mrs_pell
07-20-2005, 09:21 PM
I don't know if anyone has heard about this movie, but I REALLY want to see it. A bunch of us from work are going Friday night. I was going to describe it, but I'll just post what the website says about it:
Featuring fierce rivalry, stopwatch suspense, and larger-than-life personalities, MURDERBALL, Winner of the Documentary Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize for Editing at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, is a film about tough, highly competitive rugby players. Quadriplegic rugby players. Whether by car wreck, fist fight, gun shot, or rogue bacteria, these men were forced to live life sitting down. In their own version of the full-contact sport, they smash the hell out of each other in custom-made gladiator-like wheelchairs. And no, they don't wear helmets.
From the gyms of middle America to the Olympic arena in Athens, Greece, MURDERBALL tells the story of a group of world-class athletes unlike any ever shown on screen. In addition to smashing chairs, it will smash every stereotype you ever had about the disabled. It is a film about family, revenge, honor, sex (yes, they can) and the triumph of love over loss. But most of all, it is a film about standing up, even after your spirit - and your spine - has been crushed.
There have been a few people at work who went to a screening of it (and took patients as an outing), and they said it was AMAZING. It's only playing in select theaters, but hopefully if there's a good turnout, it'll start showing in more cities.
Here is a link to the trailor for it. I'm so excited! I can't wait! :)
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/murderball/
Also, here's a link to their website, with opening dates for the participating cities/theaters...
http://www.murderballmovie.com/about.html
Featuring fierce rivalry, stopwatch suspense, and larger-than-life personalities, MURDERBALL, Winner of the Documentary Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize for Editing at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, is a film about tough, highly competitive rugby players. Quadriplegic rugby players. Whether by car wreck, fist fight, gun shot, or rogue bacteria, these men were forced to live life sitting down. In their own version of the full-contact sport, they smash the hell out of each other in custom-made gladiator-like wheelchairs. And no, they don't wear helmets.
From the gyms of middle America to the Olympic arena in Athens, Greece, MURDERBALL tells the story of a group of world-class athletes unlike any ever shown on screen. In addition to smashing chairs, it will smash every stereotype you ever had about the disabled. It is a film about family, revenge, honor, sex (yes, they can) and the triumph of love over loss. But most of all, it is a film about standing up, even after your spirit - and your spine - has been crushed.
There have been a few people at work who went to a screening of it (and took patients as an outing), and they said it was AMAZING. It's only playing in select theaters, but hopefully if there's a good turnout, it'll start showing in more cities.
Here is a link to the trailor for it. I'm so excited! I can't wait! :)
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/murderball/
Also, here's a link to their website, with opening dates for the participating cities/theaters...
http://www.murderballmovie.com/about.html