Starring
Presented by IFC Films | United States | Mar 18th, 2016 | 97 MINS | NR
How to win friends: smuggle $300k of uncut cocaine into your snooty prep school. Based on the wild story of a teen drug trafficker who rocked headlines in 1984, this true crime caper stars Thomas Mann (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) as Toby, a blue-collar scholarship student at an elite boarding school who finds an in with the cool crowd by supplying them with cocaine. But things spiral out of control when Toby goes from small-time dealer to international drug trafficker, culminating in a trip to Colombia and a daring deal with a cartel. Capturing the music, style, and burgeoning “greed is good” ethos of the 1980s, The Preppie Connection is a stranger than fiction look at the price of popularity.
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Awards
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El Rey Award - Excellence in Film Editing
Barcelona International Film Festival
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Breakthrough Performer
Hamptons International Film Festival
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Official Selection
Mill Valley International Film Festival
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Official Selection
Woodstock Film Festival
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Official Selection
San Diego Film Festival
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Best Narrative Feature
Carmel International Film Festival
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Empire State Filmmaker Award
St. Lawrence Film Festival
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