Lawton Paseka Movies
Director Matthew Harrison and star Kevin Corrigan co-wrote this offbeat comedy about a man trying to map out a future in the midst of a very confusing present. Redmond (Corrigan) is a self-styled poet and philosopher who frequently ponders his personal journey of self-discovery, which doesn't leave him much time to hold down a steady job. Needing cash, Redmond agrees to do a favor for his Uncle Sam (James Woods), a small-time scam artist; Sam gives him a bag to deliver to someone at a subway station, neglecting to tell him that he's actually making a cocaine drop. The delivery turns into a gun battle, and Redmond soon finds himself on the run, with gangster Jack (Burt Young) eager to catch up with him. Without an apartment and needing a place to hole up, Redmond persuades his buddy Stretch (Michael Rapaport), a man with a tremendous enthusiasm for his work as a beer distributor, to take him in. As he ponders his next move, Redmond falls into a sudden romance with a beautiful airline attendant, Megan (Linda Fiorentino), while his former girlfriend Happy (Lili Taylor) stays on his tail, and Redmond keeps thinking about the Hindenberg. Martin Scorsese served as executive producer. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kevin Corrigan, Linda Fiorentino, (more)
- 1993
Bowling is not just an affable game, but gives rise to a series of high-stakes competitions that pros and sports companies make a lot of money from. In this low-budget, independent production which is a combination sports drama and noir thriller, Theo (Lawton Paseka), a pro bowler who has been banned from the game (for bonking an opponent on the head with a ball) wants help from his bowling champion father to get reinstated. Despite his hotheaded ways, he is concerned about the ethics of accepting certain kinds of sponsorships, and is disturbed by his father's sweetheart deal with a bowling-alley owner - a man who is not above staging dwarf-bowling matches (matches where dwarves are substituted for bowling balls). He gets involved with the bowling-alley owner's daughter, and the weird stuff she is involved in, but somehow manages to survive and get back into the game. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lawton Paseka, Christie MacFadyen, (more)
- 1990
- R
Featuring plenty of graphic blood and gore, this slasher movie chronicles a hellish hazing that is made even more deadly by the presence of the malevolent ghost of a vengeful hippie who died in a terrible hazing accident two decades before. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
