Manny Lewis
| 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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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Manny Lewis is a 2015 Australian comedy-drama film starring Carl Barron.
Cast
[edit]- Carl Barron as Manny Lewis
- Leeanna Walsman as Maria
- Roy Billing as Lyle
- Damien Garvey
- Simon Westaway as Joel Hillman
Background
[edit]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]
Reception
[edit]On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an aggregated score of 22% based on 2 positive and 7 negative critic reviews.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "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
- ^ "Manny Lewis - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
External links
[edit]- Official film website
- Manny Lewis at IMDb
- 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
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