Overnight (2003)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Directors:

Tony Montana
Mark Brian Smith

Release Date:

8 July 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

There's More Than One Way To Shoot Yourself

Plot:

A documentary on the rise and stumble of Troy Duffy, the bartender-cum-filmmaker who was swept up by Miramax's Harvey Weinstein to turn his script for The Boondock Saints into a feature film.

Plot Keywords:

Film Industry | Writer Director | Filmmaker | Rise And Fall | Director

Cast

Jeffrey Baxter	...	Himself (as Jeffrey 'Skunk' Baxter)
Emmanuelle Béart	...	Herself (archive footage)
Chris Brinker	...	Himself
Jake Busey	...	Himself
Gordon Clark	...	Himself
Billy Connolly	...	Himself
Jim Crabbe	...	Himself
Willem Dafoe	...	Himself
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Himself
Marie Duffy	...	Herself
Robert Duffy	...	Himself
Tate Duffy	...	Himself
Taylor Duffy	...	Himself
Troy Duffy	...	Himself
Tyson Duffy	...	Himself
Cassian Elwes	...	Himself
Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Himself
Jason Flom	...	Himself
John Goodman	...	Himself
Shaun Hill	...	Herself
Ramses Ishak	...	Himself
Jimi Jackson	...	Himself
Ron Jeremy	...	Himself
Matthew Modine	...	Himself
Tony Montana	...	Himself
Jerry O'Connell	...	Himself
Norman Reedus	...	Himself
Paul Reubens	...	Himself
Joel Roman	...	Himself
Ron Saint Germain	...	Himself (as Ron Saint Germaine)
Daniela Saioni	...	Herself
Mark Brian Smith	...	Himself
Patrick Swayze	...	Himself
Mark Wahlberg	...	Himself
Sharon Waxman	...	Herself
Harvey Weinstein	...	Himself (as Harvey)
John West	...	Himself
Billy Zane	...	Himself
Dave Zerr	...	Himself

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong language, sexual references and some nudity.

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Black and White | Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Canada:18A (Ontario) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Boston University - One Sherborn Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Black & White Productions

Trivia:

Filmed over four years.

Quotes:

Troy Duffy: [about his band's royalties] You do deserve it, but you're not gonna get it.

Movie Connections:

References The Boondock Saints (1999)

BOONDOCKS Director is No SAINT in Downbeat Documentary

If Bernardo Bertolucci, the director of TRAGEDY OF A RIDICULOUS MAN, had directed OVERNIGHT, he might have titled it COMEUPPANCE OF AN EGOTISTICAL MAN. That egotistical man is Troy Duffy, a bartender and aspiring screenwriter/director/musician from New England who became the star of his own real-life Cinderella story. THE BOONDOCK SAINTS, Duffy's original Boston-set script about two Irish brothers-turned-vigilantes, was bought by Miramax's Harvey Weinstein, who sweetened the deal by letting Duffy direct and score the film as well as buying Duffy's tavern. Alas, Duffy's cockiness proved to be outright arrogance as he began making demands before production began on either the film or the album, and this Cinderella Man's coach turned back into a pumpkin. Even Duffy's brother Taylor and his longtime friends come in for harsh treatment from the not-so-wunderkind, as he keeps expecting them to work their butts off despite their funds dwindling to the point that some of them are on the verge of being evicted. By the end of the film, almost all of The Brood Syndicate, as they call themselves, have gone back to the kind of manual labor jobs they thought they'd left behind once Miramax came calling, and Duffy is a Hollywood pariah. In addition to Duffy's egotism, his naïveté contributed to his downward spiral. Surely he'd spent enough time in L.A. at that point to have heard about Weinstein's tendency to snap up movie properties and then either put them in turnaround or leave them gathering dust on the shelf (didn't he ever pick up issues of VARIETY, THE Hollywood REPORTER, etc.?). Moreover, Mr. I Know More Than the Guys Who've Been in the Film Business for Years neglected to include broadcast and home video rights in his William Morris contract, so despite THE BOONDOCK SAINTS eventually overcoming its pitiful 5-theater release to become a cult favorite on home video, Duffy doesn't make a penny off it. Don't miss the Albert Goldman quote at the end about how fame doesn't change a person, but instead acts as a "truth drug" that reveals the person's true character. Granted, the directors of OVERNIGHT are two of Duffy's former friends from The Brood Syndicate, but they swear they actually left out footage that would have made Duffy look even worse. I suppose Duffy is lucky there isn't a Director's Cut of OVERNIGHT -- angry mobs would be chasing him down with flaming torches! :-)