Forty Winks follows Fabio Berker, struggling Hypnotist in New York City, as he is blackmailed into being the world's first hypnotist hit man by a mysterious woman who finds out his degree is fake.
Acting
McManus commits to Fabio's sweaty desperation completely.
Direction
Parker's debut squeezes noir out of Brooklyn brownstones.
Director
William Atticus Parker
Justin Marcel McManus
Fabio Berker
Susan Sarandon
Connie Montoya
Carmen Ejogo
Nina Sherman
Danny Burstein
Mr. Monroe
John Turturro
Milo
Leon Addison Brown
Wesley
Hart Bochner
The Narrator (voice)
Ben Shenkman
Daryl Camacho
Dan Finnerty
David Cromer
Kieth
Lianna Pai
Sharon
John Ellison Conlee
Carl
Brooks Ashmanskas
Outgoing Message Voice (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director William Atticus Parker is the son of Mary-Louise Parker and Billy Crudup—his first feature shot in 12 days on a shoestring budget in his actual Brooklyn neighborhood.
The tarot motif isn't decorative—Fabio's 'hypnosis' mirrors the Fool's journey, and his fake degree is literally the card representing new beginnings built on nothing.
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