Fifty Pills

Fifty Pills (also known as 50 Pills) is the debut feature film of director Theo Avgerinos, which premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.

Fifty Pills
DVD cover
Directed byTheo Avgerinos
Produced byMatthew Pernicaro
Jake Demaray
Kevin Mann
Written byMatthew Pernicaro
StarringLou Taylor Pucci
Kristen Bell
John Hensley
Nora Zehetner
Michael Peña
Diora Baird
Jane Lynch
Monica Keena
Eddie Kaye Thomas
Music byDavid Manning
CinematographyHarris Charalambous
Edited byAdam B. Stein
Distributed byPalmStar Entertainment
Release date
  • April 26, 2006 (2006-04-26) (Tribeca)
  • February 20, 2007 (2007-02-20) (United States)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$250,000[1]

Plot

After being blamed for a party which he didn't throw or have any knowledge of, that resulted in many damages, young Darren (Lou Taylor Pucci) loses his scholarship. Being from a lower-middle-class family he will not have enough money to pay for college next semester without his scholarship. His roommate, Coleman (John Hensley), who actually threw the party, sympathizes with Darren and gives him a stash of fifty ecstasy pills. If he sells the pills he would have enough money to stay in school.

Darren sells to many weirdos, including a dominatrix who wants the pills so her "pets" can be numb when she has sex with them. When he visits his girlfriend, her roommate sets Darren up with a connection. The brother of this roommate, a seemingly mentally-challenged and over-zealous white-collar employee named Ralphie (Eddie Kaye Thomas), is obsessed with Diff'rent Strokes. He makes Darren watch four hours of the show, but Darren leaves. Upon leaving he is harassed by a drug dealer known as The Seoul Man (Ron Yuan), who almost kills him. Once again his luck turns sour when his girlfriend finds out that he is selling drugs and breaks off with him.

Coleman owes money to a drug dealer, so a group of three armed thugs are sent to extract the money from him at his dorm. Not having the money, he says he will call Darren and they can take whatever pills he has left as collateral. Darren comes back to the dorm, and gives the pills to the thugs, who leave. The next day, Darren feels defeated, but discovers that Coleman paid his tuition in full and is leaving the college. Reinvigorated, Darren begins dating Gracie and the movie ends with the two sitting on a bench with Darren taking a picture on his phone, saying that Gracie is about to make his parents very happy.

Cast

Release and reception

Fifty Pills premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, 2006.[2]

References
  1. "Zoe Business Plan" (PDF). Mojoflo Productions. 2007-12-19. p. 8. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. "50 Pills (2006) : Release Info". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
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