Ike Gingrich
- 2003
Reinhart Peschke's B-movie horror film Aquanoids concerns a town under siege by a group of amphibians who live underwater. A marine biologist attempts to save the town, but runs into a variety of difficulties. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ike Gingrich, Rhoda Jordan, (more)
- 2001
James Franco, hot off his performance as James Dean in a well-received TV biopic, and before his supporting turn in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, starred in this low-budget indie as Danny, an aimless young prep school student. The story is told in flashback. Danny leaves school and searches for his lover, the mysterious and alluring Darcy (Morgan H. Margolis). After promising to take Danny away with him, Darcy vanished, leaving a lot of unhappy people looking for him. Danny picks up the trail at the home of April (Shawn Montgomery in her first feature role), Darcy's pretty blond ex-girlfriend. Danny arrives just in time to foil April's suicide attempt. She's distraught because Darcy has apparently found someone new and run off. Danny, realizing that he is the new person April has described, doesn't tell her about his relationship with Darcy. The pair are soon joined by Wayne (Mark Patrick Gleason), a shady character -- apparently some kind of low-level mob enforcer -- with his own interest in finding Darcy. As the three search and learn more about the ugly business in which Darcy was involved, they form an unlikely bond. But as sinister forces converge on them, their newfound connection will be tested by life-threatening circumstances. Stefan Woloszczuk's debut feature (as writer, director, and producer) was shown in competition at the 2002 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Franco, Shawn Montgomery, (more)
A boy learns to get by on his wits and comes to depend on the kindness of (relative) strangers in this independent drama. Jimmy (Brendan Fletcher), whose abusive foster father (Ike Gingrich) likes to call him "Jimmy Zip" (that is, "Jimmy Nothing"), is fascinated with fire and sees no good reason to stay at home where he's not wanted. So Jimmy hits the road and ends up in Hollywood, where he hooks up with a pair of fellow runaway teens, Sheila (Adrienne Frantz) and Snake (Zia). While Jimmy's new friends show him the finer points of scraping up a living on the streets, Rick (Chris Mulkey), a pimp and dope dealer, gives Jimmy a job dealing drugs. While on his way home from a drug buy, Jimmy makes the mistake of getting in an argument with Horace (Robert Gossett), a homeless man with Tourette's syndrome who lives in his car. Horace accidentally ends up with Jimmy's jacket, which has $20,000 of Rick's money inside; when Jimmy realizes what happened, he tries to warn Horace before Rick can get to him, but Horace and Jimmy soon take it on the lam with Rick's money. Horace has artistic ambitions, and with Rick's drug money as a stake, he hopes to create some metal sculptures that he can sell for bigger money, allowing him and Jimmy to support themselves after paying back Rick. Jimmy Zip was shown at the 1999 Hollywood Film Festival, where it won a special prize for best film with a budget under one million dollars. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Brendan Fletcher, Ike Gingrich, (more)
