ALS film opening in NY (10/11) and Boston (10/27) Message List

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We are makers of the film, So Much So Fast about ALS and the Heywood
family's fight against the disease. Many PALS, CALS and clinicians
have seen the film since it premiered at Sundance and have found the
film powerful, insightful and inspiring.

The film is opening in New York on October 11 for a week and in Boston
on October 27.

You can see more about the film at www.somuchsofast.com

Please help us get word out to the ALS community.

Thanks very much!

Steven Ascher & Jeanne Jordan
Producers/Directors


Here's the info:

SO MUCH SO FAST
From the Academy Award nominated directors of Troublesome Creek, comes
a new documentary film, So Much So Fast. A black-humored cliffhanger
of romance, guerrilla science and the redefinition of time. Stephen
Heywood finds out he has ALS. His brother Jamie becomes obsessed with
finding a cure. And the woman who's falling in love with Stephen has a
decision to make.

One week engagement at the Village East Theater (2nd Ave at 12th St.)
Wednesday 10/11 – Tuesday 10/17

Info and trailer at www.somuchsofast.com

"Triumphant!"
-- Ty Burr, Boston Globe

"Jaw-droppingly good. Oscar-worthy. You'll be hearing a lot about So
Much So Fast."
-- Air America

"Gripping, intimate, complex and dramatic."
-- Claiborne Smith, Sundance Daily Insider

"Amazing. A 2006 Sundance favorite in the documentary category. It
makes the concept of fictional narrative drama seem just a little bit
ridiculous."
Five Stars. - Tim Cogshell, Box Office Magazine

"A gloriously subversive sense of humor."
-- Talha Burki , The Lancet

The film is opening in New York on October 11 for a week and in Boston
on October 27.

Dear Friends and Supporters,

Since the ALS TDF story began seven years ago many of you have asked about my brother Stephen and the beginnings of our revolution in ALS research. And while I have tried my best to capture both in words, there has always been that bit that just can’t be spoken or written.

Despite his paralysis, Stephen continues to be the brother I have always known. Yet the realities of ALS keep many of you from having the pleasure of knowing him in his own right. This year an independent documentary film about Stephen, my family, and the formation of ALS TDF is making it possible for you to meet him in his own voice and words.

The last 7 years have been an amazing journey - together we have made so much happen so fast so I am very excited to introduce you to the aptly named So Much So Fast.

From West City Films: So Much So Fast

http://r.vresp.com/?ALSTDF/bac4ef322...b50a88/230acf4

From the Academy Award nominated directors of Troublesome Creek, Steven Ascher & Jeanne Jordan, comes a new documentary film, So Much So Fast. A black-humored cliffhanger of romance, guerrilla science and the redefinition of time, So Much So Fast unfolds like a nonfiction novel. Stephen Heywood finds out he has ALS. His brother Jamie becomes obsessed with finding a cure. And the woman who’s falling in love with Stephen has a decision to make.

Made over 5 years, So Much So Fast tracks one family's ferocious response to an orphan disease: the kind of disease drug companies ignore because not there's not enough profit in curing it. In reaction, and with no medical background, Stephen's brother Jamie creates a research group and in two years builds it from three people in a basement to a multi-million dollar ALS research center.

Opening Now In: New York, Boston, Indianapolis, Silver Spring, Fort Wayne, Salem OR and more. Visit http://r.vresp.com/?ALSTDF/9b9fb262a...b50a88/230acf4 for screenings


Thanks to the generosity of the filmmakers, ALS TDF has been given the permission to use the film for a select number of special screenings as fundraisers for the Foundation. If you would like to host a screening to help raise money or awareness for ALS please contact Molly Cotter (mcotter@als.net) at 617-441-7249.

Your friendship and ongoing support make what we started seven years ago possible - thank you.

-jamie

For more information on our current research or to donate please visit our website at http://r.vresp.com/?ALSTDF/3d3b8d1af...b50a88/230acf4

James Allen Heywood
d'Arbeloff Founding Director
www.als.net - jheywood@als.net