"When art inspires forbidden passion"
Directed By: Brad Fraser
Written By: Brad Fraser
Starring: Lynda Boyd, Vince Corazza, Troy Ruptash, Tom Anniko
Details: 89 mins · English
Release Dates:
In Theaters: Jan 1, 2002 Wide
DVD : 2004-04-06
Leaving Metropolis is a 2002 Canadian drama film written, directed, and based on the play Poor Super Man by Brad Fraser, about a gay man and a married heterosexual man who fall in love. It was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The film played the international gay and lesbian film festival circuit throughout 2002 and 2003.
David (Troy Ruptash) is a creatively stifled painter in desperate need of inspiration. As happenstance would have it, while seeking a job waiting tables, David stumbles upon a new muse in the form of a strapping diner owner named Matt (Vince Corazza). In short order the two bond over a shared love of art, and before long their passion for painting transforms into something more torrid. If it weren't for Matt's wife, Violet (Cherilee Taylor), everything would be perfect.
David (do Troy Ruptash đóng) là một họa sĩ đang bế tắc trong sáng tạo, đang rất cần nguồn cảm hứng mới. Trong một sự tình cờ, trong khi đang tìm kiếm một chân chạy bàn, David tình cờ gặp được "nàng thơ" mới của mình là một anh chàng chủ nhà hàng lực lưỡng tên Matt (do Vince Corazza đóng). Trong một khoảng thời gian ngắn, cả hai gắn bó thông qua niềm đam mê chung về nghệ thuật, và chẳng bao lâu, sự đam mê hội họa của họ biến thể thành một điều khác nóng bỏng hơn. Nếu không có sự hiện diện của vợ Matt là Violet (do Cherilee Taylor đóng), mọi việc có lẽ sẽ thật hoàn hảo.
MOVIE INFO
Successful Winnipeg-based artist David (Troy Ruptash) has become isolated from humankind due to his fame and notoriety, which negatively affects his inspiration for painting new works. Having come to the conclusion that the only cure for this condition is a heavy dose of culture immersion, David sets out to find a job -- and quickly finds one waiting tables at a diner run by married couple Matt (Vincent Corazza) and Violet (Cherilee Taylor). David purposefully manages to keep this new part of his life a secret from his best friends Kryla (Lynda Boyd) and Shannon (Thom Allison), especially when he starts developing a crush on Matt. As the two start a romantic relationship, Violet and Kryla each separately become suspicious and begin looking into the various inconsistencies surrounding Matt and David's recent actions. Matt, under pressure, ends the relationship but finds he must confess his sins to Violet when his and David's relationship is about to be made public due to some nude portraits David painted with Matt as the subject. The feature-film directing debut for Canadian playwright Brad Fraser, Leaving Metropolis gained wider public notice after being selected for inclusion into the 2002 Montreal World Film Festival.
Plot:
David (Troy Ruptash) is a well-known artist who is blocked. He decides to take a job as a waiter to try to find inspiration. His friend and roommate Shannon (Thom Allison), a pre-op male-to-female transsexual, stumbles across the Main St. Diner, owned by Matt (Vince Corazza) and Violet (Cherilee Taylor), who are looking for a waiter. David gets hired and quickly becomes close with the couple although they don't know of his standing in the art community and are surprised to learn that he's gay. David's friend Kryla (Lynda Boyd), a columnist for the Winnipeg Tribune, tracks David down at the diner against his wishes. An annoyed David demands that she write up the diner in her column, which she does. The diner's business picks up considerably.
Shannon, whose sex reassignment surgery has been repeatedly delayed because of her HIV-positive status, begins to become ill. David has a painting installed and Kryla gets his photo in the paper. Matt and Violet see the photo and realize that he's famous.
David and Matt start hanging out. Matt, who had tried his hand at drawing comic books, pesters David to show him his paintings but David resists. Matt confesses that he had once fallen in love with another man in college although he hadn't acted on it. David, finding himself drawn to Matt, paints him nude (although Matt doesn't pose). He tells Matt that there's a painting he needs to see. Matt comes to David's place and sees the painting. He becomes aroused and the two begin an affair.
David paints two more portraits of Matt, who still doesn't actually pose. Kryla and Shannon hail them as his best work and entreat him to exhibit them but Matt, nervous about how Violet would react, makes him promise not to. Each also tells the other that he loves him. They keep the relationship secret, though, especially in the face of the vehement disapproval Kryla expresses to David at the idea of his sleeping with a married man.
Kryla soon discovers the affair when she walks in on David and Matt having sex. A panicked Matt tells David that he lied about loving him and flees. In the aftermath of the affair, Shannon convinces David to break his promise and exhibit the paintings. He does so under the title "Straightman." When Matt learns of the show he confronts David, first threatening to destroy the paintings and then offering himself again sexually. David contemptuously dismisses him. Matt tells Violet about the paintings and about the affair and admits that he is in love with David. She demands a divorce.
Shannon, who has grown progressively more ill, decides to take her life. As she dies, David runs into Kryla at a bar and they have a bitter fight.
Violet attends the opening but merely tells David that the paintings are very good. As she's leaving Matt arrives and she refuses to give him another chance. After the opening Matt again approaches David who also rebuffs him.
At film's end, Violet sells the Main St. Diner and Matt has left town. David has also decided to leave. He and Kryla reconcile.
Vince Corazza
| Vince Corazza | |
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Vincent Corazza
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| Born | December 6, 1972 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Cooke |
Vincent Corazza (born December 6, 1972) is a Canadian-born actor best known for playing the role of Alden Jones in the television series Braceface and Darien Shields/Tuxedo Mask in the anime Sailor Moon.
Corazza began acting at the age of 10. He appeared in both leading and supporting roles in over 100 films, television shows, movies of the week and commercials combined. His credits include the 2003 feature film, Owning Mahowny in which he played the best friend of Philip Seymour Hoffman, as well as the television movie The Cheetah Girls for the Disney Channel. Other credits include guest appearances on The Famous Jett Jackson, 24, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, JAG and Without a Trace, and a December 2006 appearance on the daytime drama General Hospital.
Along with his film and television career, Corazza's vocal career has spanned two decades. He has lent his voice talents to over 1000 radio and television commercials. Notable vocal/animation credits include Alden on Braceface, Tuxedo Mask and Alan of Sailor Moon, Sam Sparks of Rescue Heroes and Shickadance of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. He was also the voice of U.B.C.S. mercenary Carlos Oliveira in the PlayStation video game Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, and the voice of Zexion in Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.
Corazza played the lead animated character of "Slim" in an IMAX feature entitled "Adventures in Animation 3D".
Corazza also had a role in the horror movie Bless the Child.
Vincent Corazza began acting at the age of 10 and has appeared in more than 100 films, TV shows, movies of the week and commercials. In 2003, he played the role of Doug in the film Owning Mahony which starred Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Here he appears in this sexy scene with Troy Ruptash in the film Leaving Metropolis. Watch for Corazza in the role of Bill in the film Rock and Roll: The Movie to be released July 30, 2011.
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