Staten Island Catapult

Staten Island Catapult

Infobox Film
name = Staten Island Catapult



caption = Theatrical poster
director = Gregorio Smith
producer = SMITHKRAFT Productions
writer = Screenplay:
Gregorio Smith
Story:
Gregorio Smith
starring = Joe Grappone
Lesley Evans
Jaime Mercado
editing = Gregorio Smith
runtime = 51 minutes (Director's Cut)
country = United States

"The Staten Island Catapult" is a 2005 documentary about a disgruntled commuter and his proposal to build a catapult that launches individuals from Staten Island to Downtown Manhattan in 5 minutes. The film was written and directed by independent filmmaker Gregorio Smith.

The film won a Verrazzano Award for Best Documentary Short at the inaugural [http://www.sifilmfestival.org Staten Island Film Festival] (2006).

Plot summary

Dom Giotti, founder of the Staten Island Catapult Development Committee (S.I.C.D.C.) maintains that the commuting needs of Staten Islanders have long been underserved by a cost-prohibitive dichotomy of bridge or boat. In his opinion the outermost New York borough is a trove of history and culture that remains largely untapped due to a lack of mass transit alternatives.

To that end, Dom proposes aseminal transit alternativefor the Staten Island community. Under the rallying cryWhere mass transit has failedphysics shall prevail!”, Dom spearheads an initiative to build a large-scale catapult that launches commuters back and forth from Staten Island to downtown Manhattan in 5 minutes, an idea he got from his friend Kenneth G. Pringle.

Although his vision is initially met with bemusement and doubt, Dom soldiers on and eventually develops a prototype.

Bootleg This Movie

Bootleg This Movie is a 2007 documentary short written and directed by Gregorio Smith. This unofficial sequel explores the worlds of both video piracy and self-publishing, as the director creates a bootleg or pirated DVD of Staten Island Catapult and hires an actress to sell it on the streets of New York City.

External links

* [http://www.statenislandcatapult.com Official Website]
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0481626/ The Staten Island Catapult] at the Internet Movie Database


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