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"The Expediter" - an Independent New York Film

Synopsis: 

Shortly after graduation from high school in the late 1970s, eighteen-year-old Michael Romano engages in some teenage hijinks that gets him arrested in the New York City suburbs. With his plans to attend college put on hold, his father, the executive in charge of production at a large manufacturing company in Queens, takes him to work and puts him under the wing of Jake Cutter, the company's grizzled purchasing manager whose job is to ensure the factory line never goes down. The war-weary Cutter alleviates the horrors he experienced as a young U.S. Marine during World War II with alcohol, womanizing and a work ethic that is unrivaled. At first hostile to young Michael, who he derisively refers to as Michelle despite Michael holding the unenviable position of expeditor of parts, the two slowly and cautiously develop an indelible bond. Amid the relentless frenzy of daily production challenges, Cutter's incessant alcohol-fueled proselytizing, and rapid but unseen changes in the American manufacturing landscape - over the course of a summer the unlikeliest mentor plays a major role in Michael's transformation from a boy to a man. Visit www.theexpediterfilm.com.

Runtime: 
0:41:00
English subtitle: 
No
Information for the Audience: 

Shortly after graduation from high school in the late 1970s, eighteen-year-old Michael Romano engages in some teenage hijinks that gets him arrested in the New York City suburbs. With his plans to attend college put on hold, his father, the executive in charge of production at a large manufacturing company in Queens, takes him to work and puts him under the wing of Jake Cutter, the company’s grizzled purchasing manager whose job is to ensure the factory line never goes down.

The war-weary Cutter alleviates the horrors he experienced as a young U.S. Marine during World War II with alcohol, womanizing and a work ethic that is unrivaled.  At first hostile to young Michael, who he derisively refers to as Michelle despite Michael holding the unenviable position of expeditor of parts, the two slowly and cautiously develop an indelible bond.

Amid the relentless frenzy of daily production challenges, Cutter’s incessant alcohol-fueled proselytizing, and rapid but unseen changes in the American manufacturing landscape – over the course of a summer the unlikeliest mentor plays a major role in Michael’s transformation from a boy to a man.

 

Distribution budget: 
$25,000
Directed by: 
Michael Domino
Writing credits: 
Michael Domino, Robert Mladinich
Cast: 
Nimo Gandhi, Annie Pisapia, Al Burgo, Georgia Kate Haege, Robert Mladinich, Luis trenard, Charlotte Volage, Junior DiCaprio, Travis Kerr, David Olsen, Sandy DeBellis, Abraham Simon, Arthur Perry, Skye Strake, Mohamed Sabri, Robert Bella, Mohamed Essam, Naomi Warner, Mike Opisso, Peter Wood, Yosaira Gomez, Joseph pecora, Sean Connelly, Sean Curtin, Kathleen Matos, David Bick, Philip Messing
Produced by: 
Michael Domino, Robert Mladinich
Cinematography by: 
Jesse Wakeman
Release Date: 
Monday, March 20, 2017
Official website: 
www.theexpediterfilm.com
Total votes: 1875

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