The Ride of Tom & Valkyrie (2011)
This is the story of the heroic psychological journey of Tom, a depressed insomniac locked in a small Chinatown studio that he's afraid to leave. Grieving the loss of his wife and daughter, and tormented by memories of a dysfunctional family, he hallucinates about his childhood heroes: Ben Franklin, a samurai, a '70's sitcom star, and a comic book hero--all of whom help Tom in his struggle to maintain his sanity. Meanwhile, Valkyrie, Tom's beautiful neighbor--whom he has never met--zips across Manhattan on series of disastrous blind dates in pursuit of her goal "to find the last real man in New York City, by midnight, tonight.
Director: Ed Rinkiewicz
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Peter Daniel Straus as Tom |
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Anna Gutto as Valkyrie |
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José Alvarez as Frankie |
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Ken Kensei as Musashi |
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Louis Cancelmi as Miguel |
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Clyde Baldo as Warren |
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Don Money as Chris |
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Andrea Leigh as Dominatrix |
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Erik Parillo as Andre |
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Stu Richel as Spiffy |
| Directing | Ed Rinkiewicz | Director |
| Writing | Ed Rinkiewicz | Writer |
| Production | Ed Rinkiewicz | Producer |
| Production | Aliki Paraschis | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Daniel Watchulonis | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Dika Chartoff | Original Music Composer |