- 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
MandarinXhosa
French
English
budget = est. $2,000,000 US
preceded_by =
followed_by =
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imdb_id = 0395424"3 Needles" is a 2005
drama tic film directed byThom Fitzgerald . The title, "3 Needles", refers to the three main characters who make a deal with thedevil in order to survive a globalepidemic .Plot
Shawn Ashmore stars as a Canadianporn star hiding the fact he isHIV-positive .Stockard Channing is his mother who learns the truth.Lucy Liu plays a blood buyer inChina who fails to take adequate precautions with the blood. Finally,Olympia Dukakis ,Chloë Sevigny , andSandra Oh portraynun s inAfrica caring for their HIV-infected patients.Critical reception
"3 Needles" debuted at the
Toronto International Film Festival , before showing at countless festivals inLondon ,Stockholm ,Karlovy Vary ,Seattle , andPusan . It made its commercial release in theUnited States at theNew York City Museum of Modern Art onDecember 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 forcinematography 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
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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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