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| Born | June 8, 1971  Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Years active | 1999-Present |
Troy Duffy (born June 8, 1971 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American director, screenwriter and musician. Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Duffy became a known personality in Hollywood after starting and effectively ending his career as both a film maker and musician over a period of roughly three years.
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Movie career
Duffy moved to Los Angeles in his twenties to pursue a music career with his band, The Brood. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West While seeking gigs, he worked at a bar where he wrote the script for the motion picture The Boondock Saints during his break periods. The Boondock Saints is a 1999 action Crime drama film written and directed by Troy Duffy. [1] The script featured two brothers in Boston dedicated to killing Mafia thugs. He successfully marketed the film to Harvey Weinstein of Miramax Films, who bought the screenplay for US$300,000 intending to film the movie on a $15,000,000 budget. Harvey Weinstein, CBE (Hon (born March 19, 1952) is an American Film producer and movie studio chairman The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been However, they dropped the project, leaving Duffy without prospects. [2]
Still believing himself a hot commodity, Duffy convinced agents at the William Morris Agency to help him market the film to other studios, and it was eventually picked up by a small company who offered to produce the film for less than half of Miramax's original budget. William Morris Agency, founded in 1898 as a Vaudeville booking broker is a Hollywood Talent agency that represents many well-known performers and Desperate to get the project rolling and convinced that it would eventually prove a major success, thus giving him an upper hand over the people who previously panned him, Duffy took the deal, shooting the film over several weeks on location. After shooting, the film was "shopped" at the Cannes film festival in the hopes of finding a distributor. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice,
After months of sitting on the shelf, the film was picked up by a small studio for theatrical release - it was shown in five theaters in the United States for a period of only seven days. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Duffy's infamy was cemented in the documentary Overnight, which he initially authorized and endorsed. Overnight is a 2003 documentary by Tony Montana and Mark Brian Smith. His story is also featured in an episode of E!'s Boulevard of Broken Dreams. E! Entertainment Television (or simply E!) is an American Cable television and Direct broadcast satellite network Boulevard of Broken Dreams is a documentary series on the E! television network
Through word of mouth, The Boondock Saints DVD grossed over $6,000,000 in sales, of which Duffy received nothing due to the structure of the contract he signed with the distribution company.
He is currently pursuing a sequel to The Boondock Saints. The Boondock Saints is a 1999 action Crime drama film written and directed by Troy Duffy.
Music career
The controversy originally surrounding the film and the fact that Duffy's band would be producing its soundtrack created a small but significant interest in the group, which had previously been ignored. The band consisted of Duffy, his brother Taylor, and two friends, Gordon "Gordie" Clark, and Jimi Jackson. The members frequented several North Hollywood taverns and were appropriately featured in the bar scene of the movie The Boondock Saints. North Hollywood is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles California.
After several failed attempts to secure a record contract, the band finally won a deal with a subsidiary of Atlantic Records, who produced their first album (released as The Boondock Saints). Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock After nearly a year on the market, the album sold fewer than 700 copies, and the label dropped the band. The band members are also featured in the documentary Overnight, being subjected to verbal abuse by Duffy.
See also
Overnight: A 2003 documentary which mainly focuses on the perspective that Troy Duffy "fell" in Hollywood. Overnight is a 2003 documentary by Tony Montana and Mark Brian Smith.
Notes
- ^ Troy Duffy Interview by Troy Rogers. Retrieved on 2007-09-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September
- ^ Jones, J. R. . Flipping the Script. Chicago Reader. Retrieved on 2007-09-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September
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