Lotto Land
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Rubino
Larry Gilliard Jr.
Wendell Holmes
Barbara Gonzalez
Suzanne Costallos
Jaime Tirelli
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Hanks Stokes, a young African-American man from Brooklyn, graduates from high school to a job stocking shelves in a liquor store. Most of his friends, however, have graduated to the instant financial gratification of petty drug dealing. Hank yearns to escape his neighborhood and spends his entire savings on lottery tickets hoping to win the $27 Million Dollar Jackpot. His dad, Milt, doesn't set much of an example--working a brain-numbing job at the phone company and soothing the ache of a ruined marriage and a dead-end career as a musician with his constant companion--a bottle of whiskey. Hank seeks his comfort through Joy, his Latina girlfriend, who has her eyes set on the future. As their romance grows--another begins. Hank's father and Florence, Joy's adoptive mother, struggle to deal with their rapidly changing children. In doing so, they find themselves seeing each other in new ways. Their relationship is warm, cautious, and based on the surprise of mutual respect.
Director
John Rubino
Cast
Larry Gilliard Jr.
Wendell Holmes
Barbara Gonzalez
Suzanne Costallos
Jaime Tirelli
Luis Guzman
Paul Calderon
Crew
Jeffrey Beer
Tom Cross
Carolyn Grifel
Jack Haigis
Carlos Hernandez
Mathew Price
Paola Ridolfi
John Rubino
John Rubino
Michael J Rubino
Rufus Standefer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Awarded the Societe des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques screenwriting award at the 1995 Avignon Franco-American Workshop.
Limited Release in United States September 22, 1995
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States April 19, 1996
Released in United States Fall September 22, 1995
Released in United States March 1995
Released in United States on Video August 6, 1996
Released in United States September 1994
Shown at Contemporary African Diaspora Film Festival November 28 - December 14, 1997.
Shown at Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) in New York City September 18-26, 1994.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 1995.
Shown at South By Southwest (SXSW) Film & Media Conference in Austin, Texas March 10-18, 1995.
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 1995.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Contemporary African Diaspora Film Festival November 28 - December 14, 1997.)
Released in United States March 1995 (Shown at South By Southwest (SXSW) Film & Media Conference in Austin, Texas March 10-18, 1995.)
Released in United States April 19, 1996 (New York City)
Released in United States on Video August 6, 1996
Feature directorial debut for John Rubino.
Released in United States September 1994 (Shown at Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) in New York City September 18-26, 1994.)
Limited Release in United States September 22, 1995
Released in United States Fall September 22, 1995
