2015 Indie Film Festival

Maniac

  • 2013

  • United States

  • 23 mins

  • Short Film Competition

Sam Borowski
Sam Borowski, Maria Rusolo, Nihad Shalabi, Eddie Kruglik
Bill Sorvino, Maria Rusolo, Joseph D'onofrio, David Harris, Paige Wilhide, Mary Dimino, Dominik Tiefenthaler

The Man is a disgruntled and disturbed citizen, a loner on the mean streets of New York City and New Jersey, as he ventures into isolation and violent misanthropy. He deals with tragedy by dispensing his own form of justice on the criminal low lives that “keep on hurting the good people.” In doing so, he attempts to help young prostitute Gina to free herself of her abusive pimp, Johnny Ramone. Eventually using two hand guns, he sets out to rid the world of the people “doing terrible, horrible disgusting things to other human beings.”

About the Director

Among Sam Borowski’s highlights are directing/producing Night Club, Academy-Award Winner Ernest Borgnine’s final theatrical feature. It also starred Natasha Lyonne, Paul Sorvino and Oscar-Nominee Sally Kellerman and was one of Mickey Rooney’s final films. In 2010, he wrote/directed The Mandala Maker, which qualified for the Oscars in the Live-Action Short category. He wrote/produced the feature documentary, “Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man” with Oscar-Winner Benicio Del Toro.

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