Nomad (2002)

Jack is the nomad of the film's title. He is a homeless street performer who brings Shakespeare's soliloquies to life each afternoon on various street corners around the city of Denver. He moves around the urban landscape from park bench ...See moreJack is the nomad of the film's title. He is a homeless street performer who brings Shakespeare's soliloquies to life each afternoon on various street corners around the city of Denver. He moves around the urban landscape from park bench to bus bench with his best friend, an aging dog named Bones. Contrary to the homeless stereotype, Jack's existence is ruled by discipline. He carefully plans every day of his life, leaving nothing to chance. Lucy is a theater student at the city university. She comes upon Jack's performance one afternoon. Fascinated, she pursues him, bent on learning who he is and where he comes from. When Lucy discovers Jack is from the neighborhood she grew up in, she is determined to learn how this man could fall from the comfort of suburbia to living on the streets. They begin an unlikely friendship. She travels to various locations of Jack's performances, accompanying him afterwards to his bench. She is intrigued by his knowledge of Shakespeare, manner of living and the fifteen perfectly organized bags beneath his bench. They spend their afternoons discussing theater and Lucy's role as Antigone in a school loneliness of the city more bearable. Jack has a history with Charlie, a transient who portrays a typical image of the homeless: rough, unshaven and always looking for the next drink. When Jack rebuffs Charlie's alcoholic advances, an enemy is born. Nomad explores the futility of insulating oneself from the sometimes painful reality of human interaction. Through an unforeseeable chain of events, Jack comes face to face with the boundaries of his carefully constructed existence. Written by Matt Eggers See less
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26 cast members
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Richard Dean
Charlie Charlie   See fewer
Jeff Nicholson
Lucy's Father Lucy's Father   See fewer
Arizona Winters
Director Director   See fewer
Steve Krening
Theseus Theseus   See fewer
Jenna Messer
Chorus Chorus   See fewer
Mariah Martin
Lucy's Friend Lucy's Friend   See fewer
Ken Kovar
Morty Morty   See fewer
Jim Griffin
Jewler Jewler   See fewer
Joe Black
Policeman Policeman   See fewer
Joe Quillin
Driver Driver   See fewer
Kanoa Jones
Bookseller Bookseller   See fewer
Ray Bickel
Walker 1 Walker 1   See fewer
Susan Bickel
Walker 2 Walker 2   See fewer
Jeff D'Agostino
Kid in Car Kid in Car   See fewer
Donald Sneed
Man 1 (as Don Sneed) Man 1 (as Don Sneed)   See fewer
Bob Gumbrecht
Man Brushby Man Brushby   See fewer
Theron LaBounty
Clerk 1 Clerk 1   See fewer
Kari Kwinn
Clerk 2 Clerk 2   See fewer
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