The Canadian indie about stoner crooks looking to pull off a bingo hall robbery had its camera and lighting equipment stolen from a rented truck and trailer on its first day of production in Winnipeg.
Director Stu Stone and producing partner Adam Rodness want you to know that their indie film comedy Vandits — about small-time crooks looking to rob a senior citizens’ bingo hall of its $25,000 jackpot on Christmas Eve — having $250,000 worth of camera and lighting equipment stolen on their first day of shooting was no publicity stunt.