Manny Lewis
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| Directed by | Anthony Mir |
| Written by | Carl Barron Anthony Mir |
| Produced by | Martin Fabinyi |
| Starring | Carl Barron Leeanna Walsman Roy Billing Damien Garvey |
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| Distributed by | StudioCanal |
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| Template:Pluralize from text | English |
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Manny Lewis is a 2015 Australian comedy-drama film starring Carl Barron.
Cast
- Carl Barron as Manny Lewis
- Leeanna Walsman as Maria
- Roy Billing as Lyle
- Damien Garvey
- Simon Westaway as Joel Hillman
Background
Barron said the film was semi-autobiographical:
I wanted to do a story about my life on the road for the past 20 years and show people the other side of stand-up comedy, the side without all the laughter and all the isolation of being a comedian. It is also a bit of a love story and about trying to connect to someone. When you are performing you connect to thousands, but do you ever really connect to one?... Manny Lewis is just a well-known comic who ... has trouble holding down a relationship. Everyone has a trouble trying to connect to people. There is a bit of me in there, how much of me I will leave up to the audience to decide.[1]
Plot
Lewis is a successful stand-up comedian, living alone in a luxury Sydney apartment. Bored and lonely, he begins a series of chaste night-time conversations, as "Thomas", with "Christine" a hostess on a phone sex service and, a few days later, meets Maria, who rents a flat above his favorite coffee shop. They begin hanging out together, somehow failing to recognise each other as "Thomas" and "Christine".
They fall in love, then break up when he resists her suggestion they go swimming together. He confronts his father about brutal treatment he received as a child. He is arrested for brawling; the resultant publicity embarrasses his agent, who is on the verge of arranging an American contract.
In the last scene he reconciles with his father, walks away from the contract, and is reunited with Maria – they dive into the harbour together.
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an aggregated score of 22% based on 2 positive and 7 negative critic reviews.[2]
References
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- ^ "Carl Barron’s film 'Manny Lewis' proves life as a comic isn't all laughs" The Daily Telegraph 24 July 2015 accessed 19 March 2015
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Manny Lewis - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
External links
- Official film website
- Manny Lewis at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- Review of film at Filmink
- Review of film at SBS
- Review of film at Sydney Morning Herald
- Review of film at Guardian Australia
- Review of film at WA Radio Drive - ABC
- Review of film at Herald Sun
