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| Year: | 2008 |
| Rating: | 6.2(1327) |
| Listed in: | Drama, Thriller |
| Directed by: | Carlos Brooks |
| Actors: | Nick Stahl Jacob Pitts Rachel Black Jessica Hecht Ashlie Atkinson |
| "A strange new American dream." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Carlos Brooks | |
| Actors | |
| Nick Stahl | as Isaac Knott |
| Jacob Pitts | as Hugh |
| Jamie McShane | as Man on Sidewalk |
| Pablo Schreiber | as Brooster |
| Phil LaMarr | as Wannabe Group Leader |
| Matthew Carey | as A Male Wannabe |
| Ben Siegler | as Man with Trachea Tube |
| Joshua Leonard | as Isaac's Dad |
| For Chan | as Asian Restaurant Owner |
| James Frain | as Father Dave |
| Dylan Bruno | as Scott |
| Tommy Nelson | as Young Isaac |
| Josh Folan | as Raine's Dinner Date |
| Richard Serlen | as Drew |
| Actresses | |
| Rachel Black | as Janice Musslewhite |
| Jessica Hecht | as Edie |
| Ashlie Atkinson | as Candy |
| Jeane Fournier | as Charlene Coke |
| Carmela Marner | as A Female Wannabe |
| Michal Sinnott | as Isaac's Mom |
| Vera Farmiga | as Fiona |
| Aimee Mullins | as Raine |
| Kate Burton | as Merilee |
| Ellen Marlow | as Young Fiona |
| Tia Dionne Hodge | as Soccer Mom |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | October 2005 - ? |
| Gross: |
USA - 7,395 USD (15 June 2008) |
| Plot: | Isaac Knott is a public radio reporter in New York, in a wheelchair since an auto accident in which his parents died. He's on the rebound from a relationship when he gets a tip about people who want to be disabled, who offer money to interns to cut off a limb. He searches out a group of these wannabes, but none will talk to him. Then he meets his tipster, Fiona Ankany, an art conservator, attractive and attracted to him. She discloses her desire to be disabled, to be in a wheelchair. Meanwhile, Isaac tries on a pair of wing-tips, spectators, that restore feeling to his feet. What are the connections? What's Fiona's quid pro quo? Will Isaac get his story? |
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Original Soundtracks
| "Jake Walk Blues" Written by Austin Allen and Lee Allen Performed by The Allen Brothers Courtesy of The Viper Label |
Quotes
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Isaac: If you're wondering, yes, I can have sex. I just can't catch a cab. [first lines] Isaac: I don't remember *any* of what I'm about to tell you. I only know what the police and coroner's report said. But on the morning of April 5th, 1989, a high-speed car crash occurred, on a rural highway in upstate New York. There were 2 fatalities: my mother died on impact, my father died of hemorrhaging from a torn pulmonary vein and massive internal injuries. I'm listed as a male survivor, approximately 8 years of age. We were going down a road. Nobody had said much of anything yet. The road was supposed to have been longer... Isaac: I had always gotten stares. You know, the ones people give you, or avoid giving you. But once in a while, wheeling in and out of the curve of people, I'd catch someone looking at me. And I'd see something else in their eyes - jealousy. They were jealous of me, jealous that I got to *sit down* and they didn't. Does that sound crazy to you? Isaac: Welcome to hell. I'll introduce you to the staff. Fiona: People who get off on braces and wheel chairs are called devotés. They're a joke, they're the bottom rung. Above them are the pretenders. They wear the braces, they push the wheels, but they don't *belong* to their chairs. Still, if they want to fantasize, that's their choice. Then there are the wannabes. You saw how crazy they are. Isaac: What makes you different than a wannabe or a pretender? Fiona: I'm a unique case. I don't want to be paralyzed. Isaac: You don't? Fiona: I am already paralyzed. I'm just trapped in a walking person's body... Isaac: Should I call 911? But then what would I say, "come quickly I'm being healed"? Isaac: Did you ever sneeze and feel like it was a second chance? Fiona: I'm just thinking how easy it is to get used to a miracle. Fiona: [about his shoes] What does it feel like when you take them off. Isaac: Like you've just taken a deep breath, but before you can exhale somebody steals it away. Wannabe Group Leader: You think I chose to be this way? Do you have any idea how many people in my life I've lost because I've revealed myself to them? I tell you why - as soon as you tell me where those people went. Fiona: I used to think if aliens landed, and they saw all the able-bodied people, and then they saw the people on their wheel chairs, they would say that those must be the kings and queens. Because they have special ramps, and they never have to get up. |
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