Deuce of Spades

I shall not reiterate the accolades that Faith Granger has deservedly received here in this forum. What one should appreciate, however is that she has Directed, Written, Produced, Edited and Acted in (Chief, Cook and Bottle washer) a movie that Ed Wood would only dream of being able to create and with the passion of H.B. Halicki and his "Gone in 60 Seconds" (who had in 1974 a budget of $150,000 while Faith's budget is estimated at $25,000 in 2009, by the way). This is no "Hollywood Insider" with relations to Coppola. This is a foreign born aspiring musician who immigrated to the USA and has chased "The American Dream". There is probably a movie right there.

Deuce of Spades is a move that begins telling the story of a 1932 Ford Highboy Roadster but ends up with the discovery of a love story between the builder of the roadster and his girl.

This exquisitely photographed film filled with so many fantastic hot rods, jumps back in time to the mid 1950's; the age of innocence, when fast cars, rock and roll, drag racing, and good times were all that mattered to young people.

Author/Director/Producer/Editor Faith Granger, has captured the look and feel of Southern California back in the days when orange groves dotted the landscape and swing dances were all the rage. Period correct in every detail Granger manages to bring back the simple life style of that era with confidence and grace. But it is her keen story telling of the lost love between Johnny Calloway and Betty Thompson that captivates the main thread of the story

The most incredible aspect of this film is that film maker Granger, never went to film school, never made a film before, had never written a script, never edited a movie or scored a film before Deuce of Spades. Faith Granger is an undiscovered talent whose keen eye for detail and smart approach to film making should be making movies for a major studio. I for one look forward to more outstanding work from this most talented film maker.

Lynn B. Tivens Meister Communications

If you ever want to see something down to earth,then this is it. Old Hot Rods and a great story make the memory from the past still live on.After seeing what Faith did with this film Hollywood should learn from her.There are some big dollar movies that are nothing more then remakes of movies from the past with a new twist.This film is one that anyone in the Hot Rod industry should see.For the young people who see the film they get to look back at what life was like for the young Hot Rodders of the day.There are many reasons people should watch this film about the Hot Rodders of yesterday.Being one of those old Hot Rodders and seeing what Faith has done makes me smile every time I think of the past.There is nothing better then going back in time when you had a classic Hot Rod and did all your own work on it.Faith Granger is one who knows what Hot Rodding is all about. Thank you Faith, Gene S. Rano

The quality of this film can only be described as incredible, when one considers that Faith Granger is virtually a total amateur in the field of making movies and all the aspects involved to create this movie.

But her passion for the Hot Rod lifestyle shines through in the attention to create total realism for the era being depicted in this movie.

When you also consider that virtually all the actors were also appearing in a movie for the first time and played their rolls so well, tells me of their commitment and the belief they had in Faith and her production.

The storyline is such that one doesn't have to be into Hot Rod and Custom cars to enjoy this film. Because the storyline isn't totally about the hot rod and custom cars. At the end of the day this is a love story set in an era that Faith obviously loves. But I see that she does not do this in a self indulgent way. She came up with a concept that she believed in and went for it. And as I suggested earlier the end result is stunning.

I would highly recommend this movie to anyone.

Geoff aka whodaky

I waited it seemed like forever to finally see this film. It was worth the wait. My wife and I enjoyed the story line and wonderful videography of the film. I think Faith's choice of sound track was also cool. The scenes, locations and especially the cars were period perfect. If you look at my bio it'll show you my age and the time I grew up around hotrods. Here in the midwest they were few and far between so it was great seeing the early hotrodding years. And I'm sure the younger generation will also enjoy it. I'd love to view the movie on the big screen and I think it would enhance the movie if and when that happens. Faith's determination to shoot a beautiful "hotrod" movie was well done with the Deuce of Spades!