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CHOKING MAN
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CHOKING MAN

Drama | USA | English Language no Subtitles

"Choking Man is everything an independent film should be"
   - Steven Soderbergh

"Delightful"
   - Stephen Holden, The New York Times

Running Time: 84 Minutes

Synopsis
The social anxiety of a morbidly shy Ecuadorian dishwasher working in a Queens diner provides the psychological engine that powers this intense blend of drama and magical realism from famed music video director Steve Barron. Newcomer Octavio Gomez Berrios gives a quietly effective performance in the "title" role. Also starring Mandy Patinkin.
Additional Info
Rights: USA & Canada
Formats: Digi Beta, Beta SP, DVD
Cast and Crew
Director: Steve Barron
Producer: Joshua Zeman
Producer: Zachary Mortensen
Producer: Steve Barron
Production Designer: Ethan Tobman
Graphic/ Animation Artist: Marina Zurkow
Starring: Octavio Gómez Berríos as Jorge
Starring: Eugenia Yuan as Amy
Supporting: Mandy Patinkin as Rick
Supporting: Aaron Paul as Jerry
Related Genres
  • Drama
  • Adolescence/Coming of Age
  • American Independent
  • English Language
  • Films With Celebrities
  • Immigrant Experience
  • Urban
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    Amy (Eugenia Yuan), Jerry (Aaron Paul) and Teri (Kate Buddeke)
    Amy (Eugenia Yuan) and Jerry (Aaron Paul)
    Amy (Eugenia Yuan)
    Rick (Mandy Patinkin)
    Jorge (Octavio Gómez Berríos)
    Director/ Producer Steve Barron and actor Octavio Gómez Berríos
    Choking Man poster (hi res)
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    "…a drama blending fantasy and reality in its depiction of one man's inner demons."

    --Mike Goodridge/ Screen Daily - Review

    "…escapes into a variety of alternate environments, from a hidey-hole behind a fence to an animated rabbit's sunshiny yellow milieu.  Barron executes all the hard stuff remarkably well…Barron's camera bestows the film's main Gotham locale… with an almost mythical, microcosmic dimension."

    --Ronnie Scheib/ Variety - Review

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