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Off Jackson Avenue

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Off Jackson Avenue
Directed byJohn-Luke Montias
Written byJohn-Luke Montias
Produced byMichiel Pilgram
StarringJohn-Luke Montias
CinematographyGeorge Gibson
Edited byMichiel Pilgram
Music byEd Tomney
Production
companies
Goltzius Productions
The Group Entertainment
Multivisionnaire Pictures
Distributed byGoltzius Productions
Release date
Running time
79 minutes[2]
80 minutes[3][4]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish[2]
Russian[2]
Spanish[2]
Cantonese[2]
Mandarin[2]
Japanese[2]
Albanian[2]

Off Jackson Avenue is a 2008[3] American crime thriller drama film written by, directed by and starring John-Luke Montias.[4]

Cast

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Release

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The film was released at the Quad Cinema in New York City on July 17, 2009.[1]

Reception

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The film has a 59% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 17 reviews.[5]

Ronnie Scheib of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "its laid-back absurdist tone and no-nonsense pacing make for an audio-visual delight."[2]

Andrew Schenker of Slant Magazine awarded the film one and a half stars out of four and wrote, "Sex slavery, Japanese hit men, and ordinary car thieves converge on the mean streets of Long Island City in Off Jackson Avenue, John-Luke Montias's engagingly lurid but ultimately tepid crime drama."[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "One Hell of a Ride: "Off Jackson Avenue" Director John-Luke Montias". IndieWire. July 15, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Scheib, Ronnie (August 11, 2008). "Off Jackson Avenue". Variety. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Schenker, Andrew (July 13, 2009). "Review: Off Jackson Avenue". Slant Magazine. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Alter, Ethan (July 16, 2009). "Off Jackson Avenue — Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  5. ^ "Off Jackson Avenue". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
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