Pawn Shop Chronicles
| Pawn Shop Chronicles | |
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 Theatrical & On-Demand release poster | |
| Directed by | Wayne Kramer |
| Produced by |
Jordan Schur Paul Walker David Mimran Nick Thurlow |
| Screenplay by | Adam Minarovich |
| Starring | |
| Music by | The Newton Brothers |
| Cinematography | Jim Whitaker |
| Edited by | Sarah Boyd |
Production company |
Anchor Bay Films Mimran Schur Pictures |
| Distributed by | Anchor Bay Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $8,088[1] |
Pawn Shop Chronicles is a 2013 crime comedy film directed by Wayne Kramer and written by Adam Minarovich. The film stars an ensemble cast, led by Paul Walker, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Vincent D'Onofrio, Norman Reedus, and Chi McBride. Centering on the events in and around a pawn shop, Pawn Shop Chronicles tells three overlapping stories involving items found within said pawn shop.
The film received a limited theatrical release in July 2013.[1][2]
Plot
A honeymooning couple enters a pawn shop wherein the man finds his missing first wife's wedding ring, which causes him to begin searching the town for his kidnapped wife, two white supremacists plot to rob their meth supplier, and a struggling Elvis impersonator comes into town for a low-paying fairground show.
Cast
- Paul Walker as Raw Dog
- Matt Dillon as Richard
- Brendan Fraser as Ricky
- Kevin Rankin as Randy
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Alton
- Norman Reedus as Stanley
- Chi McBride as Johnson
- Elijah Wood as Johnny Shaw
- DJ Qualls as JJ
- Pell James as Cyndi
- Lukas Haas as Vernon
- Sam Hennings as Virgil
- Ashlee Simpson as Theresa
- Michael Cudlitz as Ben
- Thomas Jane as The Man
- Mark Povinelli as Harry
Production
The movie was filmed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in June 2012. The film's carnival scene was filmed at William and Lee Park in Port Allen, Louisiana.[3][4]
Critical reception
The film received largely negative reviews; based on 17 reviews, it currently holds a 12% "Rotten" designation on film review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.[5]
Writing for The New York Times, film critic Stephen Holden said of the film, "Hee Haw meets Pulp Fiction at the meth lab: That describes the style of Pawn Shop Chronicles, a hillbilly grindhouse yawp of a movie that belches in your face and leaves a sour stink."[6]
The film was reviewed favorably by JoBlo.com. For the site, reviewer JimmyO wrote, "Pawn Shop Chronicles is a wildly bizarre and politically incorrect mix of b-movie genres wrapped into one. Kramer – with the script by Minarovich – amps up the action and violence without pushing it too far – well at least for my personally warped taste."[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
- ↑ Foundas, Scott (July 12, 2013). "Film Review: ‘Pawn Shop Chronicles’". Variety. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ↑ Fleming, Jr., Mike (June 4, 2012). "Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Elijah Wood, Vincent D’Onofrio Join Wayne Kramer’s ‘Pawn Shop Chronicles’". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
- ↑ Chawla, Kiran (June 26, 2012). ""Pawn Shop Chronicles" takes center stage in Port Allen". WAFB.com. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Pawn Shop Chronicles at Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (July 11, 2013). "A Simple Swap or Sale? Not Here ‘Pawn Shop Chronicles’ Yields Twisted Tales". The New York Times. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
- ↑ JimmyO (July 8, 2013). "Review: Pawn Shop Chronicles". JoBlo.com. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
External links
- Pawn Shop Chronicles at the Internet Movie Database
- Pawn Shop Chronicles at Box Office Mojo
- Pawn Shop Chronicles at Rotten Tomatoes
- Pawn Shop Chronicles at Metacritic
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