186 Dollars to Freedom

186 Dollars to Freedom
Directed byCamilo Vila
Written byMonty Fisher
Camilo Vila
Produced byMonty Fisher
Camilo Vila
Alicia Rivera Frankl
StarringJohn Robinson
Alex Meraz
Michael DeLorenzo
Johnny Lewis
Deborah Kara Unger
Grant Bowler
CinematographyHenry Vargas
Edited byRichard Halsey
Colleen Halsey
Music byRoger Bellon
Production
companies
Four Fish Films
DragonTree Media
Distributed byBlairwood Entertainment
Release date
Running time
99 minutes[1]
101 minutes[2]
CountriesUnited States
Peru
LanguageEnglish

186 Dollars to Freedom (also titled The City of Gardens[3] and City of Gardens)[4] is a Peruvian-American action drama film written by Monty Fisher and Camilo Vila, directed by Vila and starring John Robinson, Alex Meraz, Michael DeLorenzo, Johnny Lewis, Deborah Kara Unger and Grant Bowler.

Cast

Production

Filming occurred in Peru in May 2010.[3] Filming also occurred in Los Angeles in June 2010.[5]

Release

The film was released at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival on April 20, 2012.[4] Then it was released in Manhattan on September 21, 2012.[2]

Reception

John Anderson of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote that "the characters are solid and the action sound, suggesting the film will do short time theatrically en route to ancillary rehab."[1]

Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Unable to shape these events into a dramatic structure, the director, Camilo Vila, resorts to a meandering tale of random indignities suffered by a lead so bland he comes across less as principled than as stupendously naïve."[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Anderson, John (September 24, 2012). "186 Dollars to Freedom". Variety. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Catsoulis, Jeannette (September 20, 2012). "Down the Rabbit Hole of a Peruvian Prison". The New York Times. Retrieved December 11, 2022. Opens on Friday in Manhattan.
  3. ^ a b Fernandez, Jay A. (May 24, 2010). "'True Blood' actor lands two film roles". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Groover, D.L. (April 12, 2012). "WorldFest-Houston International Independent Film Festival". Houston Press. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  5. ^ Kay, Jeremy (June 9, 2010). "The City Of Gardens wraps in Peru, moves to Los Angeles". Screen Daily. Retrieved December 11, 2022.