Pete Smalls is Dead

Former Oscar-winning screenwriter K.C. Munk (Peter Dinklage) is down on his luck, reduced to counting quarters in a broken down Laundromat in a go-nowhere town. When his bookie shows up looking for $10,000, K.C. has nothing left to give so they take the only thing he has left – his best friend and 16-year-old dog, Buddha.

In order to get Buddha back, K.C. has to return to the place he hates – Los Angeles – and borrow money from the one guy he knows who has money – his old friend, the infamous film director Pete Smalls (Tim Roth). Unfortunately, when K.C. finally gets to Los Angeles, he learns Pete Smalls is actually dead and his masterpiece, his unfinished final film, is gone.

And so begins a frantic search through Los Angeles and Mexico for K.C. Munk and his buddy Jack Games (Mark Boone, Jr.), Jack’s rich Armenian uncle Sacco (Seymour Cassel), bigwig producer Hal Lazar (Ritchie Coster), Pete’s gold-digging ex-wife Julia (Rosie Perez), sleazy independent financiers Bernie Lake (Steve Buscemi) and Leonard Proval (Michael Lerner), smoking hot French editor Saskia (Theresa Wayman), and a host of other colorful characters who are all trying to find out the answer to one simple question: Is Pete Smalls Dead?

"A heck of a good ride … Deft blend of ridiculous comedy … Wildly enjoyable film" Paste Magazine.com

"wacky … Off-kilter comedy." Dennis Harvey, Variety
"Dinklage delivers a wonderfully grounded performance." Karsten Kastelan, The Hollywood Reporter