3 Needles

3 Needles

Infobox Film
name = 3 Needles


caption = 3 Needles Promotional Movie Poster
director = Thom Fitzgerald
producer = Thom Fitzgerald, Bryan Hofbauer, Michael Gleissner (exec), Mark Bennett (assoc), Vicky McCarty
writer = Thom Fitzgerald
starring = Mabel Adams
Shawn Ashmore
Cory Bowles
Stockard Channing
music = Christophe Beck and Trevor Morris
cinematography = Thomas M. Harting
editing = Susan Shanks
covert promo = Scottpatrick J Sellitto
distributor = WolfeReleasing.com
released = December 1, 2006
runtime = 127 minutes
country =
language = Afrikaans
Mandarin
Xhosa
French
English
budget = est. $2,000,000 US
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0395424

"3 Needles" is a 2005 dramatic film directed by Thom Fitzgerald. The title, "3 Needles", refers to the three main characters who make a deal with the devil in order to survive a global epidemic.

Plot

Shawn Ashmore stars as a Canadian porn star hiding the fact he is HIV-positive. Stockard Channing is his mother who learns the truth. Lucy Liu plays a blood buyer in China who fails to take adequate precautions with the blood. Finally, Olympia Dukakis, Chloë Sevigny, and Sandra Oh portray nuns in Africa caring for their HIV-infected patients.

Critical reception

"3 Needles" debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, before showing at countless festivals in London, Stockholm, Karlovy Vary, Seattle, and Pusan. It made its commercial release in the United States at the New York City Museum of Modern Art on December 1, 2006 (World AIDS Day). Leading up to its U.S. premier, it was heavily promoted by the United Nations Global Media AIDS Initiative. The film won prizes for cinematography and direction at the Atlantic Film Festival. Fitzgerald was nominated for a Canadian Director's Guild Award for Best Direction of a Feature Film; additionally, "Variety" praised its "exceptional performances".

Cast

ee also

* AIDS
* HIV
*HIV in Yunnan
* HIV/AIDS in the People's Republic of China
* Gao Yaojie

External links

* [http://www.3-needles.com Official Website]
* [http://www.artfilmtalk.com/19-thom-fitzgerald/ Art Film Talk #19, Thom Fitzgerald] – interview with director Thom Fitzgerald about the film
* [http://www.comingsoon.net/news/indietopnews.php?id=17694 Detailed interview of Lucy Liu about the film at comingsoon.net (contains plot detail)]


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