Ended on 11/15/2007
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CHOKING MAN -
(unrated)
2006 - USA - English - 90 minutes - Independent Film Circuit
Directed by: Steve Barron
Featuring: Mandy Patinkin, Eugenia Yuan, Aaron Paul, Octavio Gomez Berrios
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 Jorge (Octavio Gomez Berrios) is a painfully shy Ecuadorian dishwasher toiling away in a shabby Jamaica, Queens diner owned and run by Rick (Mandy Patinkin). Looming over him: the familiar image of the "choking man," the ever-present Heimlich Maneuver instruction poster.
From his solitary kitchen corner, Jorge tries to express his adoration for the newly hired Chinese waitress, Amy (Eugenia Yuan, MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA).
The film's touches of magic realism reflect Barron's background as an innovative music video director (he did the giddy, addictive clip "Take On Me," for the Norwegian group A-Ha.")
Winner, Gotham Awards, Best Undistributed Film
"Everything an independent film should be."
-Steven Soderbergh
"Delightful"
- Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
"An unusual blend of workaday realism...with a splash of animation thrown in for good measure. The movie’s at its best when at its most casual."
-Joshua Land, TIME OUT NEW YORK
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