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Leaving Metropolis is the film version of Brad Frasers hit play Poor Super Man, which Time Magazine called one of the top ten plays of 1994. Fraser also wrote Love and Human Remains. He currently is writer and coproducer for Showtimes Queer as Folk. Davids a successful artist in need of a muse. Looking for inspiration, he applies for a job as a waiter. Owners Matt and Violet dont know quite what to make of David he seems unconcerned with money, and overqualified for the job but they love his energy and ideas. When David eventually reveals hes a gay artist, Matt who dreams of being a cartoonist asks to see his paintings. But when he finds he has become Davids secret subject, unexpected feelings overwhelm Matt, and hes drawn into a risky relationship that will change all their lives.

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Torrid sex and tortured emotions fill the screen in Leaving Metropolis. David (Troy Ruptash), a successful painter, has lost his inspiration. To find stimulation, he gets a job at a small, out-of-the-way diner, run by married couple Violet (Cherilee Taylor) and Matt (Vincent Corazza, Owning Mahoney). When sparks fly with Matt, David gets stimulation and inspiration--but the portraits he paints of Matt may break the couple apart. The machinations of a bitter friend bring the situation to a boil. Though filled with lots and lots of sex (both gay and straight), Leaving Metropolis pays as much attention to the character's minds as to their flesh (well, almost as much--the sex scenes are quite extensive and the bodies are all beautiful). Some of the script's metaphors are a little clumsy, but the psychology is convincing. Adapted by award-winning writer Brad Fraser from his play Poor Super Man. --Bret Fetzer