Shawn Andrews Movies
Actor Shawn Andrews is perhaps known best for his role as Kevin Pickford, whose plans for a keg party were ultimately shattered by interfering parents, in director Richard Linklater's cult favorite Dazed and Confused. Andrews went on to appear with Matt Dillon in City of Ghosts. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide- 2008
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Inspired by actual events, director Tao Ruspoli's urgent road film follows documentary filmmakers Bella and Milo as they race across Los Angeles on a 12-hour mission to get Milo's brother Leo to rehab before he's given a three-year prison sentence. Beginning at a police station in suburban Calabasas, Bella, Milo, and Leo blast through Beverly Hills, Watts, and everyplace in between as they attempt to raise the 5,000 dollars needed to get Leo into rehab. Ironically, it begins to appear as if cutting a quick but lucrative drug deal may be the best way to ensure that Leo ends up in rehab instead of prison. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Shawn Andrews, Olivia Wilde, (more)
- 2007
A recently paroled prisoner attempts to pick up where he last left off by landing a job at a Los Angeles warehouse and taking care of the pregnant girlfriend he once left behind in director Ben Rodkin's melancholy character study. But while the ageing warehouse foreman (Seymour Cassel) is sympathetic to the young ex-con's plight, things seem to take a turn for the worse when the girl he intended to marry is nowhere to be found. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Shawn Andrews, Seymour Cassel, (more)
Leading man Matt Dillon makes his directorial debut with the crime thriller City of Ghosts. Jimmy (Dillon) is a New York con man fleeing the U.S. for Bangkok in order to avoid an insurance scam investigation. He goes to Cambodia to meet up with his former business partner, Marvin (James Caan), to collect his half of the money. Along the way, he makes friends with local man, Sok (Sereyvuth Kem), and romances Sophie (Natascha McElhone). Also starring Gérard Depardieu and Stellan Skarsgård. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Matt Dillon, Natascha McElhone, (more)
- 1997
A quintet of young, white gangsta wannabes looks for an opportunity to gain entry into the world of organized crime in this urban drama from writer, director, co-producer, and star Derek Dunsay. Following a stint in a juvenile detention facility, Doug (Dunsay) returns to his old haunts in a working class L.A. suburb, which especially include the tattoo parlor where his pals hang out. They include Jerry (Shawn Andrews), who is somewhat mentally unbalanced, the heroin junkie J.J. (Lee Holmes), spineless Steve (Ron Livingstone), and FL (Christopher Meloni), who is somewhat older and wiser than the others. Although only guilty of petty crimes and occasional gang skirmishes, the group wants to take the next step up the ladder of criminal empire-building, and they get their chance in the aftermath of a violent encounter with a group of racist skinheads. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Derek Dunsay, Shawn Andrews, (more)
Like George Lucas' American Graffiti, Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused is an affectionate look at the youth culture of a bygone era. While Lucas took aim at the conservative 1950's, Linklater jumps ahead a generation to the bicentennial year of 1976 to celebrate the joys of beer blasts, pot smoking and Frampton Comes Alive. Set on the last day of the academic year, the film follows the random activities of a sprawling group of Texas high schoolers as they celebrate the arrival of summer, their paths variously intersecting at a freshmen hazing, a local pool parlor and finally at a keg party. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, (more)
