THE SQUEEZE (2015)

A humble young man with uncommon skills from a small southern town gets caught up in high stakes golf matches between big-time gamblers until the game becomes life and death.

Director:

 Terry Jastrow

Writers:

 Terry Jastrow, Terry Jastrow

Stars:

 Jeremy Sumpter, Katherine LaNasa, Jason Dohring |

Storyline

THE SQUEEZE Augie Baccus, (early 20s), a common man of uncommon skills, living in a small Texas town is a winner in life...starting quarterback in football, leading scorer in basketball, fastest in track, etc. When Augie wins his one day City Golf Championship by 15 shots breaking his own course record, a dapper Southern gentleman gambler, Riverboat and his over-the-top bejeweled wife, Jessie, who are driving cross country in their blue Thunderbird from Mississippi to Las Vegas hear of this uncommonly gifted young golfer on local radio. Turning off the highway, Riverboat heads to the local muni course to find Augie and convinces him to abandon his dreams of qualifying for the PGA Tour, and come play for him in high-stake gambling matches. Augie's longtime girlfriend, Natalie, sassy, smart and take-no-prisoners is angered beyond tolerance as she watches Augie give up his dreams and compromise his integrity. Augie continues to win high stakes matches all across the state until they're finally run out of Texas. Riverboat and Augie head for Las Vegas where they play in even higher stakes matches until Augie finds himself pitted against a big-time Vegas gambler, Jimmy Diamonds, who has known connections to the mob. Augie continues to win every match until finally, Diamonds, fed up with the scam, breaks into Augie's hotel room and brutally informs him he's going to end up at the bottom of a swimming pool wearing lead boots if he doesn't lose the match the next day. Fearing for his life, Augie attempts to escape but is soon discovered by a very angry Riverboat who informs him he had better win the match the next day or he'll do the deadly deed himself. Thus our hero is caught in The Squeeze. Win or lose-either way, he's dead. Can this appealing young man escape the opposing forces of evil and win back his girl? Welcome to The Squeeze. It's Tin Cup meets The Sting with a dollop of Caddyshack.

Plot Summary:

A young man with uncommon golf skills becomes caught up in a deadly high-stakes golf match between big-time gamblers. "The Squeeze" is a caper about a notorious gambler who discovers a modest young man in a small rural town with uncommon golf skills. Seeing his potential, the gambler convinces him to abandon his dreams of winning the US Open and start playing in high-stakes matches. They don’t lose. The stakes grow higher and higher until the game becomes “life or death.”

Live reviews

• Squeeze Squeeze came on the seen in the earlier 80’s and it didn’t take long for the London act to gain a cult following. In a similar style to other iconic London bands such as Madness and The Jam they wonderful crafted songs telling the stories of their every day working class lives. In a happy ‘tongue in cheek’ way they sing about all the highs and lows, mischief, troubled romances and many more issues one may come across. Anyone can surely listen to the songs and smile in recognition of such experiences.

  The band was made up of Difford and Tilbrook, two wonderfully talented lyricists and songwriters, not to mention an extremely underrated guitarist in Tilbrook. Then with Lavis on drums, who was considered one of the best drummers at the time and Jools Holland on Keys, they had all the tools to make them infamous! They got themselves a reputation for being a wonderful live act. With all the members full of energy and with a repertoire of chart topper such as, Pulling Mussels’ ‘Slap and Tickle’ and ‘Up The Junction’ they are a spectacle l not to be missed. A class, feel good British band! One of the best of the 80’s!