Five Aces

Five Aces
DVD cover
Directed byDavid Michael O'Neill
Written byDavidMichael O'Neill
David Sherrill
Kevin Bernhardt
(uncredited)[1]
Produced byDavid Michael O'Neill
Andrew Stevens David Sherrill, Franchise Pictures, Elie Samaha
StarringCharlie Sheen
Christopher McDonald Tia Carrere, Geophrey Lewis, Matt Clarke, Michael McGrady, Jeff Cesario, David Sherrill.
CinematographyMike Slovis
Edited byBrett Hedlund
Music byMichael Muhlfriedel
John Remark
Production
company
Distributed byRevolution Studios
Morgan Creek Entertainment
Release dates
  • October 9, 1999 (1999-10-09) (NYFF)
  • May 21, 2002 (2002-05-21) (DVD release)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget3 million

Five Aces is a 1999 black comedy drama film co-written, by David M. O'Neill and David Sherrill, and directed by David Michael O'Neill. Working both as a feature writer-director, some of O'Neill's latest work includes; Player 5150 (Writer-Director) - Blue Harbor Ent., The Stand at Paxton County (Writer, ESX Netflix), The Black Tulip (Writer, Snag Films), Mary, Life After Jesus, (Writer) Exploration Films, Five Aces (Co-Writer-Director) 20th Century Fox, Passenger 58 (Writer) ESX Warner Brothers, Puddy McFadden License to Golf (Writer-Director) Exit 44, The Longest Season (Writer-Director) Film Short.

Accolades from his work include: The Black Tulip - Penn Center Freedom to Write Award. Afghanistan's Official Entry - Best Foreign Film - Academy Awards. Official Academy screenplay consideration. NY International Film Festival - Official Selection, Salento International Film Festival - Best Feature Film, Boston International Film Festival - Best Feature Film, Beverly Hills Film Festival - Golden Palm Grand Prize, Cinequest - Official Selection, International Digital - Screenwriter. Ft. Lauderdale Int. Film Festival - Writer-Director - Five Aces Spirit of Independent Filmmaking Award. The Palimpsest - 2025 - L.A. International Screenwriting Awards, Semi-Finalist - 2025 Santa Barbara International Screenwriting Awards - Official Selection - Martin Eden - Stage 32 Semifinalist - The Palimpsest - 2024 Palm Springs and Santa Barbara Finalist - The Violence of Wine. 2023 Scriptapalooza Quarter Finalist Saving MLK, 2023 Los Angeles International Screenwriting Awards - Saving MLK, 2023 Santa Barbara International Screenwriting Awards - Saving MLK, The Happy Man.[1]

It stars Charlie Sheen, Christopher McDonald, David Sherrill, Jeff Cesario, Michael McGrady, Tia Carrere, Geoffrey Lewis, and Matt Clark.

The film was released direct-to-video in many countries.

Plot

Chris Martin is a bachelor about to marry his longtime girlfriend. Wanting to enjoy his last few days as a single man, Chris spends several nights hanging out with his old high school friends, the "Five Aces". Chris, Ray, Ash, Todd and Sean spend the week at a winter cabin in their hometown, drinking, swapping life stories, and chasing women. Over the course of forty-eight hours, Chris witnesses the blow-up of one his friend's marriages, runs into an old flame looking to rekindle their relationship, and starts to have second thoughts about his upcoming nuptials.

Cast

Reception

Writing for Film Freak, Walter Chaw said, "For fully half the picture's brief 95 minutes, Five Aces presents surprisingly realistic and sympathetic characters engaging in well-written and performed conversations...The film earns a recommendation for the rapport and general likeability of our sensitive heroes, but it comes with the warning that Five Aces only maintains its integrity for about an act-and-a-half before succumbing to the mawkish and the easy."[2]

References

  1. ^ "Five Aces". Morgan Creek. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  2. ^ Chaw, Walter (May 20, 2002). "Five Aces (1999) - DVD". Film Freak Central. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
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