3 Needles 5028914 225841709 2008-07-15T17:28:17Z AN(Ger) 144019 [[de:3 Needles]] {{Infobox Film | name = 3 Needles | image = 3 Needles Poster.jpg | 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]]<br>[[Shawn Ashmore]]<br>[[Cory Bowles]]<br>[[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]]<br>[[Mandarin (linguistics)|Mandarin]]<br>[[Xhosa]]<br>[[French language|French]]<br>[[English language|English]] | budget = est. $2,000,000 US | preceded_by = | followed_by = | amg_id = | imdb_id = 0395424 }} '''''3 Needles''''' is a 2005 [[drama]]tic 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 [[Canada|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 [[nun]]s 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 (magazine)|Variety]]'' praised its "exceptional performances". ==Cast== {| class="wikitable" ! 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 (South African actor)|Ian Roberts]] || Hallyday |} ==See 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)] [[Category:AIDS in film and television]] [[Category:2005 films]] [[Category:Canadian films]] [[Category:Drama films]] [[Category:Films set in Montreal]] [[de:3 Needles]] {{2000s-drama-film-stub}} {{Canada-film-stub}}