Seeds of Tragedy (1991)
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Sarah Pillsbury and Midge Sanford, the producing team responsible for the theatrical-movie "sleeper" The River's Edge, were the mentors of the made-for-TV Seeds of Tragedy. Filmed in semi-documentary fashion, the story involves a single cache of cocaine, from creation to consumption. The coca leaves are initially harvested by poor farmers in the Peruvian Andes. The coca moves forward to a small-time Amazon trader; then it is powdered under the supervision of a Colombian gangster, and finally it winds up on the mean streets of LA. Partially filmed in Mexico with a cast of relative unknowns, Seeds of Tragedy was an unusually potent entry in the Fox Network's "Monday Night Movie" series. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Martin Donovan
Synopsis of Seeds of Tragedy
Sarah Pillsbury and Midge Sanford, the producing team responsible for the theatrical-movie "sleeper" The River's Edge, were the mentors of the made-for-TV Seeds of Tragedy. Filmed in semi-documentary fashion, the story involves a single cache of cocaine, from creation to consumption. The coca leaves are initially harvested by poor farmers in the Peruvian Andes. The coca moves forward to a small-time Amazon trader; then it is powdered under the supervision of a Colombian gangster, and finally it winds up on the mean streets of LA. Partially filmed in Mexico with a cast of relative unknowns, Seeds of Tragedy was an unusually potent entry in the Fox Network's "Monday Night Movie" series. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Seeds of Tragedy
- Stephen Black - Russ
- Chao Li Chi - Dishwasher
- Miguel Fernandes
- Gloria Hendry - Mother
- Jeff Kaake - Coggins
- Conor O'Farrell - Paul
- Guillermo Rios
- Larenz Tate
- Alexandra Vicencio - Maria
- Norbert Weisser - Gunter
- Juan Ignacio Aranda
- Honorato Magaloni - Alvaro
- Michael Rider - Cop
- Alberto Estrella - Guerilla Leader
- Lahmard J. Tate
- Sarah Buxton - Amy
- David DeLuise - Customer
- Terry Finn - Margie
- Adam Jeffries - Six Pack
- Page Moseley
- Sally Prager - Heather
- Ray Sharkey - Texan #1
- Jacob Vargas - Cholo #2
- Tom Virtue - Policeman
- Barbara Whinnery - Alex
- Ignacio Guadalupe - Young Soldier
- Roberto Sosa Martinez
- Eddie Frias - Sandman
- Harry Johnson
- Director(s):
- Martin Donovan
- Writer(s):
- Alex Lasker
- Producer(s):
- Robert Engelman
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