Moviegoers know director Bennett Miller best for his films like 2005’s “Capote,” 2011’s “Moneyball,” and 2017’s “Foxcatcher.” But before those three highly acclaimed dramas, Miller made his feature debut “The Cruise,” a documentary about a quixotic NYC tour bus driver that became a quiet cult classic in the city in 1998.
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Now, to commemorate the film’s 25th anniversary, Oscilloscope Pictures gives “The Cruise” a new theatrical run starting next week. Told at a frenetic pace, Bennett’s doc follows its subject Timothy “Speed” Levitch as he waxes rhapsodic on his beloved city’s various sites of architectural splendor.
Here’s an official synopsis for “The Cruise,” courtesy of Oscilloscope:
Sailing the streets of Manhattan atop a double-decker bus, Timothy “”Speed”” Levitch waxes philosophical as the city’s most eccentric tour guide. Speed’s bombastic and psychedelic poetry is captured in the documentary THE CRUISE, the groundbreaking debut feature film from two-time Academy Award-nominated director Bennett Miller.
Along with directing, Miller also produces “The Cruise” with Jackie Glover.
“The Cruise” hits Quad Cinema in NYC and the Laemmle Royal in LA on October 11, with other screenings this month in San Diego, Columbus, OH, Huntington, NY, and Hartford, CT. Watch a trailer for the doc below.