3 Needles

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3 Needles
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Directed by	Thom Fitzgerald
Produced by	Thom Fitzgerald, Bryan Hofbauer, Michael Gleissner (exec), Mark Bennett (assoc)
Written by	Thom Fitzgerald
Starring	Mabel Adams Shawn Ashmore Cory Bowles Stockard Channing
Music by	Christoph Beck and Trevor Morris
Cinematography	Thomas M. Harting
Editing by	Susan Shanks
Distributed by	WolfeReleasing.com
Release date(s)	December 1, 2006
Running time	127 minutes
Language	Afrikaans Mandarin Xhosa French English
Budget	est. $2,000,000 US
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3 Needles is a 2005 dramatic film which was directed by Thom Fitzgerald. The film deals with the lives of three people when they make a deal with the devil in order to survive a global epidemic. Shawn Ashmore stars as a Canadian porn star who conceals that he is HIV positive, with Stockard Channing as his mother who learns the truth. Meanwhile, in China Lucy Liu is a blood buyer who's not taking the best precautions with the blood. In Africa, Olympia Dukakis, Chloe Sevigny, and Sandra Oh are Catholic nuns trying to care for those infected with HIV.

3 Needles debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, played at countless festivals in London, Stockholm, Karlovy Vary, Seattle, Pusan, before making its commercial release in the USA on December 1st, 2006, World AIDS Day. The film won prizes for Cinematrography and Direction at the Atlantic Film Festival and director Thom Fitzgerald was nominated for a Director's Guild Award for Best Direction of a Feature Film.

3 Needles made its U.S. debut at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City with director Thom Fitzgerald, actors Shawn Ashmore, Olympia Dukakis, Chin Han and Lucy Liu present, and was introduced by Doctor David Ho of the China AIDS Initiative. It has been promoted by the United Nations Global Media AIDS Intitiative.

[edit] Cast

Actor/Actress	Role
Tanabadee Chokpikultong	Tong Sam
Steven Crowder	Store Manager
Olympia Dukakis	Hilde
Tyson Hall	Zulu
Chin Han	Soldier Xuan
Lucy Liu	Jin Ping
Siv Mbelu	Bongile
Shawn Ashmore	Denys
Stockard Channing	Olive
Yoyo Chorkreaw	Qi
Sook-Yin Lee	Xiu
Sandra Oh	Mary
Chloë Sevigny	Clara
Ian Roberts	Hallyday