Three Holes And A Smoking Gun
WINTER FILM AWARDS 2015 WINNER - BEST ACTOR (JAMES WILDER), NOMINEE - NY PERSPECTIVES AWARD, NOMINEE - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
2014
United States
89 mins
Feature Film Competition
| Hilarion Banks | |
| Sasha Yelaun, Zuher Khan | |
| Zuher Khan, James Wilder, Joaquim De Almeida, Rudolf Martin, Richard Edson |
An ex-Hollywood screenwriter now teaching an evening class in New York finds himself in a battle of wits with a devious screenwriter student. Bobby, the teacher, shows up at his student Jack Ariamehr’s doorstep to confront him – it’s the best screenplay he’s ever read. And Bobby will do anything to get a piece of this last chance at the American dream. However, Jack didn’t even write it. Possessing all the drive in the world, but devoid of talent, Jack ran an ad online, met with a a neophyte screenwriter, schmoozed him… and poisoned him. But not unlike the moral of “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” a film which Bobby references often to his ruthless student, the blockbuster gold that has passed into their grasp will ultimately elude them, as lives are lost and dreams are broken over a thing as simple as a screenplay.
About the Director
Award Winning Cinematographer, Hilarion Banks, is best known for his mix of stark, expressionistic lighting and naturalistic capabilities. His work can be seen in documentaries, narratives, music videos, web series, and commercials, as well as film festivals all over the world. He’s made films on five different continents in six different languages!
Awards
2014 Laughlin International Film Festival – Best U.S Narrative Feature Film
2014 Red Dirt International Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize, Best Lead Actor (James Wilder)
2014 Indian Cine Film Festival – Best Actor (Zuher Khan)
2014 Downtown Film Festival – Best Screenwriter (Scott Fivelson)
