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Release Date:
November 4, 2016
Summary:
Off the Rails tells the remarkable true story of Darius McCollum, a man with Asperger’s syndrome whose overwhelming love of transit has landed him in jail 32 times for impersonating New York City bus drivers and subway conductors and driving their routes. As a boy in Queens, NY, Darius found sanctuary from school bullies in the subway. There he befriended transit workers who taught him to drive trains. By age 8, he memorized the entire subway system. At 15, he drove a packed train 8 stops by himself, making all the stops and announcements. Over the next three decades, Darius commandeered hundreds of trains and buses, staying en route and on schedule, without ever getting paid. He attended transit worker union meetings, lobbying for better pay and working conditions for a union he didn’t belong to. Although Darius has never damaged any property or hurt anyone in his decades of service, he has spent 23 years in maximum security prison. Darius’ recidivism embodies the criminal justice system’s failure to channel the passions of a harmless, mentally challenged man into a productive career and purposeful life.
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Details
| Runtime: | 86 min |
| Rating: | Not Rated |
| Official Site: | http://www.offtherailsmovie.com/ |
| Production: | Zipper Bros Films |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Countries: | USA, Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Jun 27, 2017 |
| Director | Credit |
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| Adam Irving | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
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| Adam Irving | Writer |
| Tchavdar Georgiev | Writer |
| Cast | Credit |
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| Ann Sennet | Train Passenger #3 |
| Cairo Lester | Young Darius #1 |
| Charles Bilal | Himself |
| Courtney Brown | Carl |
| Darius McCollum | Himself |
| Devonte Lewis | Teen Darius |
| Drew Ebanks | Subway Conductor #2 |
| Elizabeth Loebman | Herself |
| Elizabeth McCollum | Herself |
| Evan Croft | Train Passenger #1 |
| Gabriel Solomon | Medic #2 |
| Hunter Hibbard | Boy In Class |
| Jervis Cameron | Adult Darius #1 |
| Jonathan Irving | Cop #2 |
| Jude Domski | Herself |
| Lori Shery | Herself |
| Maki Spencer | Young Darius #2 |
| Marcia Scheiner | Herself |
| Michael John Carley | Himself |
| Michael Stuart Garfinkle | Himself |
| Ray Sanchez | Himself |
| Raymond Kingu | Train Passenger #2 |
| Renée Strauss | Judge Carol Berkman |
| Rey Cusicanqui | Himself |
| Romel Harripersaud | Cop #1 |
| Sally Butler | Herself |
| Shapour Daneshmand | Medic #1 |
| Shaun Clarke | Subway Conductor #1 |
| Sherry Dooley | Herself |
| Stephanie Greene | Teacher |
| Suzanne Pratley | Informant |
| Wanda Forden | Herself |
| Yun Liu | Subway Operator |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Adam Irving | Producer |
| Glen Zipper | Producer |
| Tchavdar Georgiev | Co-Producer |
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