Overnight (2004)

Kino International

Daughters of the Dust

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Daughters of the Dust." A film that portrays the unique culture of the Gullah people by focusing on the extended Peazant family as its members struggle with the decision to leave their island and move north. On the eve of their departure, memories of their Gullah history and its African roots come rising to the surface. Winner of Cinematography at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival.

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Rating: R

Release Date: Nov 10, 2004

Running Time: 81 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Jeffrey "Skunk" Baxter, Billy Connolly, Willem Dafoe, Troy Duffy

director: Mark Brian Smith, Tony Montana

Overnight

The rags-to-riches-to-rags story of Troy Duffy, a blue collar Boston twentysomething who struck a dream movie deal with Miramax in 1997 to direct the $15 million project, "Boondock Saints," from his own script. It was a deal that received worldwide attention. But when Miramax 'jumped ship' and put the film in turnaround, Duffy's overnight success soon begun to crash and burn.

PETER RELIC - July 28, 2005

When Miramax honcho Harvey Weinstein buys Troy Duffy's screenplay The Boondock Saints, the young bartender is bound for glory. But this doesn't account for the first-time director's megalomania and lack of people skills. Filmed by Duffy's friends Mark Brian Smith and Tony Montana, this unflinching depiction of a would-be Tarantino turning himself into chopped liver includes an appearance by Mark Wahlberg, initially so smitten with Duffy that he jokes, "I don't know if you should film me blowing…