Bristol Boys

Bristol Boys is a 2006 film written and directed by Brandon David. Shot in Bristol, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts, the film is based on one of biggest drug busts of Connecticuts Statewide Narcotics Task Force, including the arrest of Davids longtime friend Kevin Toolen in 2001. Will Janowitz and Max Casella of The Sopranos fame star in the film, as do Dean Winters and David Zayas from Oz.

Directorwriter Brandon David based the movie on the events leading up to and following a monthslong investigation by the Statewide Narcotics Task Force which resulted in the arrest ofpeople from Bristol, Plymouth, Southington, and Thomaston. Davids friends Kevin Toolen and Miguel Rivera were arrested in the bust. David says he hoped to write on the experiences of his friends and himself while transporting marijuana with Toolen cross country.Several aspects of the movie are taken directly from the real life events, such as Little Man being ratted out by a trusted friend. It is a shocking fact that a good friend of Kevins was a DEA informant, David said, which was another motivation to make the movie. David did take creative license on some realities, such as making Little Mans mother addicted to OxyContin and dying of an overdose. Toolens mother died in 2000 but had been suffering from leukemia. Also, the police informants death in the movie is fiction. There was no murder, but if I were the guy that ratted everybody out, Id be concerned, said David. ........

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