Loose Ends (1976)
103 mins | Adventure, Drama | 18 May 1976
Directors:
David Burton Morris, Victoria WozniakWriters:
Victoria Wozniak, David Burton MorrisProducers:
David Burton Morris, Victoria WozniakCinematographer:
Gregory M. CumminsEditor:
Gregory M. CumminsProduction Designer:
Ann MorrisProduction Companies:
American Eagle, Fat Chance, Inc.The Summary for this unviewed film is based on reviews in the 4 Jun 1975 Var, the 19 May 1976 NYT, and the 15 Sep 1976 Var.
In a 13 May 2014 interview with AFI Catalog, filmmaker David Burton Morris said that the film cost around $20,000. He added that principal photography took place over fourteen days, “primarily in St. Paul, MN.” Morris and his co-producer and co-director, Victoria Wozniak, were husband and wife, as were lead actors John and Linda Jenkins, whose son, Bobby Jenkins, played the role of their onscreen son, “Jason Hassit.”
Loose Ends premiered in late May 1975 in Minneapolis, MN, the 4 Jun 1975 Var noted. The 29 Mar 1976 Box reported that Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert chose it to be among the four films he presented at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, TX, on 10-11 Apr 1976. For its official opening, the film played for a week, beginning on 18 May 1976, at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. In his 19 May 1976 NYT review, film critic Vincent Canby called Loose Ends “the most interesting regional American film I've seen in years.”
Director David Burton Morris and actors Chris Mulkey and John Jenkins reteamed years later to make a sequel titled Patti Rocks (1988, see entry) with the same two lead characters, “Billy Regis” and “Eddie Hassit.” Patti Rocks begins with a title card reading: “Twelve years later.”
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The Summary for this unviewed film is based on reviews in the 4 Jun 1975 Var, the 19 May 1976 NYT, and the 15 Sep 1976 Var.
In a 13 May 2014 interview with AFI Catalog, filmmaker David Burton Morris said that the film cost around $20,000. He added that principal photography took place over fourteen days, “primarily in St. Paul, MN.” Morris and his co-producer and co-director, Victoria Wozniak, were husband and wife, as were lead actors John and Linda Jenkins, whose son, Bobby Jenkins, played the role of their onscreen son, “Jason Hassit.”
Loose Ends premiered in late May 1975 in Minneapolis, MN, the 4 Jun 1975 Var noted. The 29 Mar 1976 Box reported that Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert chose it to be among the four films he presented at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, TX, on 10-11 Apr 1976. For its official opening, the film played for a week, beginning on 18 May 1976, at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. In his 19 May 1976 NYT review, film critic Vincent Canby called Loose Ends “the most interesting regional American film I've seen in years.”
Director David Burton Morris and actors Chris Mulkey and John Jenkins reteamed years later to make a sequel titled Patti Rocks (1988, see entry) with the same two lead characters, “Billy Regis” and “Eddie Hassit.” Patti Rocks begins with a title card reading: “Twelve years later.”
Mechanics Billy Regis and Eddie Hassit work together in the garage of a St. Paul, Minnesota, car dealership. Divorced, Billy lives in a one-room apartment, entertains big ideas about his future, and keeps late hours. Eddie is trapped in a dull marriage with a four-year-old son and regularly argues with his pregnant wife, Jenny “Jen” Hassit. Whenever Eddie and Jen are fighting, he joins Billy at a bar called The Club, where they drink beer, play pool, and talk about cars and women. One day, to spite his wife, Eddie brings home a full-grown Great Dane dog for their son, and during the ensuing fight, Eddie walks out. He tags along with Billy on a trip to Denver, Colorado, to find a new life, but after traveling all night, Eddie changes his mind and returns home to his dead-end job and unhappy ...
Mechanics Billy Regis and Eddie Hassit work together in the garage of a St. Paul, Minnesota, car dealership. Divorced, Billy lives in a one-room apartment, entertains big ideas about his future, and keeps late hours. Eddie is trapped in a dull marriage with a four-year-old son and regularly argues with his pregnant wife, Jenny “Jen” Hassit. Whenever Eddie and Jen are fighting, he joins Billy at a bar called The Club, where they drink beer, play pool, and talk about cars and women. One day, to spite his wife, Eddie brings home a full-grown Great Dane dog for their son, and during the ensuing fight, Eddie walks out. He tags along with Billy on a trip to Denver, Colorado, to find a new life, but after traveling all night, Eddie changes his mind and returns home to his dead-end job and unhappy marriage.
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