Night Club

I found Night Club, at first, a little slow in developing.However, once Ernest Borgnine appeared on screen, the movie took on a spellbinding appeal. The three young actors, playing USC students, gave convincing as well as possibly career changing performances. Furthermore, appearances by Sally Kellerman, Paul Sorvino, Mickey Rooney, as well as other older known actors brought not only added nostalgia, with respect to their past acting greatness, but more importantly, cemented the overall theme and genius of this film. In my opinion, I believe, this will be an Academy Award winner. As the movie poster states,"Everyone's Invited."

I was privileged to see "Night Club" last evening at a World Premiere event at the Phoenix Film Festival.

Not only was it great to see such seasoned actors in this film like Ernest Borgnine and Mickey Rooney, and others, but I thought Sally Kellerman, who played Dorothy, portrayed the Alzheimer's patient perfectly. I had a Father who had Alzheimer's Disease and I could see in the demeanor of Dorothy who my Father had become before his death. I believe this is a movie that all of us who have aging parents must see! I also think that all those that work in nursing homes, especially the administrators and owners of these care facilities should see this film, it will help to open up their eyes to possibilities of care and caring. There is more to care in a treatment facility than having our elders just sit around till their lives end and we know like in this movie many of them are doing just that. We will all find ourselves growing older in time with the possibility of having to enter a nursing home, if we begin now to improve the quality of care in these facilities we can look forward to being cared for in a manner with dignity and love as these three young students in this movie ended up doing. Before these care facilities were implemented we had families caring for our elderly, there is no reason a nursing home cannot feel like "home", after all they are called nursing "homes".

I believe this movie could make an impact on how we treat our elders, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles when they get near the end of their lives and need assistance with everyday living.

Kudos to the Director: Sam Borowski, Writers: Larry Delrose and Tom Hass, and the Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Mickey Rooney, Sally Kellerman, Madison Liddy, and all the others who were willing to put in their time and effort to produce a well scripted and well portrayed film.

Sally Kellerman, Ernest Borgnine, Rance Howard, Mickey Rooney, Jan Rooney, Paul Sorvino, and Chuck McCann. Those are just a few of the classic Hollywood actors that Sam Borowski's Night Club has to offer. Don't mistake those roles as throw away paychecks though, as every single actor named puts in a performance worthy of Oscar Buzz. No film you will see this year can offer as much heart, soul, poignancy, humor, and joy. The film is something of a miracle that combines beautiful cinematography, solid writing, and assured direction to create a film, along with excellent acting, that will give you your money's worth and more. Independent film takes a step forward with Night Club and its up and coming director Sam Borowski. If you have older people in your life this films is for you, if you enjoy college age shenanigans this film is for you, and if you grew up in the 80's or love the films of that time this film is surely for you. I fell in love with Night Club the second I heard a new (excellent) rendition of Quarterflash's Night Shift put over top of a great opening montage. The film is reminiscent of a film called Night Shift which paved the way for Ron Howard and Michael Keaton (director and actor respectively). I say this because Sam Borowski and first time actor Bryan Williams combine their talents to light up the screen. The film is shot so well, set to a fantastic soundtrack (very 80's inspired) and score that you will not be disappointed by its independent budget. I haven't talked about the plot but if you read the plot summary that's all you need to know going in, because the film grabs you immediately and never lets go. Besides excellent performances from Kellerman and Borgnine Ahney Her and Bryan Williams'(previously mentioned) on-screen chemistry is comedy gold and proves that the two of them are here to stay in this business and I cannot wait to see them in all of their upcoming projects. Sam Borowski delivers a crazy-impressive first feature film and one not to be missed by every audience member of the four quadrants. Seek this film out at whatever theater or film festival you can (Newport Beach is the only one announced yet (I doubt only for long though)) because you won't regret it and in fact the film will touch you deeper than you thought possible. So do yourself a favor and don't make a Big Mistake and see Night Club and fall in love with it just like I did.

This film was a great video for me to watch, as to learn on what not to do to develop a film, and use of wrong methods of filming. (I am saying this with sincerity and no sarcasm) While watching this film, I learned many things such as camera placement, relevancy, use of methods, because of the horrible and wrong ways the director and cast had produced and put it together. The movie honestly was horrible! It looked as if a group of high school kids got their hands on a high quality camera and decided to make a video for you tube. In which actually there are many you tube videos that have way more value than this film, and potential. Also the amount of money used to produce this film does not reflect at all on the quality. I thought this movie used at most two thousand. Transitions were horrible, there was one scene when the roommates just met and they were in a daylight room and then all of a sudden, it goes to the outside dark. Many fillers, and just time wasting scenes. The storyline was horrible, I had no idea where the story was going. This is one of those movies that you might put on if you need something on the TV to put you to sleep. The movie needs to be more organized and professional. Great thing it is not rated, it should be rated D for Don't watch.

Although the concept of this film seems somewhat interesting, the film almost instantly loses the viewer's interest because it starts off with horrible acting combined with cheesy clichés delivered by a typical young male. However, looking past that, the musical selection for the opening credits seemed fitting to the theme of the film and this might regain the viewer's attention. During the film, the lack of background sounds or music made it seem like an amateur film on a very low budget. The camera angles and frame shots were poorly executed and this greatly impacted the visual aspects of film-making that are designed for enhancement.

The acting was a bit over-done and the story took a very long time to develop. Thirty minutes into the film, the main idea was not yet depicted and the scenes seemed drawn-out and full of unnecessary filler material. The close-ups were cliché throughout the film and did not contribute to the visual imagery. The lighting was extremely basic and had no effect on the set or the actors. All in all I would not give this film a high rating because every aspect of it was quite rudimentary and lacked substance which failed to draw my attention. I would not recommend it to anyone.