Opening Nationally!
The Heart of the Game opens June 9th in New York at the Angelika, in Los Angeles at the Archlight, and on June 16th at the Guild 45th in Seattle. The first days and weeks after an opening are critical to a movie's long-term success. Please help get the word out and let's rock the house with Heart! Group ticket sales for organizations, parties or businesses are also a cool way to go.
Look for The Heart of the Game also opening June 16th in Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC and at least forty other cites later in the summer.
"Not just for basketball fans, it's a film for everyone."
— Audience member
New Website
For the latest The Heart of the Game schedule and ticket information, visit the new Miramax website at:
Also featured are an audio introduction by Ludacris, a movie trailer, the new poster design, and a downloadable Teacher's Guide. As we say farewell to the old production website (heartofthegame.org), generous applause once more to Jake Farmer for the design and his bright spirit through all these tumultuous times.
For The Heart of the Game My Space site:
www.myspace.com/theheartofthegame
For Teachers: Download The Heart of the Game Teacher's Guide at:
"I cannot emphasize too strongly what a success the film was — people were howling with laughter throughout and there was a big round of applause upon completion. You clearly have a winner in more ways than one with HEART."
— Boston Cinema Club
Seattle Premiere
The Seattle premiere of The Heart of the Game will be Thursday June 8 at 7pm at the Neptune Theater. For tickets go to the Seattle International Film Festival website:
"Just finished watching it, and still wiping the tears from my eyes. What a powerful film — one that I think will have a really positive impact on the world."
— Annie Frisbie, Zoom In Online
Heart on the Road
The Heart of the Game recently appeared with great applause at film festivals in Portland Oregon (where it won best documentary); Miami; Austin; Columbia, Missouri; Durham, North Carolina; San Francisco; and New York. It is making fans of kids, teenagers and adults. One of the most common things we hear is, "I don't like sports, but I love this movie."
"I loved it! I've seen a lot of documentaries and this one is one of the best — it was just fantastic."
— Audience member
Great Press
Pick up May's issue of Premiere magazine "Hot Tickets" and O Magazine "Must See Little Movie of the Month" and June's issue of Glamour "By the end, we promise your nails will be bitten and your mascara cried off". Also Reader's Digest "5 Things We Don't Want You To Miss", Giant, Jane, Life, Teen Vogue, and an appearance in the works on ESPN. Watch your newsstands, local papers, and TV for The Heart of the Game in the press.
"I want to get the awareness out there, use my celebrity as much as I can because I feel like this is something that needs to be watched by everybody."
— Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Venice Magazine
Never Give Up
Maud Lepley said these three prophetic words to the Roughriders in the locker room, and it became my mantra over these past many years — even on days when I did give up! But through it all I never forgot the hundreds of people who gave selflessly to help this movie come to light. To all of you my deepest thanks! In my director's notes to the movie I wrote this:
At its deepest The Heart of the Game is about TEAM and about how people pull together as one to help each other out. It is about never giving up and taking that next step forward however difficult or frightening. And how each step might just culminate in some triumphant moment that we couldn't see if we had not persevered on that path.
On the verge of launch after seven years of on-and-off the court trial and triumph I am reminded of the two greatest words The Heart of the Game has taught me:
Love Works.
— Ward
"Sink your teeth in their necks! Draw blood! That's no vampire, just Bill Resler the tax professor turned basketball coach..."
— B. Ruby Rich, San Francisco Bay Guardian
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