A dramatized real-life scandal of 1980s prep-school drug dealing plays like a tepid compilation of fictive cliches in “The Preppie Connection.” Joseph Castelo’s third feature stars Thomas Mann (“Me ...

No one could accuse the new IFC movie, The Preppie Connection, of an implausible premise: The film, which opens today, is based on a 1984 cocaine-smuggling scandal at the prestigious Choate Rosemary ...

For a working-class boy on scholarship at an elite private school, fitting in can be a challenge. In “The Preppie Connection,” Toby finds the answers lie in studying GQ magazine, kitting himself out ...

MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) — It was three decades ago that Derek Oatis was busted at a New York airport with South American cocaine he intended to sell to his prep school classmates, a scandal that led to ...

Vampire Academy's Lucy Fry has joined drug-trafficking drama The Preppie Connection. The film will be directed by The War Within's Joe Castelo and chronicles a group of private school students who ran ...

“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” star Thomas Mann stays in high school for “The Preppie Connection,” a ripped-from-yesterday’s-headlines drug thriller with a coming-of-age twist. Writer-director ...

When the story broke in 1984 that a student at Choate Rosemary Hall had been accused of smuggling cocaine to sell to classmates at their elite Connecticut boarding school, it was shocking enough to ...

‘Preppie Connection’ Director on Transforming ’80s Boarding School Cocaine Scandal into Movie Joseph Castelo explains what's at stake at a crucial moment toward the end of the film, in which star ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No one could accuse the new IFC movie, The Preppie Connection, of an implausible premise: The film, which opens today, is based on ...

The Michael Ness Golf Tournament was started by his family after he died from injuries he sustained in a house fire. The agency said the closure was first reported around 7:33 p.m. Monday. Two Norwalk ...

MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) — It was three decades ago that Derek Oatis was busted at a New York airport with South American cocaine he intended to sell to his prep school classmates, a scandal that led to ...