Summary:
A LOOK INTO A FIRST TIME FILM OF THIS KIND
For over the span of a lifetime this sorted group of the most
eccentric and diverse friends, born and raised on the streets
of Los Angeles, lived it up and partied it down creating bonds,
brotherhood and enemies in the world and each other. This resulted
in each of these friends wandering different ways over the
last decade. We now reunite this intriguing group for an all
out journey using public transportation to the limit of experience
in a boarder town named Tijuana, Mexico just a skip away from
the U.S.A.
We
will explore four realms here as we introduce this
new way
of making a feature film to the world…
A group of eccentric youth living life to the edge in front
of the lens.
We will reunite
this group for an epic journey diving deep into their ways,
life style, thoughts and feelings. We will find out if such
a diverse group of young minds can keep it together over
24hrs and bring back the unity they all once shared as a
group… or will they tare each other down
to nothing on a ride down through memory lane
and show the
world why each other
can’t stand the next?
Our main characters:
OVER A DECADE OF STORIES, FIGHTS AND FRIENDSHIP
Character
Breakdowns:
J. Roho -
5' 10" Italian, Russian,
Jew 29 years old. Brown hair, Auburn eyes, muscular build.
The most important and powerful pleasure of life is the sincerity
of love, confidence of being loved, and the passion of loving.
J's soul places that philosophy in absolute fashion with
everything that he encounters, pursues or meets in life. J'
is a man whom has such an inspiring and driving work ethic
that once you meet him you will adapt his same ideals in all
aspects of your life as well. He even is on the cutting edge
of style before it’s the mainstream trend. I swear to
god that this person truly exists in our world and his name
is J. Roho.
www.myspace.com/judahray | www.judahray.com
Brail (Atom)
- 5' 8" Aryan/Jew 28 years old. Blond Pomp
hair, Slate Blue eyes, skinny and scrawny.
Atom grew up in Hollywood, Ca. The prodigal son of two young
punk-rock parents. Growing up with a different set of rules
gave him a unique outlook on life, sometime warped but his
intentions were usually good. He's the type of friend that
would screw himself over to help you, then be mad at you for
it. He's the loyal impatient. Known as the scrawny punk with
the heart of a lion he is first to start a fight and then first
to run behind a friend to back him up. He is opinionated in
all artistic fashions. Being a blunt outspoken character he
loves to push his ways on others. A true brat.
www.myspace.com/brail
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Elmo (Erik)
- 5" 10" Mexican/German 29 years old.
Dark Brown hair, Green eyes, stalked build.
Erik's dad used to drive us around with a beer in his lap.
It was like all the beer had rusted his smile to a perfect
non-expression. It was tough love all the way. He was just
trying to prepare Erik for the "tough" world that
for some reason had previously jaded him. I think he thought
affection would make Erik weak. This one time him and his family
went to a KISS concert together, his dad stole a Harley while
Erik kept watch. I guess you could say him and his dad are
a lot alike. He is the friend that people wonder why you hang
around and deal with his cold attitude, but is such a good
friend you deal with it. He can be the cheeriest go getter
in the whole group if he desires something but the most stubborn
child in the world if he doesn't see a point to the path. Interested
in himself and what makes him happy he is not the one to front
like he cares. He will be cold to your face, laugh at your
faults and shove the worst in your face.
Phylo (Phil)
- 5' 10" Greek 34 years old. Bald head,
Blue eyes, skinny build.
Phil is the total modern Oliver Twist. His father was a petty
criminal from Greece, who abandoned him and his mother when
he was young. After that he was usually more alone than not,
which explained his compulsions. His mom was the type usually
occupied with a more self-absorbed priority, like pining over
loser boyfriends. That left him with a gang-load of issues.
If they were packaged up and bricked they'd stack a warehouse
to the ceiling. . . maybe with a stamp of a fish on it, you
know those algae suckers. The kind that follow sharks around.
. . raw uncut waist that nobody wanted. He is the definition
of clingy and spastic. He will over drink, over analyze, and
over due most things while taking them to the boarder, and
even over the line, of extreme rationality and actions. He
runs his life on emotions and those run him wild.
www.myspace.com/phylonious
Petey (Peter) - 6' 3" Egyptian 32 years old.
Dreadlocks, Brown eyes, Tall and lanky.
A tall big goof ball full of love and hate. Eccentric is an
understatement for he is as bold minded as any Egyptian you
ever met. He is a worry wart and ego maniac. Being proud of
who he is and what he thinks Petey is the first to tell his
side of things. He is eccentric and very deep in his own issues.
One of the most outspoken people when it comes to an opinion.
Once you get Peter going he wont stop until he either gets
you to see his point or gets pissed off and goes on a rant
and rage. The softest hard-ass you will ever meet.
The first time
Tijuana, Mexico
will been shown in a film this way.
This is will also
be the first documentary about the small mystery town that
boarders like a safe haven for culture, beauty, sorted lives,
hardships and struggles in a place so close to the American
dream yet so far from its grasp. We will show this by documenting
every step of the way from boarder crossing to each element
our characters encounter. Including, but not limited to,
interviews with shop owners, families who sell to survive,
club owners, marketers who pull people into establishments
by hustling them, bartenders, street walkers, bandits, crooks,
gangsters, locals, hustlers and more. Each will be asked a
series of questions but not in a normal documentary interview
style but more as our main character Roho asking questions,
as
he gets curious along the way.
Things you will
experience in GoNzO...
The streets of Hollywood
Los Angeles Subways
Down Town Los Angeles Grand Central station
The Amtrak system
The San Diego Trolley
Crossing the boarder into another country
The poverty of Mexico
Streetwalkers
5 for $1 Tacos
Spanish street musicians
The Pharmacia
Federally
Mexican life style
The Pelota
Gambling
Donkey pictures
Local thoughts on politics, lifestyle and the TJ way
Local legend
People escaping the US law
Nightlife
Nightclubs
VIP areas in TJ
Strip bars
Prostitution
Street life
Plus more in this amazingly cultured city with a truly dangerous
presence.
Cameos by famous faces and names.
Through this film
we will feature cameos from name actors, which will provide
not only creditability for distribution and filmgoers, but
also add some amazing footage to our film. We see scenes
as follows depending on availability and financing:
Andy Dick:
Being that he has his own Improve workshop Andy is perfect
for this kind of experiment in cameos and a great comedian
to give the room to work and have fun in TJ. There is a myth
of a show that involves a Donkey and a Woman, since we will
only show we have found the place and not actually go inside
Andy would appear from the establishment and turn us off
by trying to turn us onto it.
Tom Green:
In the streets of TJ could come walking up a drunkin’ crazy
Tom Green as a bum who has lost in on the streets of Mexico.
The Jack Ass crew (STEVE O or JOHHNY KNOCKSVILLE):
Can run into us when intoxicated and talk us into doing something
crazy.
Gary Colman & Spencer: Being an Ex-Pimp
and upcoming comic from SF with his right hand man Gary the
master Pimp Spencer could come in Character explaining Colman
has escaped his Rep in America to work as a face known in Mexico
and help Spencer work his hustle.
John Leguizamo:
Being an amazing improv actor we could have this genius come
into the film in any way he sees fit. We see him getting
his hustle on the dance floor in one of the clubs we visit.
He is having a great time and just interacts with our group
in his amazing way.
Jamie Kennedy: He could play a hood that
escaped the US before he could be charged with a crime and
now is hiding in Mexico living it up.
Other talent names:
Carmen Electra
David Faustino
Jonah Hill / Michael Cera
/ Christopher Mintz-Plasse (the Superbad crew)
Seth Green
Anthony Anderson
and others.
We are looking for around ten cameos.
THE TRIP…
THE
FILM…
THE
SUMMERY
J.Roho; a Southern California Native, goes on a trip with
a group of his closest friends who were born and raised in
Hollywood, California along with some trouble-makers on a journey
to Tijuana, Mexico via the California public transportation
system on an epic adventure to discover the cities urban myths
and legends over 24 real but surreal hours.
After heavy drinking on the trains down the coast of Southern
California they catch up and break down all while getting as
we follow this posse through the extensive stroll up and down
the last feet of the United States. Through Graffiti ridden
walls and turnstile gates into the upside world of Tijuana.
We follow our group through the experiences of the first time
in Tijuana, Matador, Luchador, Pelota, Memories cheap thrills
and weird chills as some of the surreal life they find down
south is more then they ever expected... or can this town even
handle them?!?!
After walking the
back streets of town showing the Tijuana lifestyle of eccentric
gifts, cheap bear, unknown meat tacos and great tastes the
day turns to dusk as these explorers begin a night in an
illicit town of hard partying lost in an urban myth jungle.
They seek out the truth of both the towns risque nights
as they soon find out it is Cinco De Mayo and the town is a
blaze. Cheep beers and women make the night into a trip gone
wild.
Through 24 hours our group is thrown though a lifetime of experience
and the knowledge of what it is like to go over the border, cross
the line and then try to come back.
Enjoy GoNzO.
