Run This Town

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99 minutes – Drama
Language: English
Release date: March 6, 2020
Production companies: Manis Film, Raised by Wolves, Jobro
Canadian distributor: Elevation Pictures

Run This Town is one of those “ripped from the headlines” stories. A young journalist and a young political aide become entangled in a larger-than-life political scandal as they struggle to navigate adult life. Like all their friends, Bram Shriver (Ben Platt) and Kamal Arafa (Mena Massoud) are struggling to climb the ladders at their respective workplaces: Bram at a newspaper, Kamal at City Hall. One day Bram answers the phone of a reporter who’s been laid off, and learns that someone has a video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (Damian Lewis) smoking crack. He seizes the moment to advance his career, but his friend Kamal must grapple with containing the story while maintaining his integrity.

Run This Town, movie, poster,

Crew:

Producer:

Ricky Tollman
Jonathan Bronfman
Randy Manis

Executive Producer:

Berry Meyerowitz
Jeff Sackman
Lon Molnar
Jeffrey Schwartz
Leslie Schwartz
Lee Shulkin
Noah Segal
Jack Dym
Michael Eliesen
J.C. Chandor
Neal Dodson
Anna Gerb

Co-Producer:

Ariella Naymark

Associate Producer:

Benjie Cherniak
Ami Drazin
Ryan Etinson
Chris Kape
Eric Levy
Robbie Manis
Mark Trustin

Supervising Producer:

Andrew Bronfman

Line Producer:

Matt Code

Director:

Ricky Tollman

Screenwriter:

Ricky Tollman

Cinematographer:

Nick Haight

Editor:

Sandy Pereira

Production Designer:

Chris Crane

Art Director:

Joel Guzman

Costume Designer:

Hanna Puley

Cast: Roles:

Ben Platt
Mena Massoud
Damian Lewis
Nina Dobrev
Scott Speedman
Jennifer Ehle
Gil Bellows
Lauren Collins
David Eisner
Hamza Haq
Kathryn Greenwood
Emmanuel Kabongo
Rebecca Liddiard
Araya Mengesha
Katy Breier
Seamus Patterson
Setta Keshishian
Justin Kelly
Genevieve Kang
Tracy Rowland
Allegra Fulton
Thomas Mitchell Barnet
Catherine McNally
Leah Doz
Zarrin Darnell-Martin
Emily Dickinson
Robin Cunningham
Jackie Laidlaw
Dennis Nimoh Jr.
Rick Persich
Beatriz Yuste
Stevie Jay
Jeremy Hernandez
Joyce Rivera
Gabriel Venneri
Hot Rod Tollman
Tolly
Grace Armas

Bram Shriver
Kamal Afara
Rob
Ashley
David
Judith
Detective Lowey
Sammi
Phil
Detective Sharma
Jill
Abe
Claire
Joshua
Lauren
Gidda
Neil
The Squirrel
Lynn
Susan
Waisglass
Woman Behind Desk
Girl in Line
Paula
Ashley’s Girlfriend
Manager
Waitress
Hadi
Streeter 1
Streeter 2
Ford Supporter
Streeter 3
Streeter 4
Sammi’s Husband
Ozzie
Streeter 5
Laundromat Cashier