Losing Ground is a 2005 independent film directed by Bryan Wizemann adapted from Wizemann's play of the same name. It follows seven people over the course of a single night in a Las Vegas video-poker bar, and their tangled interactions.
The film features the same cast as the stage performance and was filmed using high-definition video at The Gate, a bar in Park Slope."Brooklyn Filmmaking Renaissance?", New York Press, January 25, 2006, available here. Losing Ground premiered at the Cinequest Film FestivalErik Childress, "CineVegas '05 Interview ('Losing Ground' Director Bryan Wizemann)", eFilmCritic, March 20, 2005, available here. on March 11, 2005, to generally favorable reviews.DENNIS HARVEY, "Losing Ground", Variety, March 22, 2005, available here. The film was distributed to a small number of theaters in New York City.Prairie Miller, "Losing Ground: Microcosm Of A Greed Culture", WBAI Arts Magazine, available here. It was released on DVD January 26, 2009.
Cast Eileen O'Connell Kendall Pigg Matthew Mark Meyer Monique Vukovic Rhonda Keyser John Good Colm Byrne
Stage production The play initially ran at Tom Noonan's Paradise Theater from March 29, 2003, to April 13, 2003.Les Gutman, "A CurtainUp Review: Losing Ground", CurtainUp, available here.http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/archweb/arch2003_l.php#LOSING_GROUND
References
External links Official site
Losing Ground at AllMovie