BWW TV STAGE TUBE: 'WE PEDAL UPHILL' Trailer
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Writer/Director Roland Tec's (All The Rage) latest film, WE PEDAL UPHILL: Stories From The States 2001-2008, will open its theatrical engagement in New York at the Cinema Village on March 20, 2009. BWW TV STAGE TUBE brings you the trailer to the upcoming feature film!
After the 2004 election, and troubled by the climate of fear taking hold of the country, Writer/Director Roland Tec began taking notes. Clipping news stories from the country he saw transforming before him, Tec let his imagination roam where the headlines left off. And so were born the thirteen vignettes that make up this penetrating look at a country mired in one of its darkest periods.
Now, as it seems the country may be turning a corner, this collection of vignettes serves as a reminder of how dangerously close we came to the abyss but more importantly it also stands as a testament to the countless tiny acts of bravery from all corners of the nation that may have saved us all.
Shot in more than a dozen states and over a period of two years, WE PEDAL UPHILL features some spectacular performances by award-winning Broadway and Off-Broadway actors including: David Drake, Alvin Epstein, Charles Parnell, Judith Barcroft, Kate Blumberg, Jenny Bacon and Marylouise Burke, among others.
Roland Tec was the first artist to be represented simultaneously in both the music and the film sections of the prestigious SXSW Festival - at one end of town he could be seen performing on stage with his opera company while down the road, screenings for his feature film, All the Rage were sold out. His play, Bodily Function has won numerous awards, among them the 2000 Albee Award and 2001 O'Neill (finalist); other plays include the downtown hit, Gratuitous Nudity and The Wreck Behind Us, based on the true story of the 1969 death of soap star Evelyn Beckett.
Most recently he co-produced Edward Zwick's film Defiance, released by Paramount Vantage.
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