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'QUID PRO QUO,' a Journey Into a Netherworld of People Afflicted With a Perverse Desire to Be Disabl
preWriter/Director Carlos Brooks takes viewers into an unknown world where few have been before DALLAS, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Why would someone want to be paralyzedwhen they really aren't? (Logo: A HREF"http://www.newscom.com/cgi-binrnh/20080313/LATH533LOGO" _new"http://www.newscom.com/cgi-binrnh/20080313/LATH533LOGO/A ) In QUID PRO QUO, Writer/Producer Carlos Brooks unveils a strange worldof able-bodied people who pretend to be paralyzed. In the movie, Isaac Knott (Nick Stahl) is a Public Radio reporter inNew York City. When he was eight, his mother and father died in anautomobile accident that left him in a wheelchair. On air, Isaac recounts how he recently received an anonymous tip fromsomeone identified only as "Ancient Chinese Girl." She tells him aperfectly able-bodied man walked into an emergency ward downtown, andattempted to bribe a doctor into amputating his leg. As Isaac investigates the eerie tip, he encounters Fiona (Vera Farmiga)who leads Isaac into this netherworld of people who want to be disabled.Like a contemporary noir detective film, QUID PRO QUO follows Isaac as heembarks on a dream-like journey to pull back the layers of what makespeople feel whole. HDNet Movies will present QUID PRO QUO as a special Sneak Preview onWednesday, June 11 at 8:00 p.m. ET, with an encore presentation at 11:35p.m. ET. About HDNet HDNet A HREF"http://www.hd.net" _new"(http://www.hd.net/A) provides viewers with the best in original comedy,drama, news, sports and music programming. HDNet is your exclusive, high definition home for popular, criticallyacclaimed original programming, including television's only HD news featureprograms "HDNet World Report," "Dan Rather Reports" featuring legendaryjournalist Dan Rather and "NASA on HDNet" (presenting live shuttle launchesHome Theater Entertainment ReceiversYou home theater receiver plays an important role in the performance of your equipment. With changes in technology in audio and video, you won?t ..... through 2010). HDNet presents championship sports coverage featuring theNational Hockey League, Major League Soccer, the NASCAR Camping WorldSeries, NASCAR Sprint Cup re-broadcasts, boxing and premiere Mixed MartialArts from "HDNet Fights;" behind-the-scenes sports news with "Inside theNHL" and "Inside MMA;" groundbreaking music programming with the HDNetConcert Series featuring leading artists and bands including Coldplay, GwenStefani, Black Eyed Peas and more; and entertaining and irreverentlifestyle programming including "Deadline!," "Art Mann Presents," and "GetOut!" HDNet is also the exclusive high definition home to criticallyacclaimed and award winning programs such as the Emmy Award winning"Arrested Development," "The Black Donnellys," "Star Trek: Enterprise,""Dead Like Me," "Smallville" and the hit series "Torchwood." HDNet Movies features a wide selection of major studio theatricalreleases -- all uncut, unedited, and appearing in their original aspectratio so that HDNet Movies viewers get the best possible home theaterexperience. Only HDNet Movies' exclusive "Sneak Previews" bring feature films toviewers before they premiere in theaters! Some of the HDNet Movies "SneakPreviews" have included the Academy Award nominated "Enron: The SmartestGuys in the Room," Toronto Film Festival nominee "The War Within," and"Bubble," the first of six movies by acclaimed director Steven Soderberghand produced exclusively for HDNet Films. Other featured films include"Cashback," written and produced by Sean Ellis, "Broken English," from ZoeCassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands, Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo andGriffin Dunne, the critically acclaimed "Redacted" directed by Brian DePalma, and most recently, "Flawless," starring Michael Caine and DemiMoore. Upcoming "Sneak Previews" include "Finding Amanda" starring MatthewBroderick and Brittany Snow, "Red" starring Brian Cox, "Special" starringMichael Rapaport, "A A Great Buck Howard" starring Colin Hanks, John Malkovichand Tom Hanks, "Harlem Aria" starring Damon Wayans and "Humboldt County"starring Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich & Frances Conroy. Launched in 2001 by Mark Cuban and General Manager Philip Garvin, theHDNet networks are available on AT&T, Bright House Networks, CharterCommunications, DIRECTelevision, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom, Time WarnerCable, Verizon and more than 40 NCTC cable affiliate companies. For moreinformation visit A HREF"http://www.hd.net" _new"http://www.hd.net/A .!-- begin SiteCatalyst code version: H.4. --!-- End SiteCatalyst code version: H.4. --re
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