The Pitch

Together, we have already produced and distributed several award winning feature films that can beed seen streaming worldwide right now!  Featuring our collaborations with some talented actors such as Eric Roberts, Armand Assante, , Robert Clohessy,  Sean Young, Craig Bierko among others.

The Last Days of Tommy Higgins is a gritty crime drama about a grizzled old con who comes out of hiding to settle some old scores so he can ride off into the sunset one last time. Tommy will have to confront some of his demons, both real and metaphorical. A tale of revenge, redemption, and risking it all to take one last shot at the brass ring.

The Team

Russ Camarda – Producer

Russ has been a professional director/actor/acting coach/cinematographer and editor for over 25 years.  In the theatre, he has performed in and directed everything from dinner theater to Williams, Miller, Shakespeare and a range of things in between.
Behind the camera he has produced everything from commercials to feature length films.
In Film and other Media, Russ has produced, 6 independent feature films, Directed 2, Starred in and edited 5 of them.

Mike Lovaglio – Screenwriter

Born in Brooklyn, New York. Mike received a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree from School of Visual Arts. At the tail end of a long police career, he began to write screenplays. He has written, acted and produced two feature films and a short.  He lives on Long Island with his family. 

Michael J. Arbouet – Director

An award-winning director, author, writer, producer and podcaster. Michael was born and raised on Long Island. His first experience in the entertainment industry came when he did some acting in High School. He graduated in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in film and later began working at NBC as an intern. Michael have direct and produced numerous short and feature films over the year. He has worked with countless celebrities which has led him to host a successful podcast, “The Quidditas Factor” where he interviews other artists, filmmakers, actors and influencers about the keys to success.

Executive Producer and Cast member

Shahn Christian Andersen began acting and writing music in high school. He did community theatre and performed experimental music in college. He played in the Williamsburg-post rock band, The Dust Up, and produced the best queer anti-folk band to not find a wider following: Testosterone Kills.

Eventually, Shahn began doing featured parts on TV and in indie movies while continuing to write and produce his first solo music album. 

The Cast (thus far)

Actor, Athlete, Stuntman, Brian Donahue hails from Quincy, Massachusetts. In 1999 Donahue made his first appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. He demonstrated various stair falls during that show. Between 1999-2012, Donahue would return to the show many times as “The guy…”. The “gag” was that Donahue would appear as different characters then beat up Alan Kalter. Some of the characters were a CBS Page, secret service man, pizza delivery man, a Mets’ fan, “Lance Armstrong”, “Maria Pope” the producer, he posed as a member of the Late Show Orchestra and as Alan Kalter’s son Tyler.

Donahue is the subject of the award winning 2019 documentary “The Guy: The Brian Donahue Story” directed by E.J. McCleavey-Fisher.

Gorgeous petite brunette Tina Krause was born on July 29, 1970 in Queens, New York. Krause graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City with a degree in Graphic Design and 3D illustration. Tina worked as an artist and graphic designer prior to embarking on an acting career after being discovered by director/producer Gary Whitson at a spring Chiller Theatre horror convention in New Jersey in 1994. Besides acting primarily in horror films, Krause has also worked as a model and continues to work as a graphic designer in between acting assignments. Tina directed her first movie in 2001. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

The Story!

We meet Tommy Higgins while he’s peering out the passenger window of a rented Chevy stuck in the morning rush hour traffic on West side Highway. Tommy is reminiscing about the old neighborhood while his driver, Carlos, is grooving on reggaeton. When Tommy stops at a Hell’s Kitchen Bar and Grill, we learn that he hasn’t been around for a while. Paddy Moran, the owner of the gin mill didn’t recognize him. Tommy was an enforcer for the mob. A big man that scared the shit out of most of his customers without ever having to break an arm or a leg. His gut has grown since then, his hair has turned white and he’s grown a full beard. Nobody will ever mistake him Santa Claus. “Heard you bought the farm, boyo,” Paddy said.

After Tommy retrieves a revolver and some cash that he had stashed away in Moran’s office, he has Carlos take him to lunch at Lemongello’s Restaurant. Louie Lemongello was floored. He hadn’t seen his sister Loretta or her husband Tommy in fifteen years. Tommy Higgins and his family were placed into the witness protection program after he ratted on some Boston wise guys. Now that Loretta has passed away, Tommy has come out of hiding to collect the fifty grand that Louie owes him. Louie tries to jerk Tommy’s chain by telling him that he’s broke but Tommy is wise to his bull shit. The safe in Louie’s office is a wise guy bank. It’s a temporary spot used to hold money for the mob. There is only thirty five grand in the safe and Tommy takes it . Louie pulls a .380 auto out of his pocket of his trousers but Tommy grabs it. There is a brief struggle. Louie is no match for Tommy. He snatches the .380 and is about to put one in Louie’s brain when Louie cries out Loretta. Tommy stops and spares his brother in – law’s life.

Eugene Peluso and Sallie Ciero are soldiers in Anthony “Chic” Chicarella’s crew. When word gets back to Chicarella that Tommy Higgins has surfaced and that he robbed their bank at Lemongello’s, Eugene and Sallie are assigned to hit Tommy Higgins. In Louie’s reports to Eugene and Sallie he says that Tommy stole half million dollars from their bank. Louie’s no dummy. He saw a chance to cover the money that he’s been skimming from the bank and took it.

Tommy has come out of hiding to make some real money. His first stop was to collect the money that was owed to him by Louie. Next he and his pal Nikos Pappadimos plan to hit a card game in the basement of a Greek Diner. With that money and the 35 grand that he collected from Louie he plans to buy a few kilos of Mexican heroin from an old connection and sell it when he gets back home to New Mexico. Tommy wants to pay for his one daughter’s wedding and the others daughters college tuition. He can’t do that with the money he makes as a lineman for PNM. If all goes well, he will be dancing with senoritas in Costa Rica.