Spin, sometimes stylized as SPiN, is a 2015 short film drama directed by Noah Workman and written by Wilson Cleveland, who also stars. The film takes place over the course of a contentious live television interview between a Wall Street executive played by Hartley Sawyer and a financial journalist played by Cleveland.[1]

Spin
Directed byNoah Workman
Screenplay byWilson Cleveland
Yuri Baranovsky
Produced byPatrick T. Rousseau
Wilson Cleveland
StarringHartley Sawyer
Wilson Cleveland
Andrew Jernigan
Production
companies
Unboxd Media
Iris Mediaworks
Distributed byAmazon Prime
Vimeo on Demand
Release date
  • February 6, 2015 (2015-02-06)
Running time
14 minutes
CountryUnited States
Budget$12,000[1]

Reception

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The film received a 2016 Webby Award honor for Individual Short (Drama)[2] and generally favorable reviews from critics. In his March 6, 2015 IndieWire review, Joseph Ehrman-Dupre called SPiN a "sharp, smart satire" with writing "full of "spitfire one-liners" and[3] NewMediaRockstars' Evan DeSimone credited the writing as being "Sorkin-esque in the best sense of the word."[4] Tubefilter writer Sam Gutelle complained while "Wall Street corruption is a well-tread topic," SPiN is "A smart, twisty take on the world of high finance and media distortion."[5]

Cast

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  • Wilson Cleveland as James Locke
  • Hartley Sawyer as Scott Angelus
  • Andrew Jernigan as Entrepreneur
  • Lewis Raymond Taylor as Lewis
  • Ronnie Flynn as Entrepreneur
  • Prophecy Onasis as Proph
  • Bastiano Farran as Guest actor
  • Jordan Alexander King as King Komm.

References

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  1. ^ a b Shields, Mike (March 20, 2015). "Web Video Creators Take Lessons on How to Promo From Branded Entertainment". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 28, 2018 – via Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
  2. ^ "SPiN". The Webby Awards. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Ehrman-Dupre, Joseph (March 6, 2015). "The Art of the Short Film: SPiN". IndieWire. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  4. ^ DeSimone, Evan (February 6, 2015). "Give Wilson Cleveland's Latest Film A SPiN". NewMediaRockstars. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  5. ^ Gutelle, Sam (February 6, 2015). "SPiN Twists And Turns Through Newsroom Interview". Tubefilter. Tubefilter, Inc. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
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