Directed by:
Buddy GiovinazzoScreenplay:
Buddy GiovinazzoCinematography:
Claudia RaschkeComposer:
Rick GiovinazzoCast:
Tim Roth, James Russo, Deborah Kara Unger, Catherine Kellner, Joseph Ragno, Saul Stein, Bernadette Penotti, Gareth Williams, Shawn Hatosy, Frank John Hughes (more)Plots(1)
Fans of hard-hitting genre cinema were eager to see what Buddy Giovinazzo could do with a budget after his blistering backyard debut Combat Shock emerged from the underground in the late ’80s. No Way Home was still an indie, but it was a major step up the production ladder and boasted a trio of prime emerging acting talents of the era: Tim Roth, James Russo and Deborah Kara Unger, fresh off Reservoir Dogs, My Own Private Idaho and Crash (yes, that one) respectively. Set again in the grimmest side streets of Staten Island, Roth plays Joey, who upon his release from a brutal stretch in prison, looks to his dodgy brother Tommy for a place to crash for a few days, despite the protestations of the latter's wife Lorraine. Joey's efforts to stick to the straight and narrow soon clash with Tommy's plans and, as anyone familiar with Buddy G's work knows, things are only going to get darker and more vicious with each bad decision made. (Fantasia International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Tim Roth
UK
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
James Russo
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Deborah Kara Unger
Canada
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
Payback: Straight Up (2006)
Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
Catherine Kellner
USA
Best movies:
Dedication (2007)
Spring Forward (1999)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Joseph Ragno
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Brother (2000)
Law and Disorder (1974)
Saul Stein
Best movies:
Two Family House (2000)
He Got Game (1998)
New Jersey Drive (1995)
Bernadette Penotti
Best movies:
The Wrestler (2008)
Regarding Henry (1991)
No Way Home (1996)
Gareth Williams
Best movies:
Keith (2008)
Digging to China (1998)
Malcolm X (1992)
Shawn Hatosy
USA
Best movies:
Soldier's Girl (2003) (TV movie)
Niagara, Niagara (1997)
Public Enemies (2009)
Frank John Hughes
USA
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Bad Boys (1995)
Angel's Dance (1999)
Carmine Giovinazzo
USA
Best movies:
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Columbo (1971) (series)
For Love of the Game (1999)
Buddy Giovinazzo
USA
Best movies:
Combat Shock (1984)
No Way Home (1996)
Gennadiy Vengerov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Deja vu (1990)
Manta - Der Film (1991)
Arved Birnbaum
East Germany
Best movies:
Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (2006) (TV movie)
Die Ermittler: Nur für den Dienstgebrauch (2016) (TV movie)
Emma's Bliss (2006)
Larry Romano
USA
Best movies:
Sleepers (1996)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Michael Cambridge
Best movies:
State of Grace (1990)
No Way Home (1996)
The Dark End of the Street (1981)
Huckleberry Fox
Best movies:
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Misunderstood (1984)
No Way Home (1996)
Billy Malone
Best movies:
Sleepers (1996)
Wannabes (2000)
No Way Home (1996)
Heather Gottlieb
Best movies:
No Way Home (1996)