How to Make it in America

Ben Epstein and best friend Cam Calderon are destined to succeed - if only they can find the right scheme. Most recently, the friends' venture to sell Ben's Wilfredo Gomez branded skateboard-decks has gone bust because their star spokesperson has disappeared from the scene. Needing to make back their investment - to repay the loan from Cam's cousin Rene who is recently out of jail - Cam talks Ben into a leather jacket hustle. But they are busted before they ever make the sale. Meanwhile, Ben's love life goes from bad to worse when he discovers the hard way (showing up drunk under her window) that his ex, Rachel, has moved on with a successful hotelier. With Rene making serious threats if they don't have their vig payment on time, Ben and Cam are saved just in time with a loan from "Kappo," Ben's old high school-mate turned hedge fund millionaire. Inspiration strikes Ben and as they hand over their payment to Rene, he asks for another three grand - to buy a spool of premium Japanese denim and launch a new jeans line. less