All In The Game

A Film Directed by Gary Ugarek

Director, Gary Ugarek who directed zombie films, "Deadlands: The Rising" and "Deadlands 2: Trapped" makes a change of pace in "All In The Game".  The film is a departure from Mr. Ugarek's usual fare and is a motion picture about gangsters in Baltimore.

Details about the film:

All In The Game is the new Gangster crime drama from writer/director Gary Ugarek and takes the audience on a journey within the inner city drug wars. The film focuses on Ontario Damon Banks (Nelson Irizarry) and his East Baltimore crew who not only grew up on the streets of East Baltimore, but have risen through the ranks of its drug trade.

The film follows Ontario’s desire and determination to control the entire trade, from supplier to distributor, and the bloody path he must make in order to claim the top spot as King. However, he does not take this struggle alone. Along for the ride are his two best friends, Littles (Kelvin Page) and Vince (Chris Clanton)

All In The Game is the 3rd feature film from Maryland based writer and director Gary Ugarek who started his independent film career with the 2006 zombie film, Deadlands: The Rising, and the 2008, follow up Deadlands 2: Trapped.

Gary, who is not shy to say he is obsessed with the zombie genre, also had another love in the realm of cinema, the gangster film. While the gangster film has been, and always will be, his second favorite genre, he had never thought about approaching the subject matter of gangsters, drug wars, mafia, and inner city gang violence.

In 2010, Ugarek was finishing his film festival tour for Deadlands 2: Trapped when he was approached by the folks behind Zombie Doomsday (2011) and asked if he would appear in the film. Reluctant to appear in front of the camera, he agreed. During his cameo appearance he met actors Nelson Irizarry and Kelvin Page. The duo were cast as armed robbers in the film and when action was called Gary found himself, very impressed with how genuine the two actors were in their performance. He set out to meet the two individuals and he promised they would work together.

Cast and Crew:

Nelson Irizarry as Ontario Damien Banks

Mr Irizarry  Currently resides in East Baltimore, MD, and acts frequently in local short subject matter projects as well as Music Videos. Nelson also owns his own recording studio. His credits include, Charm City(2006) Dead Ones and Zombie Doomsday both will be released in 2011.

Chris Clanton as Vince

Mr. Clanton is best known for portraying Savino Brattan in HBO's  The Wire.  He's also been in The King of Baltimore (2000), King of Baltimore and Razorblade City(2010).

Kevin Page as Littles

Kevin Page has been in Live and Let Die( 2009), Eden Lost(series), Roulette, Second Chance, where he was the Executive Producer, and also in Zombie Doomsday.

Mike McMullin as Michael Caprisci

Normal 0 < false false Washington, DC based actor who has performed in numerous stage plays as well as short films. Was cast by writer/director Gary Ugarek based on his performance in the short film “Accountable".

Mike also serves as a volunteer/team member for the Washington, DC based Art-O-Matic group which showcases pieces by local artists from the MD/DC/VA area.

Michaiah Jones as Lucky

Best known for playing Little Man, a member of the Barksdale crew in HBO's The Wire.  He has also been in King of Baltimore and Gathering Souls(2009).

Micaiah also owns his own movie set security company, and a night club in Baltimore, MD.

Daniel Ross as Nicholas Caprisci

Daniel is part of the creative team at Endlight Entertainment, and also serves as the Executive Producer for All in the Game, as well as Deadlands III: The New World.  Mr. Ross has been in The Wire, Head of State(2003), Commander in Chief(2005), The Sentinel(2006), Ninjas vs. Zombies(2008), Transformers: The Video Game as the voice of Star Scream(2008) and more recently in Ninjas vs. Vampires(2010).

The Director:

Gary Ugarek Director, Writer,Editor, and Cinematographer

Gary has a wide range of credits that include:

Deadlands: The Rising (2006)

Deadlands 2: Trapped (2008)

Deadlands 3: The New World (2012) Pre-Production

Helena, Hussy of Horror – Editor/Cinematographer

Eating Habits (2008) – Editor/Actor

Land of the Dead (2005) – Actor (Zombie)

Zombie Doomsday (2011) Actor

Has won 5 awards with his film Deadlands: The Rising, and 6 Awards for his film Deadlands 2: Trapped, and 1 award for his screenplay for Deadlands III: The New World.

Gary frequently collaborates with Virginia filmmaker Lonnie Martin. The both co-wrote Deadlands 3, and Gary served as the editor and cinematographer on the Lonnie Martin produced web series, Helena, Hussy of Horror.

About Funding:

Writer/Director Gary Ugarek is no stranger to the world of low budget productions. With the creative team behind the previous Deadlands zombie films, Ugarek and team were able to produce both films on extremely low budgets, combined both films cost just under $17,000.00 to make and complete (Deadlands 1: $10,800, Deadlands 2: $6,000.00)

Gary has enlisted the services of IndieGoGo.Com to help raise the production budget for All in the Game, which he projects will cost $7,500.00 USD. The primary use of the budget is mainly for production insurance, filming permits (for outdoor shoots in Baltimore City) and craft services.
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All In the Game is currently in production and principle photography is in progress.