The Wannabe

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The Wannabe
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Directed by Nick Sandow
Written byNick Sandow
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBrett Pawlak
Edited byMelody London
Music by Nathan Larson
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Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$272 [1]

The Wannabe is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Nick Sandow, with Martin Scorsese as an executive producer, and starring Patricia Arquette, David Zayas, Domenick Lombardozzi, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Piazza and Nick Sandow. It was released on December 4, 2015, by Orion Pictures and Momentum Pictures.

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Cast

Production

Nick Sandow was inspired to write the film after reading about Thomas and Rosemarie Uva, a New York City couple who were murdered on Christmas Eve 1992 by the New York mafia after they had robbed several mafia social clubs over the prior few months. After Sandow worked with his Boardwalk Empire co-star Vincent Piazza on the script, the pair sent the script to Boardwalk Empire executive producer Martin Scorsese. Sandow told Creative Screenwriting, "When we felt comfortable about the script, we thought about trying to get it to Marty. He sent it to him with a bottle of wine before the holidays. We didn't have expectations, but after the holidays they were having a table read for the first episode of the next season of Boardwalk Empire and Marty came up to him and said he loved The Wannabe." [2] Scorsese agreed to serve as executive producer of the film.

Release

The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 17, 2015. [3] On May 18, 2015, Entertainment One Films acquired the film. [4] It was released on December 4, 2015, by Entertainment One Films. [5]

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a "Rotten" 38% rating based on eight reviews, with an average rating of 3.5/10. [6] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 49 out of 100, based on seven critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [7]

Ronnie Scheib of Variety called the film a "conventional mob drama" but praised the performances. [8]

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