If someone you didn't know asked you to hold items valued at over a million dollars, would you do it?
That's kind of at the bottom of a documentary by Joe Saunders and Alexander Greer, The Penny Black.
Saunders, the director, met Will Cassayd-Smith through Greer, and Will had a crazy story to tell. It was just crazy enough that Saunders took the bait, and filming on The Penny Black began the next day.
According to Will, Roman, a Russian neighbor of his that did a lot of smoking outside of the building, off the cuff asked Will to watch a bag of expensive stamps for him.
Before leaving them in Will's care, Roman told him that he has two wives and two sets of kids, one in Los Angeles, where they were, and one in Arizona. But should Roman not return in two weeks, he should release the stamps...
That's kind of at the bottom of a documentary by Joe Saunders and Alexander Greer, The Penny Black.
Saunders, the director, met Will Cassayd-Smith through Greer, and Will had a crazy story to tell. It was just crazy enough that Saunders took the bait, and filming on The Penny Black began the next day.
According to Will, Roman, a Russian neighbor of his that did a lot of smoking outside of the building, off the cuff asked Will to watch a bag of expensive stamps for him.
Before leaving them in Will's care, Roman told him that he has two wives and two sets of kids, one in Los Angeles, where they were, and one in Arizona. But should Roman not return in two weeks, he should release the stamps...
- 7/9/2021
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
"You didn't tell them you had these, did you...?" It's not often we get a "non-fiction noir thriller" but that is exactly what they're calling this one. 1091 Pictures has debuted an official trailer for The Penny Black, a documentary noir film made by filmmaker Joe Saunders. The estranged son of a conman fights temptation, paranoia, and his own nefarious legacy after being left with a mysterious, million-dollar stamp collection... When a significant piece of the stamp collection goes missing, the filmmakers are forced to reexamine Will’s capacity for honesty. This originally premiered at last year's Slamdance Film Festival, and arrives on VOD in June. The title refers to the first ever adhesive postage stamp, introduced in the UK in 1840, recalled a year later due to mass fraud. The film "stars" Will Cassayd-Smith as Will. This looks incredibly fascinating, and it definitely does seem like a "non-fiction noir thriller...
- 5/7/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Solar Opposites Season 2 Red Band Trailer — Hulu‘s Solar Opposites: Season 2 red band teaser trailer has been released and stars Justin Roiland, Thomas Middleditch, Sean Giambrone, and Mary Mack. Crew Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan created Solar Opposites. Joe Saunders and Ariel Shepherd-Oppenheim write the screenplays for the TV series. Chris Westlake [...]
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- 1/10/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
The Penny Black screens as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival November 5th – 22nd.Ticket information for the virtual screening can be found Here The feature is followed by a Q&a with director Joe Saunders, producer Alexander Greer, and subject Will Cassayd-Smith.
The twisty, head-spinning investigative thriller “The Penny Black” begins when Will, the estranged son of a conman, receives a stamp collection putatively worth between $1 and $2 million from his enigmatic Russian neighbor, Roman, who asks him to hold the stamps while he’s on a two-week trip. Far from a close friend, Will knows nothing of Roman beyond his first name. In fact, the sole basis of their relationship is a conversation that the two had while smoking outside their mutual LA apartment building while a drunken Roman downed canned liquor. The filmmakers hear this outlandish tale from Will at a dinner with mutual...
The twisty, head-spinning investigative thriller “The Penny Black” begins when Will, the estranged son of a conman, receives a stamp collection putatively worth between $1 and $2 million from his enigmatic Russian neighbor, Roman, who asks him to hold the stamps while he’s on a two-week trip. Far from a close friend, Will knows nothing of Roman beyond his first name. In fact, the sole basis of their relationship is a conversation that the two had while smoking outside their mutual LA apartment building while a drunken Roman downed canned liquor. The filmmakers hear this outlandish tale from Will at a dinner with mutual...
- 11/18/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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