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General
Information
Title:
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
Running time:
85 minutes
Format:
Digital video
Release date:
2005
Production company:
Transcendental Media
Original language:
English
Producers:
Patrick Shen & Greg Bennick
Director/editor:
Patrick Shen
Quotes
"Flight from Death is something everyone needs to see, so that maybe, just maybe, we can make our peace with death and get on with living." --Eric Campos, Film Threat
(complete article)
"[Flight from Death] is a stimulating, ultimately life-affirming film filled with big ideas and revelatory footage." --Seattle Times
"It's certainly one of the best films of the year. Period."
--Michael Levine, Author of Guerilla PR
"Moving and thought-provoking." --Mike Wilber, NBC News
"This is the most thought-provoking film I've ever seen!"
--Anne Upton, Northern Lights Doc Film Festival
"If you see it alone, you'll be thinking about it for days. If you see it
with a friend, you'll be talking about it for weeks."
--Gerry Krochak, Leader-Post
"[Flight from Death] is a beautifully conceived documentary, sharp, accessible and timely. The skillful examination of violence in our world intended for a widespread audience, without diluting its power, is an excellent example of what can be done by artists driven to create, even in the obscenely constrained and costly world of American film." --Inside Front
"[Flight from Death] is absolutely the best movie I have ever seen on the subject. Clearly as good as last year's Bowling for Columbine."
--Maui Film Festival attendee
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Releases
05.07.03
- Beverly Hills Film Festival screens FFD on May 10
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03.19.03
- NYC Advance Preview Screening 04/10/03
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02.19.03
- Gabriel Byrne signs on as narrator
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11.13.02
- NY Screenings 11/23/02
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05.10.02
- World Leaders Project Goes to Guyana
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The Producers (Color)
Director/Co-producer, Patrick Shen (L) and Co-producer, Greg Bennick (R).
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The Producers (B/W)
Director/Co-producer, Patrick Shen (L) and Co-producer, Greg Bennick (R).
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Producers with Gabriel Byrne
Co-producer, Greg Bennick (L), Director/co-producer, Patrick Shen (center), and Gabriel Byrne pose for a photo at Mix Magic Post Sound in Hollywood, CA.
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Co-producers, Greg & Patrick
Co-producer, Greg Bennick (L) and Producer/Director, Patrick Shen (R) take a moment to pose for a photo while shooting footage inside a mausoleum in Houston, TX.
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Empire State Building, NYC
This still from the film illustrates one way in which humankind combats the idea that we are transient creatures. All around the world humankind is making their mark on the world; constructing something permanent that will remain standing after we've gone.
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Interviewee Dan Liechty
Daniel Liechty (PhD.,
DMin., ACSW, LCSW) is a professor of social work at Illinois State University who has published extensively on the work of Ernest Becker. He is a clinical social worker with a background in mental health and in hospice work.
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Behind the scenes - Israel
Director/Producer, Patrick Shen documents the weekly preparation for Shabbat (Sabbath). Here,
Efrat, a local Israeli begins her day of preparation with the cooking of the feast her friends and family will share at sundown. |
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FFD crew
with Robert Jay Lifton
Co-producers Greg Bennick & Patrick Shen (L&R) with world renowned psychohistorian Robert Jay Lifton (Center). |
Contact
information
Telephone:
310.734.6023 or 206.528.5500
Facsimile:
866.214.5152
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