21st Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 18-28, 2024 Globe Cinema

12th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 20-24, 2024 Globe Cinema

Off The Rails

Canada, United States, 2016 : Alberta Premiere
Archives 2016
None
In Cinema Globe Cinema
Sun, Nov 20 2:30 PM Buy

description

OFF THE RAILS tells the remarkable true story of Darius McCollum, a man with Asperger’s syndrome whose overwhelming love of transit landed him in jail 32 times for impersonating New York City bus drivers and subway conductors and driving their routes.
 
Darius was taught the ins and outs of the subway system from childhood by transit workers, and over the next three decades, he commandeered hundreds of trains and buses, staying en route and on schedule; actions that landed him 23 years in maximum security prison.
 
Adam Irving’s debut is a fascinating, frustrating and heart-breaking documentary. OFF THE RAILS is a profile of a man seemingly born for one thing – and of a legal system that does not know how to deal with him. 

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Full Frame 2016
Hot Docs 2016
Sarasota Film Festival 2016
RiverRun International Film Festival 2016
Newport Beach Film Festival 2016
San Francisco Documentary Film Festival 2016

DIRECTOR’S BIO
Originally from Toronto, Adam dropped out of his PhD program in media studies at the University of Texas to work as a filmmaker in L.A. He began as a reality TV cameraman, then forayed into producing fundraising videos for non-profit organizations before finally embarking on his dream of making documentaries. OFF THE RAILS is Adam’s first film. He holds an M.A. from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and a B.A. from Brandeis University.

 

press for Off The Rails

"Offbeat and enjoyable."
- The Hollywood Reporter
"A sharply funny human interest story that will be hard to forget."
- Toronto Film Scene

screened with a short film

Tiny Tracks

Canada, 2016, 10 Minutes, Director Naomi Hocura

details

Documentary

18+ Licensed Screening
87 minutes

credits

Director
Adam Irving

Producers                
Adam Irving, Glen Zipper

Co-Producer
Tchavdar Georgiev                

Cinematographer                
Adam Irving

Music Composer
Duncan Thum    

Facebook
facebook.com/OffTheRailsDoc

Official website
OffTheRailsMovie.com

Twitter
@OffTheRailsDoc

 

community

awards

Winner, Best Documentary Newport Beach Film Festival 2016
Winner, Best Documentary Woods Hole Film Festival 2016