Bang Bang
TITLE
Bang Bang
DIRECTOR
Vincent Grashaw
COUNTRY
USA
YEAR
2024
DURATION
104′
GENRE
Drama, Comedy
Bang Bang
Retired pugilist Bernard “Bang Bang” Rozyski is inspired to try his hand at training after seeing his estranged grandson, Justin, choke out his community service supervisor in an act of valor. Justin is a reluctant pupil, seemingly pressured into the ring by his reckless grandpa, but eventually warms to the brutality as he and Bang Bang grow closer. While their training brings Bang Bang out of the hole he’s been living in, everyone questions his motivations, including his ex-girlfriend Sharon who was privy to Bang Bang’s meteoric rise in the sport as well as the rivalry with his former opponent, her cousin and Detroit's Mayoral candidate Darnell Washington. As Bang Bang and Justin approach fight day, the question remains: is Bang Bang merely passing down inherited rage, or is there true altruism behind his tutelage?
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Vincent Grashaw
Vincent Grashaw first broke onto the scene as producer of BELLFLOWER, which was one of the most buzzed about films to premiere at Sundance 2011. The film went on to play SXSW and garnered several awards, including two Film Independent Spirit Award nominations; for Best Cinematography and a nom to Grashaw for the John Cassavetes Award. The film was distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories. Vincent then wrote and directed his debut feature, COLDWATER, which premiered at SXSW 2013 and was distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures. Grashaw’s sophomore feature AND THEN I GO, starring Justin Long, Melanie Lynskey, Tony Hale, Carrie Preston and Melonie Diaz premiered at the LA FILM FESTIVAL 2017 and was distributed by The Orchard. The story is an adaption of the acclaimed novel PROJECT X by Jim Shepard. Grashaw’s third feature film at the helm WHAT JOSIAH SAW, starred Robert Patrick, Nick Stahl, Scott Haze, Kelli Garner, Tony Hale, and Jake Weber. It premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival 2021 and holds a 91% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Shudder released the film and it has since been named on several lists as one of the top horror films of the 2022 by Rotten Tomatoes, Letterboxd, and many critics. His fourth film BANG BANG stars Tim Blake Nelson, Glenn Plummer, Kevin Corrigan, Nina Arianda and Daniella Pineda. Tribeca will be it’s World Premiere. Having partnered once again with Randomix Productions, Grashaw just wrapped shooting his fifth film, KEEP QUIET, which stars Lou Diamond Phillips, Nick Stahl, Lane Factor, Irene Bedard and Elisha Pratt
- DirectorVINCENT GRASHAW
- ScreenplayWILL JANOWITZ
- CinematographyPAT ALDINGER
- CastTIM BLAKE NELSON, GLENN PLUMMER, KEVIN CORRIGAN , NINA ARIANDA , ANDREW LINER, ERICA GIMPEL, DANIELLA PINEDA
- EditingVINCENT GRASHAW
- Producer/s RAN NAMERODE, ANGELIA ADZIC, COLE PAYNE, VINCENT GRASHAW, WILL JANOWITZ
- Production CompanyRANDOMIX PRODUCTIONS
- Distributor/s Traverse Media Sales Agent United States All Rights
- Project TitleBang Bang
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion DateApril 2024
- Country of originUSA
- Country of filmingUSA
- LanguageEnglish
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Vincent Grashaw
Vincent Grashaw first broke onto the scene as producer of BELLFLOWER, which was one of the most buzzed about films to premiere at Sundance 2011. The film went on to play SXSW and garnered several awards, including two Film Independent Spirit Award nominations; for Best Cinematography and a nom to Grashaw for the John Cassavetes Award. The film was distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories. Vincent then wrote and directed his debut feature, COLDWATER, which premiered at SXSW 2013 and was distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures. Grashaw’s sophomore feature AND THEN I GO, starring Justin Long, Melanie Lynskey, Tony Hale, Carrie Preston and Melonie Diaz premiered at the LA FILM FESTIVAL 2017 and was distributed by The Orchard. The story is an adaption of the acclaimed novel PROJECT X by Jim Shepard. Grashaw’s third feature film at the helm WHAT JOSIAH SAW, starred Robert Patrick, Nick Stahl, Scott Haze, Kelli Garner, Tony Hale, and Jake Weber. It premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival 2021 and holds a 91% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Shudder released the film and it has since been named on several lists as one of the top horror films of the 2022 by Rotten Tomatoes, Letterboxd, and many critics. His fourth film BANG BANG stars Tim Blake Nelson, Glenn Plummer, Kevin Corrigan, Nina Arianda and Daniella Pineda. Tribeca will be it’s World Premiere. Having partnered once again with Randomix Productions, Grashaw just wrapped shooting his fifth film, KEEP QUIET, which stars Lou Diamond Phillips, Nick Stahl, Lane Factor, Irene Bedard and Elisha Pratt
