The Opportunists
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Myles Connell
Christopher Walken
Peter Mcdonald
Cyndi Lauper
Vera Farmiga
Donal Logue
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in Sunnyside, Queens, the story of Victor Kelly, a former gangster, who really wants to be a responsible man, earn an honest living, and in so doing, redeem himself for the trouble that his criminal past has brought down on his small fractured family. But Vic's life is turned upside down when a suspicious and uninvited man--declaring himself to be a relative from Ireland--shows up and seduces him back into a life of crime. The family man soon finds himself risking everything for a chance to make one last score.
Director
Myles Connell
Cast
Christopher Walken
Peter Mcdonald
Cyndi Lauper
Vera Farmiga
Donal Logue
José Z·±iga
Tom Noonan
Anne Pitoniak
Olek Krupa
Paul D'amato
Wally Dunn
Patrick Fitzgerald
Chuck Cooper
Claudia Shear
Kate Burton
Jim Mayzie
Jerry Grayson
John Ortiz
Rosalyn Coleman
Brandon Vega
Crew
Laura Ballinger
Nicolas Berry
Kathleen Chopin
Myles Connell
Debbie De Villa
Linette Del Monico
Jonathan Demme
Martin Fink
Stobain Flaherty
David Forrest
Howard Gertler
Becky Glupczynski
Kurt Hoffman
Gina Jarrin
Drew Jiritano
Richard E Johnson
Andy Keir
John S. Lyons
Kasia Walicka Maimone
Daniel Maldonado
Teodoro Maniaci
Susan Norget
Susan Norget
Tim Perell
William Perkins
William Perkins
Ismael Ramirez
Libby Richman
Aida Rodgers
Beau Rogers
Peter Saraf
Edward Saxon
Matthew Schwartz
Amanda Slater
Mia Thoen
Thomas Gregory Varga
David Welch
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for a 2000 Open Palm Award by the Independent Feature Project (IFP).
Expanded Release in United States August 25, 2000
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States August 18, 2000
Released in United States December 1999
Released in United States January 2000
Released in United States June 2000
Released in United States November 1999
Released in United States Summer August 11, 2000
Awarded the Black Lion award at the 1999 Noir Film Festival.
Shown at Florida Film Festival June 8-19, 2000.
Shown at London Film Festival November 3-18, 1999.
Shown at Munich Film Festival June 24 - July 1, 2000.
Shown at Noir Film Festival in Rome, Italy December 3-9, 1999.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 2000.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (American Spectrum) January 20-30, 2000.
Feature directorial debut for Myles Connell.
Began shooting October 12, 1998.
Completed shooting November 23, 1998.
Released in United States 1999 (Awarded the Black Lion award at the 1999 Noir Film Festival.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Munich Film Festival June 24 - July 1, 2000.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 2000.)
Released in United States January 2000 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (American Spectrum) January 20-30, 2000.)
Released in United States June 2000 (Shown at Florida Film Festival June 8-19, 2000.)
Released in United States December 1999 (Shown at Noir Film Festival in Rome, Italy December 3-9, 1999.)
Project was workshopped at the Sundance Institute.
Released in United States Summer August 11, 2000
Released in United States August 18, 2000 (Los Angeles)
Expanded Release in United States August 25, 2000
Released in United States November 1999 (Shown at London Film Festival November 3-18, 1999.)
