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Guided through the journey by Richard Pimentel s (Ron Livingston) acerbic sense of humor, we see a world that through other eyes would appear devastatingly tragic. Instead, Richard uses it to fuel his plight for the underdog. Unable to pursue his dream of studying public speaking in college, Richard enrolls in the government's 'guaranteed education program" called 'military service' in Vietnam.After 9 months in country, Richard loses his hearing in the Vietnam War. But when the world tells him he can t, he figures out how. Through a new circle of friends, a foul-mouthed genius with cerebral palsy, Art Honeyman (Michael Sheen), a free-loving bombshell, Christine (Melissa George), and a volatile, alcoholic veteran, Mike Stoltz (Yul Vasquez), Richard finds his music within, and discovers what Dr. Padrow had meant all along. Richard sets out to change peoples perceptions toward the disabled community ultimately becoming their hero as one of the primary activists behind the Americans with Disabilities

Posted: 6/14/2008 Price: Free Video Type: Clip