The short film, 52 minutes long The Local Stigmatic is a drama film with the story follows Graham (Al Pacino) and Ray (Paul Guilfoyle), two sociopaths, nihilist working-class British friends who spend their free time walking and discussing greyhound track racing, and read gossip column on the papers. They eventually engaging in brutal acts of violence against random victim (a film star who they've read about in gossip column).
The Local Stigmatic is directed by David Wheeler, produced by (and starring) Al Pacino, written by Peter Brynmor Roberts based on a stage play by Heathcote Williams, and was filmed and edited during the late 1980s.
Al Pacino began shooting exteriors for the film in London in 1984, for only 9 days filming time. For the role, Pacino and Paul Guilfoyle studied and examined the play for four years and spent four months rehearsing before it was finally shot. They avoid making the film look too cinematic. Instead, the film made like a stage play.
The Local Stigmatic eventually released on DVD as part of "The Al Pacino Box Set" in June 2007 (with Looking for Richard and Chinese Coffee), but was never released theatrically. Previously, in 1990 Al Pacino donated a copy of the film to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City with the stipulation that it can only be screening with his permission.
Cast:
Al Pacino ... Graham
Paul Guilfoyle ... Ray
Joseph Maher ... David (as Joe Maher)
Brian Mallon ... News Vendor
Michael Higgins ... Drunk man
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