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Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. (R, 88 min.)
12:00 PM 4:30 PM
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Murderball features fierce rivalry, stopwatch suspense, dazzling athletic prowess, larger-than-life personalities, and triumph over daunting odds. But Murderball, the original name for the full-contact sport now known as quad rugby, is played by quadriplegics in armored wheelchairs. Watching them in action - both on-court and off - smashes every stereotype one has ever had about the handicapped. It also redefines what it is to be a man, what it is to live a full life, and what it is to be a winner. Murderball is a story like no other, told by men who see the world from a different angle. Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature, Murderball also took the Audience Award for an American Documentary and a Special Jury Prize for Editing at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. [Resurgence Media]
Starring: Joe Soares, Keith Cavill, Mark Zupan
Director(s): Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro
Genre: Documentary, Sports
"Inspiring."
— Garry Maddox, Sydney Morning Herald
"One of 2005's very best documentaries."
— Matthew Leyland, BBC.com
"One of the most powerful films of the year."
— Desson Thomson, Washington Post
"It's the best sports documentary since Hoop Dreams, a great piece of work."
— Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
"Few sports movies with a premise this powerful ever bother to dig this deep."
— Tasha Robinson, AV Club
"Co-directors Rubin and Shapiro deliver the rare documentary that totally entertains, informs, and inspires."
— Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
"Wheels us through an emotional obstacle course so rigorous and satisfying you'll be gulping for air by the end."
— Michael Booth, Denver Post
"What emerges is more interesting, thankfully, than a linear offering of sporting triumph in the face of adversity."
— Dave Calhoun, Time Out
"Ultimately, the film is an affectionately manly tribute to these athletes, for whom every game -- and every day -- is a triumph."
— Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
"Their game is ugly, raucously verbal, overtly physical and, as displayed in Murderball's rapid-pace editing, a heck of a lot of fun to watch."
— Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Murderball brilliantly captures the intensity of the little-known athletic competition, offering more intimacy and drama than most Hollywood sports movies."
— Claudia Puig, USA Today
"The frank lack of condescension and mean moments of Murderball make it more than a film about sports or quadriplegics: It becomes a movie about life, about struggle, about pain, bitterness and pushing forward."
— Tom Long, Detroit News
