OTHER MADNESSES

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ACTING WINNER, JAMES MOLES

USA | 2015 | Narrative | 105 Minutes

WORLD PREMIERE

Written and Directed by Jeremy Carr

Producer: Jeremy Carr, Dawn Fidrick

Cinematographer: Jeremy Carr

Editor: Jeremy Carr

Composer: Stephen Light

Cast: James Moles, Natia Dune

Synopsis: Ed Zimmer is a reclusive, New York City tour guide who suffers from recurring nightmares. The haunting premonitions force him to take violent action against the perceived threats all around him, as he attempts to maintain a relationship with a Russian tourist named Lucya, who just might be the girl of his dreams. Jeremy Carr’s mesmerizing debut film is a dark character study that evokes Taxi Driver and other 1970s American films.

A reclusive tour guide becomes an unlikely vigilante when the dark underbelly of New York City is revealed through his dreams. OTHER MADNESSES is a feature length psychological thriller from award-winning writer/director Jeremy Carr. It was shot on location in gritty New York City and was developed with support from The New York IFP. www.othermadnesses.com Written & Directed by Jeremy Carr Starring James Moles and Natia Dune Produced by Jeremy Carr and Dawn Fidrick With Sheilah Smiley, Ilya Slovesnik, Andrew William Smith, William Farrow, Michael Christodoulou, Lauren Allison, Kevin Maher, Tom Henning, Toshiko Onizawa, Robert Ankers & Peter L. Sempepos Copyright Jeremy Carr and Crutch Films 2014. All Rights Reserved.

Filmmaker bio: JEREMY CARR makes his feature film debut with OTHER MADNESSES, a psychological thriller that was made with support from The New York IFP. His awardwinning short films include NUCLEAR WINTER, THE DIRTIEST RACKET IN TOWN and ICE CREAM ANTS (featuring Marcus Ashley and Tom Noonan). He also directed the official music video PULLING YOUR INSIDES OUT from Jill Tracy's highly acclaimed album Diabolical Streak. Jeremy was editor of the 2012 Emmy Award-winning primetime TV Special, SESAME STREET: GROWING HOPE AGAINST HUNGER, the short film SELFIE (which premiered at The 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was the winner of a CLIO Image Award), and the upcoming documentary INDIGESTIBLE, which examines the effects of factory farmed animals on the environment and human health. Jeremy produced the feature length documentary THE WAR ON KIDS, which the New York Times described as “A shocking chronicle of institutional dysfunction." It can be viewed on The Documentary Channel and Netflix. He is a graduate of the film program at Boston University and is a recurring guest lecturer at The University of Southern California.