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Tweek City
Directed byEric G. Johnson
Written byEric G. Johnson
Produced byEric G. Johnson
Yule Caise
Caitlin Maynard
StarringGiuseppe Andrews
Keith Brunsmann
Eva Fisher
Elizabeth Bogush
CinematographyBarry Stone
Edited bySharon Rutter
Music byJim Latham
Distributed byMaverick Entertainment Group
Release dates
  • May 8, 2005 (2005-05-08) (Dances With Films Festival)
  • November 2006 (2006-11)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Tweek City is an American film written and directed by Eric G. Johnson.

Tweek City premiered on May 28, 2005 in Santa Monica, California at the Dances With Films Festival. In 2006, Maverick Entertainment Group acquired the worldwide rights and on January 2, 2007 they released it on DVD throughout the United States.

Plot

Eric G. Johnson wrote and directed Tweek City, a film depicting a harrowing week in the life of Bill Jensen (cult actor and filmmaker Giuseppe Andrews), a young, sexually confused, half-Latino speed-dealer in San Francisco's Mission District.

As the week begins, Bill picks up a bag of speed and starts walking the streets in a desperate attempt to make some money and, more importantly, escape his nightmares. Streetwalking leads to bed-hopping and Bill falls for a one-night stand just long enough to earn, and subsequently, betray her trust. When Bill wakes up from the whole affair in an excretory abyss, his friend Jerm (Keith Brunsmann) provides some support, however Bill fails to express what's truly bothering him.

Just when Bill might open up, Jerm drags him to a punk show, takes an ill-advised stage dive and becomes incapacitated. Left alone, Bill can’t cope and he plunges into a speed-induced, downward spiral that takes him on a nocturnal journey through the streets of San Francisco, and ultimately down to Los Angeles, where he crashes his high school sweetheart's wedding. From his sleep-deprived, hallucinogenic state, Bill makes a desperate attempt to reconnect with Sharon (Elizabeth Bogush), his first, and only, love.

DVD Features

Director Commentary
Still Gallery
5.1 Surround Sound
Interactive Menus
Scene Selections