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Ricky Tollman is a South African [1] filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer . Early life. Tollman was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and grew up in the Sandton area before immigrating with his family to Toronto, Canada. [2] Career. In 2014, Tollman co-produced The Calling.
Mar 6, 2020 · Run This Town: Directed by Ricky Tollman. With Ben Platt, Mena Massoud, Damian Lewis, Nina Dobrev. An emerging political scandal in Toronto in 2013 seen through the eyes of young staffers at city hall and a local newspaper.
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- Ricky Tollman
- 2020-03-06
Ricky Tollman is a South African [1] filmmaker, screenwriter, and Film producer .
Run This Town is a 2019 drama film about Rob Ford 's personal and work-related controversies during his final year as Toronto 's mayor, written and directed by Ricky Tollman. It stars Ben Platt, Mena Massoud, Nina Dobrev, Scott Speedman, Gil Bellows, Jennifer Ehle, and Damian Lewis .
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 and Kamal are struggling to climb the ladders at their respective workplaces: Bram at a newspaper, Kamal at City Hall.
- Ricky Tollman
- Gil Bellows
Mar 5, 2020 · Making energetic use of split screens, the writer-director Ricky Tollman shows a gift for staccato cutting and clipped dialogue, as in a spirited discussion of terminology at city hall.
Mar 6, 2020 · Tollman explores this overarching theme by comparing Bram’s experiences trying to break the story with the story of Kamal (Mena Massoud), the assistant to Mayor Ford (Damian Lewis), whose job involves basically cleaning up after the mayor’s wildly unethical antics, which include bullying, assault, and sexual harassment.
