Spin (2015 film)

Spin
Spin
Directed by	Noah Workman
Screenplay by	Wilson Cleveland; Yuri Baranovsky
Produced by	Patrick T. Rousseau; Wilson Cleveland
Starring	Hartley Sawyer; Wilson Cleveland ; Andrew Jernigan
Production; companies	Unboxd Media; Iris Mediaworks
Distributed by	Amazon Prime; Vimeo on Demand
Release date	February 6, 2015;
Running time	14 minutes
Country	United States
Budget	$12,000

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.^[1]

Reception

The film received a 2016 Webby Award honor for Individual Short (Drama)^[2] 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^[3] NewMediaRockstars' Evan DeSimone credited the writing as being "Sorkin-esque in the best sense of the word."^[4] 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."^[5]

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

^ ^a ^b Shields, Mike (March 20, 2015). "Web Video Creators Take Lessons on How to Promo From Branded Entertainment". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 28, 2018 – via Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
^ "SPiN". The Webby Awards. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
^ Ehrman-Dupre, Joseph (March 6, 2015). "The Art of the Short Film: SPiN". IndieWire. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
^ DeSimone, Evan (February 6, 2015). "Give Wilson Cleveland's Latest Film A SPiN". NewMediaRockstars. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
^ Gutelle, Sam (February 6, 2015). "SPiN Twists And Turns Through Newsroom Interview". Tubefilter. Tubefilter, Inc. Retrieved April 27, 2018.

External links

[auto-1] Shields, Mike (March 20, 2015). "Web Video Creators Take Lessons on How to Promo From Branded Entertainment". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 28, 2018 – via Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

[2] "SPiN". The Webby Awards. Retrieved June 24, 2018.

[3] Ehrman-Dupre, Joseph (March 6, 2015). "The Art of the Short Film: SPiN". IndieWire. Retrieved April 27, 2018.

[4] DeSimone, Evan (February 6, 2015). "Give Wilson Cleveland's Latest Film A SPiN". NewMediaRockstars. Retrieved April 27, 2018.

[5] Gutelle, Sam (February 6, 2015). "SPiN Twists And Turns Through Newsroom Interview". Tubefilter. Tubefilter, Inc. Retrieved April 27, 2018.

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