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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Check out the exclusive poster and a scene from Joseph Castelo's based-on-a-true-story film, which features the 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' star as a working-class prep school student using ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Cocaine-snorting '80s teens get in over their heads in this factually inspired yet unconvincing drama. Hitting predictable notes head-on from the moment it begins with a framing-device crisis and the ...

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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 ...