The Preppie Connection — Trailer

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added: Sun, Feb 14th '16

Every year or so, it seems we discover a new story about how some nobody came out of nowhere to become a hot-shot drug dealer during the cocaine craze of the early '80s. Well, get ready to discover another one: this is the remarkable true story of how a 17-year-old prep school nerd, named Toby Hammel, used his school "connections" to start an international cocaine ring, just so he could hang with the cool kids and win the heart of his dream girl.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl's Thomas Mann stars in this fact-based drama, alongside with Vampire Academy's Lucy Fry, Logan Huffman, Sam Page, Robert Gorrie, Dylan Blue, Jessica Rothe, Guillermo Arribas, Hemky Madera with Amy Hargreaves and Bill Sage.

Due to hit theaters and VOD on March 18th, "The Preppie Connection" is co-written and directed by Joseph Castelo, who helmed the acclaimed indie terrorist thriller "The War Within." Watch the trailer, above.

synopsis:
How to win friends: smuggle 300,000 dollars of uncut cocaine into your snooty prep school. Based on the wild story of a teen drug trafficker who rocked headlines in 1984, this true crime caper stars Thomas Mann (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) as Toby, a blue-collar scholarship student at an elite boarding school who finds an in with the cool crowd by supplying them with cocaine. But things spiral out of control when Toby goes from small-time dealer to international drug trafficker, culminating in a trip to Colombia and a daring deal with a cartel. Capturing the music, style, and burgeoning "greed is good" ethos of the 1980s, The Preppie Connection is a stranger than fiction look at the price of popularity.

 

directed by   Joseph Castelo

starring   Thomas Mann, Lucy Fry, Logan Huffman, Sam Page, Robert Gorrie, Dylan Blue, Jessica Rothe, Guillermo Arribas, Hemky Madera, Amy Hargreaves, Bill Sage

release date   March 18, 2016 (in theaters and on VOD)