RUNAWAY 

(81 mins, 2006)  
Directed by Tim McCann
Starring: Aaron Stanford, Robin Tunney, Melissa Leo, Terry Kinney

Official Selection – Toronto International Film Festival
Official Selection – Tribeca Film Festival
Best Feature Film – Austin Film Festival

“Tim McCann's Runaway is a harrowing psychodrama, taking place within the disintegrating consciousness of a 21-year-old (a haunting performance by Aaron Stanford)... A spare, taut psychodrama, Runaway induces the anxious feeling that one remembers experiencing in such great, scaggy noirs as Gun Crazy and Detour... There's no denying the skill, economy, and intelligence embodied in this exploration of a fragmented, imploding consciousness.”
Amy Taubin, FILM COMMENT

“A slacker psycho thriller that will keep audiences off balance till the bitter end, Runaway manages to use the questions it raises - via narrative inconsistencies and character quirks – to pack more powder into it’s explosive payoff. Paralyzing performances."
John Anderson, VARIETY

“A lean and crisply efficient psychological thriller.”
Dennis Lim, VILLAGE VOICE

“Every aspect of director Tim McCann’s Runaway is well executed. From the beginning credits, interspersed with askew suburban images, to the eruptive conclusion, it teems with feeling… An exceptional cast…  Tunney is especially invaluable. Her character’s frank sexuality and vulnerable strength are both fresh and fully realized. Stanford also creates an identifiably troubled persona, and nothing about his performance is contrived. Even the bit parts are painfully authentic.”
Abby Weingarten, THE HERALD TRIBUNE