King Candy (film)

King Candy
Official poster
Directed by Ralph Sepe Jr.
Produced by Ralph Sepe Jr.
Screenplay by Ralph Sepe Jr.
Starring
  • Ralph Sepe Jr.
  • Ian Goodman
  • Alexondra O'Connell
  • Greg Scavelli
  • Michael Sepe
  • Charlie Grippaldi
Music by Johan Skugge
Edited by Ralph Sepe Jr.
Release date
  • March 27, 2015 (2015-03-27) (YouTube)
  • March 17, 2016 (2016-03-17) (Queens World Film Festival[1])
Running time
 46 min
Country United States
Language English

King Candy is a 2015 American independent drama-thriller short film directed, produced and written by Ralph Sepe Jr., starring Sepe Jr., Ian Goodman, Alexondra O'Connell, Greg Scavelli, Michael Sepe, and Charlie Grippaldi. It chronicles the story of Glenn Leighty, a teenager who eventually starts a scamming business under the guise of a charity to gain money for himself, who often narrates the film and explains the events throughout.

The film originally was released online on YouTube on March 27, 2015, but was selected for the Queens World Film Festival and premiered at The Secret Theatre on March 17, 2016.[2]

Plot

Glenn Leighty, a 17-year-old unreliable narrator, begins the film by stating through a video that everyone isn't special, but before telling his story, he remarks that he is "the important one" in and believes that anyone can be important for their story, and then begins.

In the story, Glenn is a member of a club, where any member requires "points" to maintain their membership, with these points collected by a deed of their choice. Because of this, he sells candy for money collected completely by the club and delivered to an organization,[lower-alpha 1] which gives him points. One time, he falls short of his goal but the club doesn't check, proceeding to do it multiple times after. He also tries to do a subscription-based business to earn money, to his failure and eventually quits the club and establishes a scam as a charity club donating to Africa, gaining members and profit. He adopts a practice where members earn half of the money.

Despite the success and growing presence of the club, fellow member Nick attempts to expose Glenn and the club. This forces him to start donating money to keep the club's reputation afloat, bribe the hall monitor, Brian, as well as alienating Nick purposefully in the process. Regardless, the club members start to lose respect for him, enlisting the help of a gang called "The Vultures" to enforce his leadership. Nick manipulates Tim into buying drugs from the Vultures, and the police arrest their leader, Andrew. After forcing knowledge from Tim, Glenn violently attacks and injures Nick, while Tim looks on. Glenn gives Tim his gun, and Tim attempts to shoot him. However, Glenn reveals that the gun is fake. This event leads the school to investigate the club, where Glenn and his girlfriend Heather lie and manipulate the truth successfully with help from Brian and the members, destroying Nick's reputation but disbanding the club as a result.

Finishing the narrative, Glenn recounts the events and states that no matter what, he recognizes the viewer as an "observer" with knowledge of what he has done as accounting for a reason but only by viewing the film. The film ends with Glenn driving away in his car while "The Blue Danube" plays in the background.

Cast

  • Ralph Sepe Jr. as Glenn Leighty
  • Ian Goodman as Nick
  • Alexondra O'Connell as Heather
  • Greg Scavelli as Brian
  • Michael Sepe as Tim
  • Charlie Grippaldi as Andrew

Additional roles

  • Ryan Ostwerwald
  • Roberto Pasalaqua
  • Joeseph Acierno
  • Daniel Marini
  • Michael Kohen
  • Andy Ordonez
  • Steven Piork
  • Vis Haripal
  • Anthony Narchet
  • Catia Sepe
  • Daniel Blanco
  • Eddie Denicola
  • Grayson Jacob Scott
  • Jimmy Karlin
  • Antonio Pizzarelli

Release

The film was released on March 27, 2015 onto Ralph's YouTube channel[3] but premiered as a selection from the Queens World Film Festival at The Secret Theatre on March 17, 2016. The bloopers for the film were released on April 1, 2015.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Glenn doesn't directly state the organization's name or identity, instead referring to them as "The Church Association For The World Of A Better Tomorrow For African Disease Or Some Shit Like That".

References

  1. ↑ "KING CANDY by Ralph Sepe". Queens World Film Festival. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Come see "King Candy" on the big screen Thursday, March 17th at 8pm. Get your tickets before they sell out at www.queensworldfilmfestival.com (Link also in Bio) #kingcandy&chill". Instagram. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Sepe Jr., Ralph (27 March 2015). "KING CANDY (A Film By Ralph Sepe Jr.)". YouTube. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "King Candy Bloopers". YouTube. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
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