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Richard M.

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Character-driven dark crime comedy with a mockumentary heist twist.

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I’m an actor, writer, and producer from the Bronx, and the founder of My Man Film Productions. My background in finance, business strategy, and acting shapes how I approach filmmaking. From developing the story to figuring out how to get it made. I’m drawn to character-driven stories with sharp dialogue, dark humor, and people whose choices get them in over their heads. My feature project, Vito’s Way, brings those interests together in a crime comedy about ambition, deception, and the roles we play.
New York, NY
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Crime, Drama, Comedy
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Vito's Way

FAKE MOVIE. REAL HEIST. EVERYONE’S PLAYING A ROLE.

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FAKE MOVIE. REAL HEIST. EVERYONE’S PLAYING A ROLE.

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UNIQUE SELLING POINT

The caper escalates through competing cameras, staged scenes, real criminal pressure, and successive betrayals, while Vito's need to perform gradually gives way to small, behavioral signs that he may finally be learning how to live without controlling the frame.

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Five Extra

After a botched jewelry-store robbery lands two lifelong friends in the same prison cell, they retrace twenty-five years of ambition, organized crime, and betrayal, confronting how their greatest strength, their loyalty to each other, became the trap neither could escape.

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After a botched jewelry-store robbery lands two lifelong friends in the same prison cell, they retrace twenty-five years of ambition, organized crime, and betrayal, confronting how their greatest strength, their loyalty to each other, became the trap neither could escape.

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UNIQUE SELLING POINT

Instead of treating criminal ascent as a succession of flashy scores, the story builds its underworld through bookkeeping, errands, favors, businesses, and tiny acts of loyalty, making the eventual rupture feel cumulative and intimate. Its emotional payoff is not redemption or victory, but two aging partners recognizing the pattern they have repeated and choosing to remain present for its consequences.

STANDOUT FEATURES

  • Unique Hook: The story spans decades, showing the evolution of a friendship from teenage crime to adult consequences, with a non-linear structure that reveals key moments.
  • Plot Twist: The failed robbery in 2000 is revealed to be a deliberate act of self-sabotage by both men, who chose crime over reconciliation.
  • Distinctive Setting: The Bronx neighborhood, social club, and restaurant provide an authentic backdrop that evolves from the 1970s to 2000.

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UNIQUE SELLING POINT

Rather than tracing a simple gangster rise and fall, it treats loyalty like a running account: credit, debt, protection, and missed chances accumulate until both men recognize how often they waited for the other to choose differently.

STANDOUT FEATURES

  • Unique Hook: The story spans 25 years, showing the evolution of a friendship against the backdrop of organized crime, with a nonlinear narrative that jumps between time periods.
  • Plot Twist: The final robbery, which mirrors the opening scene, ends with the characters getting caught, revealing that they have been unable to escape their past.
  • Distinctive Setting: The Bronx, New York, from the 1970s to 2000, with authentic period details, from soda trucks to social clubs to prison.