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USA, 2008, 35mm, Colour, English
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Director
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Peter Callahan
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Produced by
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Joshua Zeman & Mary Jane Skalski
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Writer
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Peter Callahan
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Executive Producers
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Miranda Bailey, Matthew Leutwyler, Jonathan Gray
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Co-Producers
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Wouter Barendrecht, Michael J. Werner
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Co-Executive Producer
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Zachary Mortensen, Tamer Howard, Richard Bever
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Music by
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Mark Kozelek
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Cinematography
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Sean Kirby
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Production Designer
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Matteo Felice
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Costume Design
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Annie Yun
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Casting
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Kerry Barden
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Joseph Fiennes, Elizabeth Reaser, Justin Kirk, Mary Tyler Moore, Michelle Trachtenberg, Pell James
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Paul Thompson is a successful, married 30-something financial writer and a happy, expectant father. But when tragedy strikes, Paul's world is turned upside down. 5 years later, he decides to fulfill his dream by swimming the entire length of the Lower Hudson River ¡V all 150 miles. He enlists his best friend Jeff and a schoolteacher Liz to come along, with all three looking for some soul-searching in their lives. Both tragic and humorous, AGAINST THE CURRENT is a compelling and uncompromising exploration of grief, loss and one's right to determine their own fate, and the limits and responsibilities of friendship.
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