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.
Video ID: 28
Legacy Video ID: 28
Release Date: July 28, 1998
Genre: Drama
Country: United States of America
Languages: EN_NATIVE
Runtime: 1h 29m
Credits
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Spiro: Victor Argo
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El Cid Rivera: Damian Young
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Producer: Art Jones
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Writer: Art Jones
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Director: Art Jones
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Estelle: Marilyn Brett
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Tully: Gregory Wolfe
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Associate Producer: Angela Martenez
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Line Producer: Luis Cubillos
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Distributors: Cinequest Distribution
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Production Companies: Great Jones Productions
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Distributors: Cinema Guild, The
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Gaffer: Sean Sheridan
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Electrician : Michael C. Maronna
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Negative Matcher : Stan Sztaba
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Negative Matcher : Patricia Sztaba
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Boom Operator : Jose Torres
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Additional First Assistant Camera: Laela Kilbourn
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Make-Up Artist: Nuria Sitja
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Production Sound Mixer: Antonio L. Arroyo
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Costume Design: Jennifer Crawford
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Key Make-Up Artist: Sanja Milic
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Cinematography: John Inwood
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Film Editor: James Cozza
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Jose: Jose Yenque
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Original Music: Jim Papoulis
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Officer Geraldine Fusco: Jourdan Zayles
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Mama (voice): Graciela Lecube
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Rev: Jamie C. Ward
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Eddie: Tom Oppenheim
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Chuckles: Mason Pettit
Awards
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1998: (Nominated) Hamptons International Film Festival Golden Starfish Award
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1999: (Nominated) Cinequest San Jose Film Festival Best Feature
Reviews
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L.A. Weekly (5.0): "Hilarious. An inspiring tale of self-discovery."
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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."
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Providence Journal Bulletin (5.0): "One of the Ten Best Films of the Year"
Film Festivals