Skills Like This (US Version) DVD Region 1

An indie festival-circuit favorite, SKILLS LIKE THIS follows struggling writer Max (Spencer Berger) into a life of crime. He finds robbery to be his true calling after his play, THE ONION DANCE, not only bombs, it puts his investor grandfather in the hospital. On a whim, he robs a bank and miraculously gets away with it. Everything seems predetermined that he should enter a life of crime (he gives the money away, Robin Hood-style), but then romance blooms with the cute bank teller (Kerry Knuppe) he robbed, and she tries to talk him into going straight. Meanwhile, his two aiding and abetting buddies have differing views on this newfound profession: the one who actually has a life, David (Gabriel Tigerman), is nervous about the risks, while the loud-mouthed lout in the bunch, Tommy (Brian D. Phelan), is impressed enough to think about actually getting a job. In director Monty Miranda's hands, the Denver locale blossoms into slacker heaven, with local indie-rock bands livening up the soundtrack and flashy editing recalling films like SNATCH and GOODFELLAS. Co-screenwriters and stars Berger and Tigerman imbue the film with just enough raunch and rolling-on-the-floor moments to keep the party alive, but not enough to sabotage the more serious elements, like Berger and Knuppe's genuinely touching onscreen chemistry.

Fans of indie comedy will find much to like in this film that was the 2007 Audience Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature at South by Southwest. In SKILLS LIKE THIS, aspiring writer Max Solomon comes to the realization that there is no future for him in words. However, Max discovers that he has a hidden talent: bank robbing. He embarks on a new life, but will it get in the way of his romance with a pretty bank teller?

"[T]he offbeat chemistry of the cast, along with Monty Miranda's eye-catching direction make all the difference: this is a movie that tries hard to skirt the obvious....[With] an eclectic and fully integrated soundtrack..." - Jeannette, Catsoulis (New York Times Critic), New York Times, 03/20/2009

3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he subtleties in the script are abundant and delicious....The writing for the most part is economically witty, the sharp casting and cinematography is spot-on, with its slick speeding stock and quick edits during the stick-ups and getaways." - Matthew, Nestel (Box Office Critic), Box Office, 03/20/2009

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Product Title:	Skills Like This (US Version) Skills Like This (US Version) Skills Like This (US Version) Skills Like This (US Version) Skills Like This (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Ned Bellamy (Actor) | Jennifer Batter (Actor) | Marta Martin (Actor) | Kerry Knuppe (Actor) | Spencer Berger (Actor) | Gabriel Tigerman (Actor) Ned Bellamy (Actor) | Jennifer Batter (Actor) | Marta Martin (Actor) | Kerry Knuppe (Actor) | Spencer Berger (Actor) | Gabriel Tigerman (Actor) Ned Bellamy (Actor) | Jennifer Batter (Actor) | Marta Martin (Actor) | Kerry Knuppe (Actor) | Spencer Berger (Actor) | Gabriel Tigerman (Actor) Ned Bellamy (Actor) | Jennifer Batter (Actor) | Marta Martin (Actor) | Kerry Knuppe (Actor) | Spencer Berger (Actor) | Gabriel Tigerman (Actor) Ned Bellamy (Actor) | Jennifer Batter (Actor) | Marta Martin (Actor) | Kerry Knuppe (Actor) | Spencer Berger (Actor) | Gabriel Tigerman (Actor)
Director:	Monty Miranda Monty Miranda Monty Miranda Monty Miranda Monty Miranda
Producer:	Tim Gray | Paul Aaron | Brian D. Phelan Tim Gray | Paul Aaron | Brian D. Phelan Tim Gray | Paul Aaron | Brian D. Phelan Ｔｉｍ Ｇｒａｙ | Paul Aaron | Brian D. Phelan Tim Gray | Paul Aaron | Brian D. Phelan
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Release Date:	2009-09-29
UPC Code:	767685155653
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	New Video Group, Inc.
Package Weight:	150 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1020289121

Director: Monty Miranda

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