60 CUPS OF COFFEE

The James Dean style star (Jerry Broome) of "Sixty Cups of Coffee" says in a voice-over that he once heard that drinking the aforementioned amount of java would "stop your heart like a
tight-wound watch". So, the film's protagonist hits a local coffee shop to see if his number is up.

As he chokes down cup-after-cup of the nasty brew, a couple of beefy trucker types bet on whether he can do it. Undaunted, this rebel without a coffeemaker keeps firing down the caffeine cocktails-and the crowd grows increasingly tense as he nears his ominous goal.

Let's just say that the startling finale is well worth seeing. "Sixty Cups of Coffee" is a clever, well-made film that takes an offbeat idea and really makes it work.

Filmmaker David Ward delivers the goods.