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It is Richey’s sophomore feature, following on from 2019’s ’Low Low’.

US filmmaker Nick Richey’s coming-of-age story 1-800-Hot-Nite has been acquired for international sales by Australia’s Odin’s Eye Entertainment.

It is Richey’s sophomore feature, following on from 2019’s Low Low.

When a 13-year-old boy loses his parents in a drug raid, he turns to a phone sex operator for help, as he embarks on a mission to escape foster care alongside his best friends. Dallas Dupree Young, Mylen Bradford, Gerrison Machado and Ali Richey star.

The feature is a Halfway Crooks Entertainment production in association with Lexicon Entertainment,...

Screen Rant is pleased to present an exclusive clip from the upcoming adventure comedy 1-800-hot-nite which arrives in theaters as well as on digital platforms and On Demand on November 4. Circulating festivals since its successful premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the new coming-of-age story centers on the teenaged Tommy who finds a fairy godmother in the form of a phone sex operator after losing his parents to a drug raid.

1-800-hot-nite sees Young joined by Gerrison Machado and Mylen Bradford, who portray his best friends O'Neill and Steve. Together, they concoct a plan to escape the foster care system and embark on a youthful adventure. Other cast members include Ali Richey as Ava, DaJuan Johnson as Russ, Nicole Steinwedell as Jenny, Kimleigh Smith as Patty, and Brent Bailey as Officer Riden. The film was written and directed by Nick Richer, who has already made waves...

Exclusive: Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to Nick Richey’s sophomore feature 1-800-hot-nite, slating it for release November 4.

The coming-of-age drama written and directed by Richey centers on Tommy (Dallas Dupree Young), whose world is turned upside down from the moment police break down his door and arrest his father. Faced with a parentless future, Tommy escapes child protective services’ custody with his best friends Steve (Mylen Bradford) and O’Neill (Gerrison Machado) into the L.A. streets—packed with men trying to rob them, cops chasing them, a python, a fist fight, a first kiss and phone sex. Throughout it all, Tommy keeps calling an 800 number, as he feels the woman on the line (Ali Richey) is the only adult he can confide in. By the end of the night, the boys’ brotherhood breaks down as they cross the threshold into adulthood.

The adventure pic had...