rat

A Short Film by Todd Strauss-Schulson

Starring Jonothon Lyons

and New York City

This movie was filmed over the course of four cold nights in New York City on the eve of the presidential election, in the middle of a global pandemic. We went out into Soho to shoot something weird and sweet and melancholy to match our moods, and capture the surreal energy of the boarded up city we love.

Directed, Edited, and Story by Todd Strauss-Schulson

Rat Created and Performed by Jonothon Lyons

Written By Todd Strauss-Schulson and Jonothon Lyons

Cast

Rat – Jonothon Lyons

Girl Rat - Emily Tung

Band in Park - Ian Bamberger and Nelson Alexander

Cigarette Guy - Jake Ryan Lozano

Pizza Guy - Joseph Lymous

Production

Photographed By - Dennis Robert Thomas

Mask, Costume, and Prop Design - Jonothon Lyons

Director of Mask and Puppetry - Joseph Lymous

Choreographer - Tony Bordonaro

Production Assistants - Bryanna McQueeney and Jake Ryan Lozano

Post

Color By Alex Jimenez @ Color Collective

Sound Mix by Tom Ryan

Credits and Poster by Daniel Spenser Levine

Special Thanks

Basil Twist

Taylor Myers

Tessa Whitehead

Brittany Blum

Virginia Wagner