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The Wannabe

The Wannabe
The Wannabe poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Nick Sandow
Produced by Michael Gasparro
Lizzie Nastro
Vincent Piazza
Written by Nick Sandow
Starring Vincent Piazza
Patricia Arquette
Doug E. Doug
Vincenzo Amato
David Zayas
Domenick Lombardozzi
Joseph Siravo
Nick Sandow
Michael Imperioli
Music by Nathan Larson
Cinematography Brett Pawlak
Edited by Melody London
Production
company
Electric Entertainment
Traction Media
Distributed by Entertainment One Films
Orion Pictures
Momentum Pictures
Release date
  • April 17, 2015 (2015-04-17) (Tribeca Film Festival)
  • December 4, 2015 (2015-12-04) (United States)
Running time
90 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Wannabe is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Nick Sandow. The film stars Patricia Arquette, David Zayas, Domenick Lombardozzi, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Piazza and Nick Sandow. The film was released on December 4, 2015, by Entertainment One Films and Orion Pictures.

Nick Sandow was inspired to write the film after reading about Thomas and Rosemarie Uva, a New York City couple who were murdered on Christmas Eve 1992 by the New York mafia after they had robbed several mafia social clubs over the prior few months. After Sandow worked with his Boardwalk Empire co-star Vincent Piazza on the script, the pair sent the script to Boardwalk Empire executive producer Martin Scorsese. Sandow told Creative Screenwriting, "When we felt comfortable about the script, we thought about trying to get it to Marty. He sent it to him with a bottle of wine before the holidays. We didn’t have expectations, but after the holidays they were having a table read for the first episode of the next season of Boardwalk Empire and Marty came up to him and said he loved The Wannabe." Scorsese agreed to serve as executive producer of the film.

The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 17, 2015. On May 18, 2015, Entertainment One Films acquired the film. The film was released on December 4, 2015, by Entertainment One Films.


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