Gita Pullapilly

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PMA whistleblower’s harrowing journey into an undercover FBI operation in 1980’s Cook County, Illinois, sending him toe-to-toe with corrupt judges, hustling defense attorneys, and Chicago mobsters; and ultimately resulting in the largest number of convictions of government officials in the history of the United States.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMA whistleblower’s harrowing journey into an undercover FBI operation in 1980’s Cook County, Illinois, sending him toe-to-toe with corrupt judges, hustling defense attorneys, and Chicago mobsters; and ultimately resulting in the largest number of convictions of government officials in the history of the United States.

Logline: Story follows two best friends that are fiercely loyal to one another, as they come of age in a small farming town in Maine. One is a potato farmer raising money so he and his pal can start over, while the other is drawn into a drug-smuggling ring with his outlaw father.