Overnight

Overnight is a 2003 documentary by Tony Montana and Mark Brian Smith. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality The film details the rise and fall of filmmaker and musician Troy Duffy. Troy Duffy (born June 8, 1971 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American director, Screenwriter and Musician

Tagline: There's more than one way to shoot yourself.

Plot

Overnight is the story of Troy Duffy, a Los Angeles bartender who is also a musician in a band called "The Brood" (along with his brother Taylor), and an aspiring screenwriter. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

At the beginning of the film, Troy is riding high: his script (The Boondock Saints) has just been picked up by Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein for $300,000. The Boondock Saints is a 1999 action Crime drama film written and directed by Troy Duffy. Harvey Weinstein, CBE (Hon (born March 19, 1952) is an American Film producer and movie studio chairman In addition, Duffy will direct the film (with a budget of $15 million), his band will produce the soundtrack and get a recording contract from Maverick Records, and Weinstein will buy the bar Duffy works in, and hire Duffy to run it. Maverick Recording Company, is an American Record label and the record company division of entertainment company Maverick.

The deal, however, quickly turns sour. Miramax puts the film in turnaround, conference calls are refused, and soon Duffy is without any contract at all. The film is eventually made (for less than half its original budget), and becomes a cult hit on DVD, though Duffy receives no money from its video release. The Brood (then renamed to The Boondock Saints) releases its album, which sells only 690 copies.

Duffy is presented as a victim of his own ego, and as the film progresses he becomes increasingly abusive to his friends, relatives and business partners. According to co-director Montana, "Troy seemed to revel in the attention of Hollywood's lights and our cameras. Only three times during the production did he ask not to be filmed. It was on those occasions that he threatened us. "

External links

• Overnight at the Internet Movie Database
• The Boondock Saints at the Internet Movie Database
• Roger Ebert's 2004 review