Ninth Street (1999)

The inhabitants of a deteriorating section of 1968 Junction City, Kansas known as "Junk City" bemoan their existence and revel at the history of their neighborhood during its 1940's heydays when legendary jazz musicians regularly played its clubs. In 1968, the area has diminished to strip clubs and juke joints inhabited by Vietnam War draftees that pass through from nearby Fort Riley. Heads of the group include a wino who lost a leg in WWII, a taxi dispatcher, a saloon owner, and a crazed bag lady. The younger generation is represented by a young prostitute who is trying to get off the streets, but is forced to continue to work by a no-good boy friend and the need to feed her baby. Martin Sheen also appears as a white minister who prefers the people in the area over his own congregation.

Date of release
1999-01-10
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Director
Kevin Willmott, Tim Rebman

Casting

Interesting facts

Ninth Street is a 1999 American drama film shot in black-and-white. It was directed by Tim Rebman and written by Kevin Willmott.

Production

Production on Ninth Street took five to ten years to complete. Wilmott began writing the script as a class assignment for film school; he drew upon stories his parents and their friends told him about Ninth Street in Junction City, Kansas and wrote the script as a stage play. Wilmott had initially approached several venues in Hollywood to make the film but was turned away.

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