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Trailer: HOLY ROLLERS, Starring Oscar® Nominee Jesse Eisenberg, Makes its Free VOD Premiere Exclusively on SnagFilms .com

ON THE EVE OF THIS YEAR’S SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL,

 PAST GRAND JURY PRIZE NOMINEE, HOLY ROLLERS, STARRING NOMINEE JESSE EISENBERG, MAKES ITS 

FREE VOD DEBUT EXCLUSIVELY ON SNAGFILMS

“In the time-honored tradition of Godfather and Scarface…” — Mike Hale, The New York Times

In 1998, 1 million ecstasy pills were smuggled into the USA by a group of Hasidic Jews.

Available Beginning January 20, this Ripped-from-the-Headlines Crime Drama, Directed by Award-Winning Filmmaker Kevin Asch (Affluenza), Co-Stars Justin Bartha (The Hangover), Ari Graynor (TV’s “Bad Teacher”), Danny A. Abeckaser (The Wolf of Wall Street), Q-Tip and Hallie Kate Eisenberg (Paulie); it Will Be Available to View Online at SnagFilms.com, and All Supported Devices, Including Their Multi-Platform App

NEW YORK, NY (January 14, 2015) – Inspired by actual events in the late ’90s in which Hasidic Jews were recruited as drug mules, HOLY ROLLERS was a Gotham Award winner and Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize nominee in 2010.  On the eve of Sundance 2015, the crime drama, starring Oscar® nominee Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, Now You See Me) makes its free VOD debut on January 20, exclusively on SnagFilms,the award-winning social video-viewing platform and 2014 Webby® nominee.  It will be available to view online at SnagFilms.com, and all supported devices, including their multi award-winning app.

Jesse Eisenberg as Sam Gold

 

In HOLY ROLLERS, directed by award-winning indie filmmaker Kevin Asch (Affluenza), mild-mannered Sam Gold (Eisenberg) is a young Rabbinical student from an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Looking to make some extra money, Sam and his best friend Leon (Jason Fuchs, Ice Age: Continental Drift) accept a job from Leon’s brother Yosef (Justin Bartha, The Hangover) to retrieve a suitcase in Amsterdam and walk it through customs in New York. Yosef has ties to an Israeli drug cartel, the mysterious cargo turns out to be pure MDMA (ecstasy), and the promise of easy cash lures Sam into becoming a smuggler and dealer.  The film co-stars Ari Graynor (Celeste and Jesse Forever), Danny A. Abeckaser (The Wolf of Wall Street), Q-Tip (Cadillac Records), and Hallie Kate Eisenberg (The Insider).

 

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SnagFilms, Inc., also owns Indiewire, the independent film industry’s leading news service and blog network, twice named top entertainment site by the Webby Awards. Founded by Ted Leonsis, SnagFilms, Inc. was named as one of Red Herring’s 2013 Top-100 Technology Companies in North America.  Snagfilms.com was a Webby finalist as 2014’s top entertainment site and a 2013 Webby Honoree. SnagFilms, Inc. is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in New York and Los Angeles. For further information, visit snagfilms.com.

 

 

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Dream chaser extraordinaire! Judy tends to be a tad sarcastic and kind of goofy! She is an avid admirer of all things supernatural, paranormal, celestial and mystical. She loves to read, write, and watches way too much TV. She enjoys many genres of film and music (and let's be honest, most music from the 80s). She also has a wicked sweet tooth. Cupcakes beware.

Judy Manning

Dream chaser extraordinaire! Judy tends to be a tad sarcastic and kind of goofy! She is an avid admirer of all things supernatural, paranormal, celestial and mystical. She loves to read, write, and watches way too much TV. She enjoys many genres of film and music (and let's be honest, most music from the 80s). She also has a wicked sweet tooth. Cupcakes beware.