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- Parents and ChildrenUrban Ghetto LifeLife is a BitchFamily RelationsUnderdogDomestic DisturbanceRebelliousnessCity Life more...
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- DramaIndependentCrime
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Zig Zag, 2002
English
USA
Profile of Zig Zag
The mood of Zig Zag is bleak, sincere, and rough. The plot centers around life in an urban ghetto, themes of life is a bitch, and parents and children. It is a drama, independent, and crime movie. In approach, Zig Zag is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a restaurant. It happens in contemporary times. Zig Zag is based on a book.
Summary of Zig Zag
Zigzag is the directorial debut of screenwriter David S. Goyer (Blade, Blade 2). Based on the well-received debut novel by Landon J. Napoleon, the film tells the story of an autistic teenager, Louis "Zigzag" Fletcher (Sam Jones III). Zigzag is a sensitive and thoughtful boy who retreats into his own mind to escape the harshness of his inner-city life, particularly the abuse of his father (Wesley Snipes). His only friend is Singer (John Leguizamo), his compassionate Big Brother, who gives Louis his nickname, and tells the boy he's imbued with special powers. He's trying to get Zigzag removed from his father's home, and also to teach him to survive. Singer has testicular cancer, and is concerned that he won't always be around when the boy needs him. Zigzag works as a dishwasher in a restaurant owned by the Toad (Oliver Platt), an amusingly caustic Southerner. After Zigzag's father demands 200 dollars for rent, the boy sees Toad opening his office safe, and commits the combination to memory. Later, he takes 9,000 dollars from the safe. When he attempts to give his father the rent, his father takes all the money. When Singer finds out what Zigzag has done, he goes to desperate lengths to get the money back, so he can return it to Toad before Zigzag gets into trouble. As Singer's plan goes awry, this brings the pair into contact with a sleazy loan shark (Luke Goss, who was also in Blade 2) and a kindhearted prostitute (Natasha Lyonne). The film's soundtrack was composed by Grant Lee Phillips. Zigzag was shown at the 2002 SXSW Festival.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 10 March 2002 |
| Runtime: | 101 min |
Cast and Crew
as Dave Fletcher
as Dean Singer
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