Based on a true story of a pool player known to hang out with mobsters in Queens.
David Manzano (writer, director) and Adrian Manzano (director) started this film 10yrs previously in black and white, but walked away because David Manzano's band Started playing a lot of gigs. David Barroso and Joseph Ruiz talked about not letting the story go away and getting the film finished, so Barroso started PTO Films to do just that.
8-BALL is unique in that the past and present scenes were literally filmed 10 years apart to tell the complete story. The black and white flashbacks were shot a decade ago in Queens as told from the perspective of the four childhood friends. The scenes in Los Angeles were filmed in 2011 through the eyes of Ramone Torzo.
Actor David Barroso and Joseph Ruiz were filmed in 2000 in NYC then ten years later they were filmed in California in 2011 finishing the film they actually filmed it 10yrs later.