A Poor Kid's Guide to Success (2008)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Thomas Dagnino

Writer:

Michael Sidisin Jr. (writer)

Release Date:

2008 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Dream.

Plot:

Michael Maerd is leaving his past and moving to Beverly Hills, home to the rich, talented and successful. Sometimes to achieve a dream, you have to chase it until you lose control.

Plot Keywords:

New Jersey | Sex | Family Relationships | Vocabulary | Cult

Cast

Monika P. Acevedo	...	BBQ Guest
Daniella Alonso	...	Nicole
Gary Barnes	...	BBQ Guest
Steve Berkowitz	...	Mailroom Trainee (as Steve Burke)
Joseph Burke	...	Jay Atmosphere
Jennifer Cambra	...	Receptionist
Cristian Cruz	...	Justin Wynn
Olivia d'Abo	...	Lisa Maerd
Thomas Dagnino	...	Tom Mastro
Yesodra Dagnino	...	Wedding Guest
Thomas Dewier	...	BBQ Guest
David J. Goldberg	...	Sassoon
Gary Gradinger	...	Peter Turner
Georgia Grossman	...	BBQ Guest
Allen Hechter	...	Warehouse Supervisor
Jennifer Hetrick	...	Elizabeth Maerd
Kasi Hogeboom	...	Mailroom Trainee
Brett A. Jones	...	BBQ Guest
Chris Kerner	...	Antonio
Nick Light	...	Jeremy Bradly
Chrissy McAndrew	...	Bride
David McAndrew	...	Groom
Kathleen McCaffrey	...	BBQ Guest
Eric Mellgren	...	Connor Hansen
Robert Myers	...	David Ryne
Idris Osman	...	Angel
Jacob Patrick	...	BBQ Guest
Theodore Pick Jr.	...	Lit
Theodore Pick Sr.	...	Truck Driver
Michael Ray Ponce	...	Escalante
Lee Powers	...	Warehouse Worker
Jennifer Reyes	...	BBQ Guest
Onahoua Rodriguez	...	Brenda
Justin Seiser	...	Mailroom Trainee
Jeff Sells	...	BBQ Guest
Andrew Seltzer	...	Rick
Michael Sidisin Jr.	...	Michael Maerd
Greg Sorelle	...	Mailroom Trainee
Kelly Spieth	...	BBQ Guest
Tramon Thomas	...	Charles Sinclair
Brandon Turley	...	Door Guy
David Uszenski Jr.	...	Best Man
Alex Vanagas	...	BBQ Guest
Tierney Verderami	...	BBQ Guest
Jeff Weiss	...	Alan Splicer
Aaron Wilhelm	...	Mailroom Trainee
Suzie Wilhelm	...	Mailroom Trainee

Also Known As:

Oxygen (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Laurence Harbor, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Michael Sidisin Productions

Trivia:

While filming in Laurence Harbor, NJ, the crew broke into an abandoned house to shoot interiors and later that night, filmed at an actual friend's wedding in progress.

Dream

You really have only one thing in life, and that is your dream. Everything else seems to overwhelm simplistic situation with an over abundance of cluttered madness. This is the realistic aspect of the industry. How the social climbing is dragged into your artistic perception. This movie is for a real average Joe. One of the best Independent films I have seen in a long time. The raw traits and the plot is what makes this tale worth seeing. The main characters in this film are purified down to a morsel of a hope to achieve something, instead of being every other under-paid hard worker in this massive financial burden of a world. With out motion pictures like this one, we would have the same mundane dramatized stories repeating over and over again. It is worth the watch.