A Thousand Junkies

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A Thousand Junkies
Directed by Tommy Swerdlow
Written byTommy Swerdlow
T.J. Bowen
Produced byJohn De Menil
Clay Reed
Tommy Swerdlow
Starring
  • Tommy Swerdlow
CinematographyJohn De Menil
Warren Hansen
Edited byAnisha Acharya
Lee Buckley
James Long
Nathaniel Park
Music byBenji Lysaght
Production
company
THI Productions
Distributed byWhitewater Films
Release date
  • April 22, 2017 (2017-04-22)(Tribeca)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Thousand Junkies is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by and starring Tommy Swerdlow. It is Swerdlow's directorial debut. [1]

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Plot

One sunny day in Los Angeles, three heroin junkies, Tommy, T.J. and Blake, try to find some heroin so they can get high. Over the course of the day, with impending and growing withdrawal setting in, each character's backstory is explored to a degree as they embark on a seedy Odyssey and increasingly desperate measures to stave off dope sickness.

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References

  1. Grobar, Matt (28 April 2017). "'A Thousand Junkies' Stars On Rehashing A Painful Period In Their Lives And The AA Meeting Where They Met — Tribeca Studio". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 Scheck, Frank (27 April 2017). "'A Thousand Junkies': Film Review; Tribeca 2017". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 8 August 2017.