One Night in Vegas

One Night in Vegas is a 2013 Nigerian comedy drama film directed by John Uche. It stars Jimmy Jean-Louis,[1][2][3] John Dumelo, Yvonne Nelson,[4][5] Sarodj Bertin, Van Vicker, Michael Blackson and Koby Maxwell.[6][7] The film focuses on a Ghanaian Couple who attempt to better their relationship by taking a trip to Las Vegas. The film was created by the same team who introduced Paparazzi Eye in the Dark in 2011.[8] Budgeted with a low six-figure budget and filmed over the course of 19 days, the film has been known in the Nollywood USA[9] market as the film poised to raise the bar of African films[10] by utilizing a more western approach to production quality and standards.[11] Notably employing the experience of an American Filmmaker (Tim "Black Magic Tim" Wilson)[12] to serve as Cinematographer and Editor.[13] The film's official release[14][15][16] in Ghana was one of the largest turnout outs ever in the history of Silverbird Theater in Accra Mall.[17]

One Night in Vegas
Directed by	John Uche
Written by	B.J. Winfrey
Produced by	Koby Maxwell
Starring	Jimmy Jean-Louis John Dumelo Yvonne Nelson Sarodj Bertin Van Vicker Michael Blackson
Cinematography	Black Magic Tim
Edited by	Black Magic Tim
Music by	Koby Maxwell Bruce Gardner Blaise Tangelo H. Gil Ingles
Production companies	K.M Productions RVI Motion Media
Release date	December 25, 2013 (2013-12-25)
Running time	133 minutes
Countries	Nigeria United States
Language	English

The film has played at the United Nations in New York City,[18] The Library of Congress in Washington DC,[19] The Pan African Film Festival,[20] Dublin Ireland,[21] Haiti,[22] Nigeria on July 18, 2014,[23][24] Maryland, Virginia, California, The United Kingdom, South Africa, and Sierra Leone.

This film was written by Hollywood screenwriter/actor and Atlanta, GA native B.J. Winfrey, who, besides starring on "Army Wives", "Sabotage" with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Tyler Perry's "The Haves and the Have Nots",[25] also gained notoriety in 2014 for being the first American to win the Nigerian and African Film Critics Award (NAFCA) for the short film "Five".[26]