Nicky’s Game

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NICKY’S GAME is a short film, originally developed and produced as an independent television pilot, based on Peter Alson’s New York Times Best Seller "Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie" starring John Ventimiglia ("The Sopranos"), Academy Award nominee Burt Young ("Rocky"), and Alexie Gilmore ("New Amsterdam"). The film was directed by John-Luke Montias ("Bobby G. Can’t Swim") and shot in 16mm on location in New York City during the summer of 2005. It premiered in September 2005 at the inaugural New York Television Festival, and was an official selection in 2006 of the Vail Film Festival and CineVegas International Film Festival before being released on DVD in December 2006.