Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center

May 21, Tuesday

About

ADMISSION:

Evening

$9.50 Adults

$7.00 Students

$7.00 Children

$7.50 Military

$7.50 Seniors

$6.50 Members

Matinee

$7.50 Adults

$6.50 Students

$6.50 Children

$6.50 Military

$7.00 Seniors

$6.00 Members

Children are 12 and under, Seniors are 60 and older

Students and Military must show a valid ID to receive discount

We accept cash, check, NCard, Visa, and Mastercard

Box Office Opens 30 Minutes Before Showtimes

RATINGS:

Many of the films shown at The Ross are not rated due to the prohibitive cost of acquiring a rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. Consequently, as many of these films contain graphic content, viewer discretion is advised.

LOCATION:

313 N. 13 STREET
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

The Nebraska Arts Council, a state agency, has supported the programs of this organization through its matching grants program funded by the Nebraska Legislature, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. Visit www.nebraskaartscouncil.org for information on how the Nebraska Arts Council can assist your organization, or how you can support the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.

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MURDERBALL

Directed By: Henry Alex Rubin & Dana Adam Shapiro
Runtime: 1 hour, 26 minutes
Rating: R, for language and some sexual content
Distributor: ThinkFilm

Synopsis
Featuring fierce rivalry, stopwatch suspense, and larger-than- life personalities, MURDERBALL, Winner of the Documentary Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize for Editing at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, is a film about tough, highly competitive rugby players. Quadriplegic rugby players. Whether by car wreck, fist fight, gun shot, or rogue bacteria, these men were forced to live life sitting down. In their own version of the full-contact sport, they smash the hell out of each other in custom-made gladiator-like wheelchairs. And no, they don't wear helmets.

From the gyms of middle America to the Olympic arena in Athens, Greece, MURDERBALL tells the story of a group of world-class athletes unlike any ever shown on screen. In addition to smashing chairs, it will smash every stereotype you ever had about "gimps" and "cripples." It is a film about family, revenge, honor, sex (yes, they can) and the triumph of love over loss. But most of all, it is a film about standing up, even after your spirit - and your spine - has been crushed.