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Beyond the Hills, Highlight of Cannes and N.Y. Film Fests, will be released by Sundance Selects
From a filmic point of view, the story seemed too sensational, too melodramatic and too mainstream, considering the thousands of pages that had already been written about it on the Internet. But I continued to follow what happened to the people involved in the story during their trial and after they were convicted.
In these few weeks of shooting we got to kind of hold hands and go into this totally un-chartered territory. I felt so lucky to be working with somebody whose talent is shining so radiantly at you–Helen Hunt
In playing Mark O’Brien in The Sessions, Oscar-nominee (Winter’s Bone) John Hawkes takes on another memorable role capturing O’Brien’s untiring spirit, self-effacing wit and the significant physical challenges that take him into a very different daily reality.
Based on the poignantly optimistic autobiographical writings of California–based journalist and poet Mark O’Brien, THE SESSIONS tells the story of a man who lived most of his life in an iron lung who is determined – at age 38 – to lose his virginity. With the help of his therapist and the guidance of his priest, […]
My father came out of World War II and was restless his whole life. It’s been said that any time is a good time for a spiritual movement or religion to begin, but a particularly fertile time is right after a warPaul–Thomas Anderson
