2by4
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| Directed by | Jimmy Smallhorne |
| Produced by | Virginia Biddle John Hall |
| Written by | Jimmy Smallhorne Terry McGoff Fergus Tighe |
| Starring | Jimmy Smallhorne |
| Music by | Nigel Clark Jerome Di Pietro |
| Cinematography | Declan Quinn |
| Editing by | Scott Balcerek Laure Sullivan |
| Release date(s) | November 26, 1999 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
2by4 or 2 x 4 (Two by Four) is a 1998 American drama film directed by and starring Jimmy Smallhorne. The screenplay by Smallhorne, Terry McGoff, and Fergus Tighe focuses on the closeted foreman of a construction worker of a New York City construction crew.
At the January 1998 Sundance Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize and Declan Quinn won the Cinematography Award. It was released in New York City on November 26, 1999.
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[edit] Plot
Blue collar Johnnie Maher has emigrated from Ireland to The Bronx, where he works as a construction worker by day and parties with his friends at night, gathering at a pub owned by his Uncle Trump to drink and sing or at someone's apartment to play cards and snort cocaine. He also suffers from nightmares from earlier traumatic experiences. Although he has a girlfriend, he explores his sexuality, dons makeup and a feather boa and begins to spend time in Manhattan gay bars catering to S&M/bisexual lifestyles, where he meets a young hustler named Christian, and the two become romantically involved. As his troubles accumulate, he loses his job and his girlfriend, he still has to face his demons and earlier child abuse.
[edit] Cast
- Jimmy Smallhorne as Johnnie Maher
- Chris O'Neill as Uncle Trump
- Bradley Fitts as Christian
- Holyoke Joe as Joe
- Terry McGoff as Billy
- Michael Liebman as Eddie
- Ronan Carr as Brains
- Leo Hamill as Paddy
- Seamus McDonagh as Conor
- Kimberly Topper as Maria
[edit] Critical reception
Anita Gates of The New York Times called the film "an interesting and adeptly made drama" but thought "its message is unclear."[1]
Although Glenn Lovell of Variety called the film a "bracing, beautifully shot upstart drama," he observed, "It's a safe bet ... [it] won't win over the Far and Away date crowd."[2]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- 2by4 at the Internet Movie Database
