Interviews

THOM FITZGERALD & SARAH POLLEY: “SPECIAL EVENT”

By | March 2003

SUNDANCE 2003 INTERVIEW! What makes a Sundance audience cry? Try Thom Fitzgerald’s AIDS drama “The Event.” We caught up with writer/director Thom Fitzgerald and “The Event” star Sarah Polley to talk to them a bit about this film that questions whether the terminally ill should be allowed to take their own lives or not…

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THOM FITZGERALD & SARAH POLLEY: “SPECIAL EVENT”

What makes a Sundance audience cry? Try Thom Fitzgerald’s AIDS drama The Event Not a dry eye in the house. The Event deals with the investigation of a...

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