Spin (2015 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Spin
| image = On demand release poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Noah Workman
| producer = Patrick T. Rousseau
Wilson Cleveland
| screenplay = Wilson Cleveland
Yuri Baranovsky
| starring = Hartley Sawyer
Wilson Cleveland
Andrew Jernigan
| studio = Unboxd Media
Iris Mediaworks
| distributor = Amazon Prime
Vimeo on Demand
| released = {{Film date|2015|2|6|}}
| runtime = 14 minutes
| country = United States
}}
Spin, sometimes stylized as SPiN, is a 2015 short film drama directed by Noah Workman and written by Wilson Cleveland, who also stars. The film takes place over the course of a contentious live television interview between a Wall Street executive played by Hartley Sawyer and a financial journalist played by Cleveland.
Reception
The film received a 2016 Webby Award honor for Individual Short (Drama){{Cite web |url=https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2016/online-film-video/general-film/drama-individual-short-or-episode/spin/ |title=SPiN |website=The Webby Awards |access-date=2018-06-24}} and generally favorable reviews from critics. In his March 6, 2015 IndieWire review, Joseph Ehrman-Dupre called SPiN a "sharp, smart satire" with writing "full of "spitfire one-liners" and{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/bent/the-art-of-the-short-film-spin-20150306|title=The Art of the Short Film: SPiN|last=Ehrman-Dupre|first=Joseph|date=March 6, 2015|publisher=IndieWire|accessdate=April 27, 2018}} NewMediaRockstars' Evan DeSimone credited the writing as being "Sorkin-esque in the best sense of the word."{{cite web|url=http://newmediarockstars.com/2015/02/give-wilson-clevelands-latest-film-a-spin/|title=Give Wilson Cleveland's Latest Film A SPiN|last=DeSimone|first=Evan|date=February 6, 2015|publisher=NewMediaRockstars|accessdate=April 27, 2018}} Tubefilter writer Sam Gutelle complained while "Wall Street corruption is a well-tread topic," SPiN is "A smart, twisty take on the world of high finance and media distortion."{{cite web|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/02/06/spin-short-film-wilson-cleveland-hartley-sawyer/|title=SPiN Twists And Turns Through Newsroom Interview|last=Gutelle|first=Sam|date=February 6, 2015|work=Tubefilter|publisher=Tubefilter, Inc.|accessdate=April 27, 2018}}
Cast
- Wilson Cleveland as James Locke
- Hartley Sawyer as Scott Angelus
- Andrew Jernigan as Entrepreneur
- Lewis Raymond Taylor as Lewis
- Ronnie Flynn as Entrepreneur
- Prophecy Onasis as Proph
- Bastiano Farran as Guest actor
- Jordan Alexander King as King Komm.
References
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External links
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- [https://thespinmovie.com SPiN – official website]
- {{IMDb title|4254038|Spin (2015)}}
- {{YouTube|channel=/UCXXP5L4-I9uJPGiphYswP-w|title=SPiN}}
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Category:American business films
Category:Films about financial crises