Rusty Gray Movies
A young man struggles to hold his family together while keeping his own life on track in this independent drama. P.J. Lee (Thomas Guiry) is a teenager growing up in a decaying industrial town in Illinois. Few kids have it easy where P.J.'s from, but he has it harder than most -- his parents split up several years ago, and P.J.'s father, Carl (John Heard), is in jail on vehicular manslaughter charges he's not likely to shake. P.J.'s big brother, Ben (Clayne Crawford), is married and has a life of his own, through his fondness for booze and other women suggests he's following the same sorry path as his dad. P.J.'s mother, Marianne (Laurie Metcalf), is remarried to a police officer, Randall (James McDaniel), and they have little to offer him other than a chance to join the police academy. When P.J. loses his job as a busboy, he finds he can no longer pay the rent on his house, and has a falling out with his girlfriend, Amy (America Ferrera), who works at the same diner. With nowhere else to go, P.J. moves in with his uncle Vic (Raymond J. Barry), but he soon begins to buckle under Vic's "straighten up and fly right" attitude. The first feature film from writer and director Brian Jun, Steel City was enthusiastically received during its premiere screening at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Heard, Tom Guiry, (more)
A chance meeting between strangers has dangerous consequences in this independent thriller. Anthony (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) is an entertainment agent who is driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas to attend a wedding. Anthony picks up a hitchhiker along the way, Ernie (Rusty Gray), and the two strike up a friendly conversation. But as they become comfortable with one another, one of the men reveals more about himself than he intends, and he soon realizes the possible danger if the information falls into the wrong hands, leading them down a dark road into violence. 30 Miles was the first feature film from director Ryan Harper. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, Rusty Gray, (more)
- 2000
Maura Tierney graduates from recurring actor to series regular in the role of OB nurse Abby Lockhart, who begins her first ER rotation during an outbreak of the flu. Elizabeth Corday (Alex Kingston) is less than enthused when her highly judgmental mother breezes into town. Benton (Eriq La Salle) and Romano (Paul McCrane) verbally duke it out over a tricky case. Carter (Noah Wyle) tries to aid a youngster afflicted with muscular dystrophy. And the evening yields two cases of illegal injections: One by the mother of a patient, the other by a patient himself. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
