywords:

Film Industry | Writer Director | Filmmaker | Rise And Fall | Director

Cast

Jeffrey Baxter	...	Himself (as Jeffrey 'Skunk' Baxter)
Emmanuelle Béart	...	Herself (archive footage)
Chris Brinker	...	Himself
Jake Busey	...	Himself
Gordon Clark	...	Himself
Billy Connolly	...	Himself
Jim Crabbe	...	Himself
Willem Dafoe	...	Himself
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Himself
Marie Duffy	...	Herself
Robert Duffy	...	Himself
Tate Duffy	...	Himself
Taylor Duffy	...	Himself
Troy Duffy	...	Himself
Tyson Duffy	...	Himself
Cassian Elwes	...	Himself
Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Himself
Jason Flom	...	Himself
John Goodman	...	Himself
Shaun Hill	...	Herself
Ramses Ishak	...	Himself
Jimi Jackson	...	Himself
Ron Jeremy	...	Himself
Matthew Modine	...	Himself
Tony Montana	...	Himself
Jerry O'Connell	...	Himself
Norman Reedus	...	Himself
Paul Reubens	...	Himself
Joel Roman	...	Himself
Ron Saint Germain	...	Himself (as Ron Saint Germaine)
Daniela Saioni	...	Herself
Mark Brian Smith	...	Himself
Patrick Swayze	...	Himself
Mark Wahlberg	...	Himself
Sharon Waxman	...	Herself
Harvey Weinstein	...	Himself (as Harvey)
John West	...	Himself
Billy Zane	...	Himself
Dave Zerr	...	Himself

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong language, sexual references and some nudity.

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Canada:18A (Ontario) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Boston University - One Sherborn Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Black & White Productions

Trivia:

Troy Duffy has disavowed this documentary, stating that directors Tony Montana and Mark Brian Smith left many things out and "Their anger at me overrode their judgment as filmmakers. That's the tragedy of it. And they stabbed everybody who ever helped them in the back."

Quotes:

Troy Duffy: [about his band's royalties] You do deserve it, but you're not gonna get it.

Movie Connections:

References Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Fascinating documentary #minor spoiler#

In 1997, Troy Duffy was dubbed the next big thing in Hollywood before he even got a movie into production. Eight years later, he still only has one film to his credit. "Overnight" follows Duffy's almost unfathomable fall from grace, in such a way that it is nearly impossible to turn away from the screen, making the viewer constantly wonder what blunder Duffy will make next. What is shocking is not so much that the script for the pretentious though passable film The Boondock Saints generated such enormous hype, but that Duffy was able to take an opportunity that every aspiring filmmaker and/or musician dreams about and not just blow it, but obliterate it.

From the outset, Duffy is established as an aggressive, take charge individual which could have been a great asset for him if he knew where to draw the line. As the documentary progresses, Duffy's hubris comes to the forefront. He fancies himself as a businessman extraordinare and visionary that can't be bothered to listen to anyone else's opinion in any given situation. Brick by brick, he tears apart his potential career, and we get to see it every step of the way. In the end, his boorish behavior led to him being blacklisted from Hollywood, and his band's album sold so poorly that they were released from their recording contract soon after its release. In a final piece of irony Duffy, after making it known that he's smarter than everyone else, failed to secure any backend profit rights for video and DVD sales of Boondock Saints. The film, after barely being released in theaters, went on to produce strong sales in the home video market.