The House That Jack Built

The House That Jack Built (2015)

Complications ensue when street-smart, cash-rich Jack fulfills his fantasy of housing his extended family in a single Bronx apartment complex.

Date of release
2015-12-11
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Family, Drama, Crime
Director
Henry Barrial

Casting

Interesting facts

The House That Jack Built is a 2013 American drama film directed by Henry Barrial and written by Joseph B. Vasquez. It stars E. J. Bonilla in the title role, with Melissa Fumero, Saundra Santiago, Leo Minaya, Desmin Borges, John Herrera, Flor De Liz Perez, and Rosal Colon in supporting roles. It follows an ambitious young Latino man who buys a small apartment building in the Bronx and moves his entire boisterous family in to live rent-free.

Production

The House That Jack Built was directed by Henry Barrial from a screenplay that Joseph B. Vasquez had written before his death in 1995. The film's producer, Michael Lieber, who was Vasquez's friend and colleague, helped Barrial revise the script and gave him a better understanding of Vasquez. Principal photography began in May 2012 in New York, and lasted 18 days, with an estimated $130,000 budget.

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