Sleight

"You can change the cards you're dealt"

2017 1h 29m EN

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5.4

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★5.4TMDB · 544

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A young street magician is left to take care of his little sister after his mother's passing and turns to drug dealing in the Los Angeles party scene to keep a roof over their heads. When he gets into trouble with his supplier, his sister is kidnapped and he is forced to rely on both his sleight of hand and brilliant mind to save her.

“You can change the cards you're dealt”

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Cast

Jacob Latimore
Bo
Seychelle Gabriel
Holly
Storm Reid
Tina
Sasheer Zamata
Georgi
Dulé Hill
Angelo
Cameron Esposito
Luna
Michael Villar
Packy
Brandon Johnson
Ramone

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: J.D. Dillard
Writers: J.D. Dillard, Alex Theurer
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $4M — a 16.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by J.D. Dillard, shot by Ed Wu. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Charles Scott IV. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Joel Griffen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Jacob Latimore and Seychelle Gabriel and Storm Reid carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

J.D. Dillard directs. Ed Wu behind the camera. Charles Scott IV scores. Joel Griffen cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $0.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Grossed $4M — a 16.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
4Released 9 years ago.
5Directed by J.D. Dillard, shot by Ed Wu. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Charles Scott IV. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Joel Griffen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Jacob Latimore and Seychelle Gabriel and Storm Reid carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "You can change the cards you're dealt".
10IMDB entry: tt4573516 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 8 themes, including "drug dealer", "mother", "magic", "kidnapping".

The technical file

Cinematography: Ed Wu
Original score: Charles Scott IV
Editing: Joel Griffen
Production design: Susannah Honey
Costume design: Joanna David
Makeup / hair: Rosiekia Artis
VFX supervisor: Sal Sciortino
Sound: Luke Bechthold
Runtime: 89 min · 1h 29m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $250,000
Box office: $3,989,705
Return: 1596% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Sleight (2017)

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Gimly2017-07-25
★ 6/10
Almost everything that happens in Sleight made me think "Oh, this is just like where this happens in that other, better, movie". But the fact that it's original IP overall is refreshing, and just because someone else did it better, doesn't mean Sleight doesn't do it very well. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.
Vulco12018-04-27
★ 10/10
I saw this movie last year when it came out. I thought it was very cool and a nice take on the superhero origin story, along with "young black man makes it out of the ghetto" story. Not very believable towards the end, but the acting and the rules they established earlier on made it work. All the actors in here were great and the movie looked very good too.