Chop Shop (film)

Chop Shop
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRamin Bahrani
Written byBahareh Azimi
Ramin Bahrani
Produced byJeb Brody
Lisa Muskat
Marc Turtletaub
StarringAlejandro Polanco
Isamar Gonzales
Rob Sowulski
Carlos Zapata
Ahmad Razvi
CinematographyMichael Simmonds
Edited byRamin Bahrani
Music byM. Lo
Production
company
Distributed byKoch-Lorber Films
Release dates
  • May 21, 2007 (2007-05-21) (Cannes)
  • February 27, 2008 (2008-02-27) (United States)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$221,227[1]

Chop Shop is a 2007 American drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Ramin Bahrani. The film tells the story of a twelve-year-old street orphan living and working in Willets Point, an area in Queens, New York, filled with automobile repair shops, scrapyards and garbage dumps.

Chop Shop premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.