“Stick Up Kids” Film Shoot in Harlem
Whilst on my walk home I stooped upon a movie shoot taking place on 142nd St and Lenox. After asking around and getting no answers I took a peak at the film permit. It was for a production called “Stick-Up Kids”. Being a cinephile and not having heard about this fill at all I decided to delve further. It is being directed by James Hawthorne who seems to have had a small role in just about every popular TV series from the last decade including “NYPD Blue”, “Stargate SG-1″, and “Charmed”. He’s also been in a number of films. “Stick Up Kids” comes on the heels of another film he was involved with called “The System Within” (also the name of the production company behind the current shoot), a straight-to-dvd film about an famous international model, Tony “Wise” Good, who came out from the streets only be inmersed into another ugly world rife with corporate corruption. The film has an interesting array of familiar faces including actress Kim Porter, rapper Chingy, and Taimak (which you might remember as Leroy from “Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon”). Black News Magazine offers more details regarding “The System Within”.
Regarding “Stick Up Kids” I have not found any sort of synopsis for film yet so your guess is as good as mine. However, I managed to come across a September casting call for the film. The list of characters alone seems to make for a very interesting story:
Seeking…
‘HANDS’ :Urban Black Male, Late 20’s, muscular build, head strong,
gambler.
SONYA :Urban Black Female, early 30’s very attractive, hot headed,
witty, great sense of humor.
PENNELL :Urban Black Male, early 30’s impulsive,
intellectual, romantic, and will be paraplegic for most of film.
BASH :Urban Black Male, early 20’s. Santos younger brother, Highly Intelligent pre-medstudent.
NOBLE: Ethnic black male 40-50’s Historian, Bookstore owner.
CHRISTY: Puerto Rican street girl; mid 20’s; taking care of her two children.
EAST INDIAN: Ethnic middle-eastern male 30-40’s convenience store owner.
LEVINE: Wealthy white male, 40-50’s slumlord, real estate developer, underhanded, conniving.
LISA: Wealthy White female mid 20’s, Attractive, Spoiled Daddy’s girl.
MICKEY: White male 30-40’s biker prison inmate.
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hi all,my daughter and i were both extras in the movie on set in the bronx.does anyone know when this is supposed to be released.please let me know.both of us had a blast.mike and kira
when is this movie comin out
hey guys i see you guys talking about the movie stick up kids i’m in the movie i was on set for about 3 days as an extra, the movie should be out by 3/07. If you will like to know anything more feel free to get back to me. Take care
Hey Illoquentgent,
I hope that all is well,
Any news yet for me on that article piece?! Please let me know! Thanks
Again, these are the links to looking up the film.
http://www.ralphfigaro.com
http://www.noretreatinharlem.com
Hello, all directors, casting agents etc..
I am a young educated and hardworking actress/model/hip-hop,modern,belly,jazz and some chinese folk dancer.
Looking for parts in movies and possible lead roles.
IF interested, please email me or check me out on myspace and I can gladly send my pic and further stats about myself to you. Thanx
Rachelleplouis@yahoo.com
http://myspace.com/mrswarbucks
I was on the set and I know that Bryce Wilson from BeautyShop is one of the actors and this other guy from SOul Food and the guy from the 5heartbeats and other recognizable faces.This movie is official. It’s coming out real soon, so stay tuned.
I heard about this film one day when I was listening to a radio show about a month ago. I believe it was the films company publicist her name was Pam Pinnock. She wrote a book called The Father Fracture. She was on the radio talking about her book and she mentioned the film The Stick Up Kids being filmed in Harlem and said actor Hawthorne James was the director. I love this guy Hawthorne especially in Five Heart Beats. I had forgotten all about the film until I heard the publicist on a tv talk show about a week ago where she was talking about her clients Jagged Edge and she mentioned the film The Stick Up Kids again. Now I just found this article so I am curious to see what the hype is all about. Does anyone know when this film will hit the big screens? Is it still in production, my mom lives in Harlem so I might have to drop by the set and check it out.
That indian dud was cool man at the lenox food – I thought he was the owner of the store. I went in next day to say hello – was told he was an actor – kep up the good work
What is the actor “Hands” real name, we worked down the block while you were filming “stickup kids” and ask him for the name of the film in production and he was very polite in telling us the name of the film. We which u all the very best!
Thanks illoquentgent,
we really appreciate all the help you can give us as far as helping getting the word out on the movie!
P.S. Sorry about the website, we took the page down for construction. In the interim, please log on to
http://WWW.NORETREATINHARLEM.COM
for more about the film; news; trailer, and updates until release date JUNE 2008!!!
Thanks
Ralph Figaro
beholderfilms@yahoo.com
http://www.ralphfigaro.com
http://www.noretreatinharlem.com
They are shooting on the corner of Lenox and 118 now (Wednesday AM).
The link in the original reply does not work.
A Google search took me to this site:http://www.ralphfigaro.com
ha.. i have no idea what the difference is. that was the “official” posting for their casting call.
ralph, i’ll definitely look into that for you. i personally am very interested in your movie though. i’ll go check out the site and get back to you
What’s the difference between “urban black male” vesus “ethnic black male”?
Greetings,
I am a filmmaker who was raised and lives in Harlem. I am currently in production of my debut feature film entitled: “NO RETREAT IN HARLEM.”
I am wondering if you can write a piece for us about the film on Uptown Flavor. It is a very exciting script and it is going to be very big and make a lot of noise next Summer! Please check out the web site at http://www.beholderfilms.com
Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Ralph Figaro
Beholder Films
Director