
Summer of Sam(1999)
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.


“Seven suspects, one traitor.”
After a mass shooting at a police funeral, reclusive ex-cop Gannon finds himself unwittingly forced out of retirement when he realizes that the killer belongs to the same militia he joined after quitting the force.

James Badge Dale
Gannon

Brian Geraghty
Noah

Patrick Fischler
Beckmann

Chris Mulkey
Ford

Happy Anderson
Morris

Robert Aramayo
Keating

Gene Jones
Hubbel

Cotter Smith
Roman

Bret Eric Porter
Kowalski
Nichole Abshire
Officer
The Standoff at Sparrow Creek is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 2019 exploring themes of militia, paranoia, radio, ex-cop, interrogation, police funeral. Directed by Henry Dunham, it stars James Badge Dale, Brian Geraghty, Patrick Fischler. After a mass shooting at a police funeral, reclusive ex-cop Gannon finds himself unwittingly forced out of retirement when he realizes that the killer belongs to the same militia he joined after quitting the force.
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