About This Film
Plot: El Cid Rivera (Damian Young) is 33 and has never left Manhattan Island; neither have his childhood friends, whom he meets every day at the same bar around the same table. He's tired of his humdrum life and a going-nowhere career. And he's been saddled with the name ...
Ratings: Unrated
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Country: United States Languages: English
Credits:
Spiro
Victor Argo
El Cid Rivera
Damian Young
and 28 others.
Runtime: 89 min
Awards: (Nominated) Hamptons International ... and 1 other.
Plot
El Cid Rivera (Damian Young) is 33 and has never left Manhattan Island; neither have his childhood friends, whom he meets every day at the same bar around the same table. He's tired of his humdrum life and a going-nowhere career. And he's been saddled with the name of an epic hero played on-screen by Charlton Heston (his mothers favorite). Bouncing between dead-end jobs, El Cid struggles to find his calling, yet fears he'll never succeed on the epic scale his mother expects. To find escape, El Cid takes to the empty streets of New York at night -- as part of a group who call themselves Asphalt Nomads. He and his fellow travelers cruise Manhattan's 900 miles of open blacktop after midnight in boat-like '70s Buicks and Lincolns to find a sense of control, serenity and briefly, freedom. Art Jones skillfully shapes his hero's transforming experiences into an inspiring tale of self-discovery. Going Nomad is ultimately an intelligent, highly original and hilarious look at the search for purpose in their lives.
Reception
Awards:
(Nominated)Hamptons International Film Festival Golden Starfish Award,
(Nominated)Cinequest San Jose Film Festival Best Feature
Reviews:
Providence Journal Bulletin (5.0) ""One of the Ten Best Films of the Year""
N.Y. Daily News (5.0) ""An intelligent, poetic and humorous meditation on the big dreams and small
endeavors of people who are searching for meaning in their lives.""
L.A. Weekly (5.0) ""Hilarious. An inspiring tale of self-discovery.""
Film Festivals:
Cinequest Film Festival,
Hamptons Film Festival
Trailers and Artwork
Key Art:
Languages: English
Quotes and Credits
Credits
Associate Producer Angela Martenez
Line Producer Luis Cubillos
Spiro Victor Argo
El Cid Rivera Damian Young
Producer Art Jones
Writer Art Jones
Director Art Jones
Estelle Marilyn Brett
Tully Gregory Wolfe
Distributors Cinequest Distribution
Production Companies Great Jones Productions
Distributors Cinema Guild, The
Gaffer Sean Sheridan
Electrician Michael C. Maronna
Negative Matcher Stan Sztaba
Negative Matcher Patricia Sztaba
Boom Operator Jose Torres
Additional First Assistant Camera Laela Kilbourn
Make-Up Artist Nuria Sitja
Production Sound Mixer Antonio L. Arroyo
Costume Design Jennifer Crawford
Key Make-Up Artist Sanja Milic
Cinematography John Inwood
Film Editor James Cozza
Jose Jose Yenque
Original Music Jim Papoulis
Officer Geraldine Fusco Jourdan Zayles
Mama (voice) Graciela Lecube
Rev Jamie C. Ward
Eddie Tom Oppenheim
Chuckles Mason Pettit
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