The Man is a 2005 comedy crime film starring Eugene Levy, Samuel L. Jackson, and Miguel Ferrer. The Man is directed by Les Mayfield and produced by Rob Fried from a screenplay by Jim Piddock, Margaret Oberman and Stephen Carpenter, based on the story by Jim Piddock and Margaret Oberman. New Line Cinema released The Man in Canada and the United States on September 9, 2005. Filming took place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. A man named Andy Fiddler is in his bathroom, preparing a speech. He works for a dental supply company, and lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He will soon be giving a speech to... investors in Detroit. At Detroit, ATF agent Derrick Vann , whose partner was recently murdered, is trying to retrieve some guns that were stolen from a federal armory, and are soon to be sold. After a visit to his informant Booty , he sets up a buy. He is to go to a diner and be reading a USA Today. Unfortunately, Andy is in the diner, and his favorite newspaper is USA Today. A menacing Englishman sits next to him and hands him a paper bag with “his taste” in it then leaves.
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| Release date: | September 9, 2005 |
| Directed by: | Les Mayfield |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 83 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert N. Fried, Kent Alterman, Toby Emmerich |
| Music by: | John Murphy |
| Cinematography: | Mutant X |
| Screenplay by: | Jim Piddock, Margaret Oberman, Stephen Carpenter |
| Estimated budget: | $20,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action, Comedy |