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Contest (2013)
Bullied high school student Tommy is suddenly befriended by his chief tormentor, Matt, the school's most popular student and star athlete. Tommy is suspicious, but is forced to accept the awkward friendship in order to enter a cooking contest with a big prize. And besides, it's so much easier to impress his crush, Sarah, when he's not getting beat up by Matt and his team. As the cooking contest heats up, Sarah sniffs out a conspiracy, but nobody wants to hear about it. Can Tommy trust his budding friendship with Matt or is it all a huge joke on him?
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Bullied high school student Tommy is suddenly befriended by his chief tormentor, Matt, the school's most popular student and star athlete. Tommy is suspicious, but is forced to accept the awkward friendship in order to enter a cooking contest with a big prize. And besides, it's so much easier to impress his crush, Sarah, when he's not getting beat up by Matt and his team. As the cooking contest heats up, Sarah sniffs out a conspiracy, but nobody wants to hear about it. Can Tommy trust his budding friendship with Matt or is it all a huge joke on him?
Rating:PG
Genre:Drama, Family
Written By:Anthony Joseph Giunta
In Theaters:12/31/2013
Box Office:
Runtime:88 minutes
Studio:Contest LLC, Percolate Productions
Cast
Anthony Joseph Giunta
Director
Kenton Duty
Matt Prylek
Danny Flaherty
Tommy Dolen
Mary Beth Peil
Angela Maria 'Gran' Tucci
Katherine McNamara
Sarah O'Malley
Kyle Dean Massey
Kyle Prylek
Chris Riggi
Ned
Jan Uczkowski
Philip King
Tina Benko
Rhonda
Raviv Ullman
Rip Barker
Kelley Missal
Anya Bartosh
Kent Moran
Coach Jay Nadley
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