Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th Street, New York, New York, Greenwich Village, Coming Soon

QUANTUM HOOPS	Opens Friday May 16th
	"They might have brilliant careers ahead of them, but it won't be in the NBA." This film, narrated by David Duchovny, is a documentary about the Caltech basketball team and their quest to end an epic 21 year losing streak - over 240 straight games! Facing incredible odds, this team of gifted math and science geniuses will redefine athletic success. In the words of head coach Roy Dow, "These guys have changed our chances of winning from being impossible to only being improbable!" TIME Magazine called QUANTUM HOOPS "Inspiring!" and the San Francisco Chronicle gave it Four Stars. More Info: Movie Web Site

FUGITIVE PIECES	Opens Friday May 16th
	Based on the international bestselling novel by Anne Michaels, FUGITIVE PIECES is a poetic and emotionally charged film about love, loss and redemption. The film tells the story of Jakob Beer, a man whose life is haunted by his childhood experiences during World War II. As a child in Poland, Jakob is orphaned during wartime only to be saved by a compassionate Greek archaeologist. Over the course of his life, he attempts to deal with the losses he has endured. Through his writing and the discovery of true love, Jakob is ultimately freed from the legacy of his past. (Running time 1:45)

INSIDIOUS	Opens Friday May 23rd
	Times are tough for talented, twenty-one year old filmmaker, Donny Rocconi. He grew up in New York City, a place where either you learn fast, or lose everything. Estranged from his mother, and never knowing his dead father, Donny sets out to collect on debts owed, and is dragged deep into a seductive ambush that turns his world upside down. Donny reaches out for help from a "connected" Mulberry Street café owner, Gigetto, who has more problems than just the Russian mob. Insidious is a compelling and riveting story of desperation and betrayal, as Donny faces a fight for truth, love, and life itself. Insidious has a strong ensemble of New York City acting talent, and their multiple adult story lines are centered in their emotional and financial relationships. (Running time 1:36) More Info: Movie Web Site

WONDERS ARE MANY	Opens Friday May 30th
	Wonders Are Many tells the story of making a grand opera about the atomic bomb. This behind-the-scenes documentary follows composer John Adams and director Peter Sellars over the course of a year as they work to forge the tale of J. Robert Oppenheimer into a music drama like no other: the strange and beautiful Doctor Atomic. As Sellars and Adams struggle to make high art from the most savage weapon in history, the film explores the spectacular and unnerving 60 year history of nuclear weapons. It shows the real events behind the drama on stage, and the unintended consequences of actions (and inactions) of men working on the first nuclear device. Weaving together the intense and sometimes hilarious process of making an opera with striking newly declassified historical film of Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project and nuclear testing, Wonders Are Many focuses on the 48 hours leading up to the Trinity atomic test in July of 1945. Implicit throughout the film, against a present day background of terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and counter-proliferation is the question: “How can art make history relevant to current affairs?” The film makes a powerful assertion that, as the Greeks understood so well, public art is essential to the public good. (Running time 1:34) More Info: Movie Web Site

TAKE OUT	Opens Friday June 6th
	This film vividly depicts a day in the life of Ming Ding, an illegal Chinese immigrant working as a deliveryman for a Chinese take-out shop in New York. Ming is behind with payments on his huge debt to the smugglers who brought him to the U.S and he's given until the end of the day to get the money. In order to do so, Ming must make more than double his average daily income from tips. Shot in a real take -out restaurant in New York during business hours, and using a cinema verite style, the film follows Ming on his deliveries throughout the city. Directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou brilliantly manage to put a distinctly human face on the lives of people largely ignored by a somewhat uncaring world. (Running time: 1:27). In English and Mandarin with English subtitles. More Info: Movie Web Site

CHRIS & DON	Opens Friday June 13th
	This film depicts the true story of the passionate three-decade relationship between British writer Christopher Isherwod (his "Berlin Stories" was the basis for the musical "Cabaret") and American portrait painter Don Bachardy, thirty years his junior. From Isherwood's Kit-Klt-Club years in Weimar Germany to the couple's first meeting on the sun-kissed beaches of 1950s Malibu, their against-all-odds saga resulted in a truly dazzling relationship. Bachardy's reminiscences are enhanced with archival footage, rare home movies, and, most sweetly, whimsical animations based on cat-and-mouse cartoons the pair used in their personal correspondence. With Isherwood's status as an out and proud gay maverick, and Bachardy's eventual artistic triumphs, this film is above all a joyful celebration of a most extraordinary couple. (Running time:1:30).

I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND	Opens Friday August 22nd
	Jan Dite, a young provincial waiter, dreams of wanting to be a millionaire. And he knows just how to do it: by hearing everything, seeing everything, and creating opportunities at every turn. He soon leaves his employment at a pub and lands a job at the elegant Art Nouveau Prague restaurant. But, by the late 1930s, things are changing. Hitler has taken over the Sudentenland region and is breaking apart Czechoslovakia. Jan falls in love with Liza, a Sudeten German proud of her Aryan blood. They marry, and soon Liza is sent to serve on the Polish front while Jen works as a nurse in the Nazi SS Research Hospital. When Liza returns, she has a fortune in rare stamps that were "left behind" by Jews. After Liza's unfortunate death, Jan sells the stamps and becomes a millionaire. But the new Communist regime puts him behind bars for his ill-gotten wealth. Upon his release, Jan is sent to live in a decrepit border town where he reflects on past events and what might have happenened if his life had taken a different turn. (Running time: 2:00). In Czech with English subtitles.

12	Opens Friday September 19th
	12 characters---12 truths. This is the story of 12 jurors who discuss a verdict on an 18 year-old Chechen boy who is accused of 1st degree murder of his step- father---an officer in the Russian army. The film ponders the complexities of life today and the need for people to hear and care for each other. (Running time: 1:59). In Russian with English subtitles.

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