“Stick Up Kids” Film Shoot in Harlem

Posted on October 23, 2007 by


Director James Hawethorne on set of 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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