Single Mom Packs Pistol in ‘Pickings’ on Digital Aug. 3, Disc Aug 10

Pickings

 

NEO-NOIR MEETS SPAGHETTI WESTERN WHEN AN ASS-KICKING SOUTHERN MOM DOLES OUT BLOODY VENGEANCE ON A VICIOUS MOBSTER

Coming to VOD on iTunes August 3rd

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray August 10th

“The visually arresting, wickedly entertaining crime drama PICKINGS marks an impressive narrative feature-directing debut by Usher Morgan, who also wrote, edited and produced. He’s a talent to watch.”
–Gary Goldstein, LOS ANGELES

“a cut above the average neo-noir pastiche” —Maitland McDonagh, Film Journal International

“it immediately hearkens back to classic film noir or, more recently, the films of the Coen Brothers. The dialogue, meanwhile, with its tongue-in-cheek references, is somewhere closer to a Tarantino film.”  — David Fontana, Film Inquiry

 

Official Trailer: https://youtu.be/y1f_PS3zA8Y

The fatalistic fury of neo-noir meets the sudden savagery of the spaghetti western in PICKINGS, a new kind of genre cocktail that puts an intoxicating spin on the ever-popular gangster movie.  Directed, written, edited, shot and produced by lauded New York-based filmmaker Usher Morgan, PICKINGS picks up where other crime dramas end, serving up a one-of-a-kind female leading character,  Jo Lee-Haywood, a lady who’s as loving, caring and dedicated as she is cunning, dangerous and vengeful.

In PICKINGS, Jo Lee-Haywood (Elyse Price) is a devoted single mother and sister who divides her time between her family and Pickings, the local Michigan tavern that she owns. Easy, right? WRONG! When a local mob boss (Emil Ferzola) and his goons try to muscle in and wet their beaks off Jo’s hard work, it’s up to Jo to embrace her inner demons and tap into her mysterious and violent past to protect her family and livelihood. It doesn’t take too long for the haunted, hardboiled Jo and her pistol-packing posse to lock and load and take on the mob the only way they know how.

PICKINGS is filled with the classic film noir elements—grim voiceovers, evocative flashbacks, a moody score and an unforgettable femme fatale—combined with the dazzling neon-dipped photography, startling violence and graphic novel-styled visuals of modern cinema. It immediately evokes the films of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, even as it stands on its own as an exciting new exercise stylized cinematic sound and vision.

Filmmaker Usher Morgan’s previous films include the short Good Kids, Fine Dining and the 2015 comedy Prego, which won the Best Comedy Short Award at the 2015 Manhattan Film Festival, amongst other awards, before amassing a cult following online and garnering over 950,000 views on YouTube since its release. Morgan is also the writer, director, and producer behind the upcoming horror short,Trapped Inside, which will enter the festival circuit in Halloween. PICKINGS, Morgan’s first feature, was filmed in and around New York City in 2016 on a budget of approximately $350,000.

The Blu-ray, which includes deleted scenes, a DVD commentary, some humorous short clips and a look into the making of the film, among its bonus features, will carry the suggested retail price of $23.99

 

Pickings
Music Box Films Home Entertainment

VOD RELEASE DATE: August 3, 2018
iTUNES PREBOOK DATE: May 7, 2018
BLU-RAY & DVD RELEASE DATE: August 10, 2018
BLU-RAY & DVD PREBOOK DATE: May 10, 2018
Price: BLU-RAY $23.99
DVD $15.99

Director/Screenwriter: Usher Morgan
Cast: Elyse Price, Katie Vincent, Emil Ferzola, Yaron Urbas, Joe Trombino, Joel Bernard, Michelle Holland, Lynne Jordan
Running Time: 102 min.
Format: 1.85:1
Sound Format: Stereo
Rating: R
Country: USA
Language: English

Blu-ray Bonus Features*

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Filmmakers Commentary
  • “The Mop” ~ A Pickings TV Short
  • Behind the Scenes Featurette

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