Dark Matter
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Liu Xing arrives at a big Western university to study the origins of the universe. He finds other Chinese students to share a cheap apartment with him, and flirts with an attractive American girl who works in a local tea shop. When the head of the department, Jacob Reiser, welcomes Liu Xing into his select cosmology group, it seems that he has a bright future in American science. At an orientation for foreigners sponsored by a local church, Joanna Silver, a wealthy patron of the university, notices the earnest student. An unspoken bond forms between them. Liu Xing becomes Reiser's protégé, accompanying him to a prestigious conference where he makes an impressive debut. He is drawn to the study of dark matter, an unseen substance that shapes the universe, but it soon becomes clear that his developing theories threaten Reiser's conflicting theories and well-established studies. Excited by the possibility of a breakthrough, Liu Xing is deaf to warnings that he must pay his dues. When he is eclipsed by Laurence, a more dutiful Chinese student, Liu Xing goes behind Reiser's back to publish his discoveries. When the article draws ire instead of accolades, he turns to Joanna, who naively encourages him on his collision course. But in the end, his dissertation is rejected, and the girl in the tea shop brushes him off. Left alone with his shattered dreams, he explodes in a final act of violence.
Director
Chen Shi-zheng
Cast
Tsao Lei
Erick Avari
Jodi Russell
He Yu
Blair Brown
Michael Higgins
Li Bo
Sina Amedson
Meryl Streep
Chi Peng
Joe Grifasi
Liu Ye
Aidan Quinn
Taylor Schilling
Wang Yonggui
Lloyd Suh
Qian Yi
Zhang Hui
Shan Jing
Boris Mcgiver
Hong Ying
John Rothman
Rob Campbell
Zeng Hui
Bill Irwin
Crew
Julian Acosta
Jason Adams
Scott C Adams
Gao Ai
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Jason Allred
Angel An
Ty Arnold
Adam Avitabile
Jean-sebastien Bach
Kamila Baghernejad
Adam Bahr
Tang Baojin
Frank Bare
Eric Beck
Michael Berenbaum
Gwen Berry
Jussi Bjorling
William Boaz
Richard Boisson
Oliver Bokelberg
Les Boothe
Brian Bowers
Alex Boynton
Joe Braier
Josh Braun
Katherine Brim
Michael Brown
Coby Broyles
Chad Buehler
Cynthia Buell
Matt Cartsonis
Kelly Cha
Kelly Cha
Danny Cheng
Qu Chenggen
Linda Chiu
Jennifer Chiurco
T.c. Christensen
Jeff Chumas
Han Chunlin
Travis Cline
Doug Coleman
Michael Collins
Robert N Conder
Jason Conforto
Mike Cook
Perry L Coomans
Roger Cooper
Gary Coppola
Lisa Crowder
Kirk D'amico
Chad R Davis
Ryan Davis
Gilbert De La Garza
Christopher R. Demuri
Allen Dial
Scott Doleto
Don L Draper
Chris Dusendschon
Soozie Eastman
Brandon Ellsworth
Jesse Evans
John Fairlamb
Hao Feng
Joselito Fernandez
Rhett Fernsten
Henrik Fett
David Forester
Rachel Fox
Stephen Gabis
Buddy Gheen
Jodi Gleave
Dina Goldman
Wu Guangdong
Du Guixue
Woody Guthrie
Shantell Guy
Dave Hannah
Su Haoqi
Cody J Harbaugh
David Harris
Matthew Haskins
J. Roy Helland
J. Roy Helland
Ernesto Hernandez
Steve Hernandez
Derek Herr
Amber Hilton
Ted Hinckley
Kate Hollanda
Eva-marie Howard
Brian Hutchings
Cindy Ingram
Concerto Italiano
Christopher Ivins
Kathy Jarvis
Ryan Jensen
Jacob A Jessop
Liang Jingdong
Wu Jingjing
Adam Johnson
Jeff Johnson
Christopher C Jones
Sharon Jones
Yank Kaiqiang
Yagmur Kaplan
Yagmur Kaplan
David P Kelsey
Jenna Kilgrow
Daniel C. Kim
Brian Kubricky
Mo Lan
Steven C Laneri
John Leach
Nathan D Lee
Brian Legrady
Brian Legrady
Paul A Levin
Michael Levy
Eric Liljestrand
Lai Linyi
Andreas Litterscheid
Sylvain Loiseau
Lei Long
Sandi Longhurst
Kelly Lookinland
Mike Lookinland
Patricia Lovell
Troy Lunt
Jason Luthman
Brandon Malmstrom
Chuck Manuele
Matthew Margolin
Edwin K Matsu
Cathy Mcclure
Rob Mcdowell
Joel Mckee
Tyler Meiners
J J Mena
Deng Meng
Carmen Merry
Jeff Midgley
Andrea Miller
Brett Miller
Jeff T Miller
Jeff T Miller
Anna Mower
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Gaylen Nebeker
Loren Nebeker
Cindy Neibaur
Bryce Newell
Jacqueline Newell
Maureen Norton
Alan Oakes
K C Olson
Lance Olson
Michael Osten
Jason Painter
Ellen Parks
Van Dyke Parks
Joel Pashby
Ryan Pederson
Zhang Peng
Zhao Peng
Bill Phelps
Sharra Platt
Giacomo Puccini
Carrie Puchkoff
Nabil Rahme
Reinhard Raith
Brooke Redmon
Joel Remke
Lamond Reynolds
Tim Reynolds
Eric Robinson
Victor Rodriguez
Jeffrey M Rose
Brock Rosenblatt
Migs Rustia
Mary Salter
Gabriel Sanchez
Richard Schmit
Franz Schubert
Russ Senzatimore
Billy Shebar
Billy Shebar
Christopher Sheldon
Ada Y Shen
Cathy Shen
Chen Shi-zheng
Brian Shows
Andy Simonson
Eric Solomonson
Malcolm Sonsire
Tim Souster
Dean Starkey
Iain Stasukevich
Craig Steiner
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Winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
Released in United States Spring April 11, 2008
Released in United States April 18, 2008
Released in United States on Video April 14, 2009
Released in United States January 2007
Based on a true story.
Feature directorial debut for Chen Shi-Zheng.
Released in United States Spring April 11, 2008 (NY)
Released in United States April 18, 2008 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video April 14, 2009
Released in United States January 2007 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Spectrum) January 18-28, 2007.)
