29 Palms (film)

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29 Palms
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Directed byLeonardo Ricagni
Written by Tino Lucente
Produced by Bryan Lord, J. Todd Harris, Michael Rapaport
Starring Jeremy Davies
Rachael Leigh Cook
Michael Lerner
Litefoot
Russell Means
Chris O'Donnell
Michael Rapaport
Jon Polito
Cinematography Horacio Maira
Edited by Paula Halton
Music by Mario Grigorov
Distributed by Artisan Entertainment
Release dates
  • July 29, 2002 (2002-07-29)(Germany)
  • August 19, 2003 (2003-08-19)(United States)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

29 Palms is a 2002 crime thriller film directed by Leonardo Ricagni and starring Jeremy Davies, Rachael Leigh Cook, Michael Lerner, Litefoot, Russell Means, Chris O'Donnell, Keith David, Michael Rapaport and Jon Polito. The film is about a bag of money that affects the characters who possess it, and its varied contents, as it passes from one to another. [1]

In 2002 Eagle Pictures released the film under the Italian title La Grande Sfida (The Great Challenge) on DVD. [2]

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References

  1. Matthew Tobey (2014). "29 Palms". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  2. La Grande Sfida. OCLC   799551513 via Worldcat.org.