title: Losing Ground (2005 film)
text: # Losing Ground (2005 film)
  
  Losing Ground is a 2005 independent film directed by Bryan Wizemann adapted from Wizemann's play of the same name. It follows seven people over the course of a single night in a Las Vegas video-poker bar, and their tangled interactions.
  
  The film features the same cast as the stage performance and was filmed using high-definition video at The Gate, a bar in Park Slope. Losing Ground premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival on March 11, 2005, to generally favorable reviews. The film was distributed to a small number of theaters in New York City. It was released on DVD January 26, 2009.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Eileen O'Connell
  * Kendall Pigg
  * Matthew Mark Meyer
  * Monique Vukovic
  * Rhonda Keyser
  * John Good
  * Colm Byrne
  
  ## Stage production
  
  The play initially ran at Tom Noonan's Paradise Theater from March 29, 2003, to April 13, 2003.
  
  