'HUMBOLDT COUNTY' Makes its Debut as a Sneak Preview Film on HDNet Movies

'HUMBOLDT COUNTY' Makes its Debut as a Sneak Preview Film on HDNet Movies

Comedy that INDIE WIRE calls '...a singularly enjoyable coming-of-age story' premieres on http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080324/HDNETLOGOHDNet Movies on Wednesday, September 24 at 8:15 p.m. ET - Two Days Prior to its National Theatrical Release

DALLAS, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- HDNet Movies presents a Sneak Preview of the movie HUMBOLDT COUNTY, starring Peter Bogdanovich, Frances Conroy and Fairuza Balk. This coming-of-age comedy premieres exclusively on HDNet Movies Wednesday, September 24 at 8:15 p.m. ET.

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The Austin Chronicle calls HUMBOLDT COUNTY "...a pitch perfect directing debut" and "a smart, moving, and altogether canny glimpse into the heart of a shell-shocked American dream."

In the film, Peter Hadley (Jeremy Strong) is a promising yet disillusioned medical student who, after being failed by his professor (Peter Bogdanovich), stumbles upon a remote community of counterculture marijuana farmers -- and a warmly embracing, yet eccentric family played by Frances Conroy, Fairuza Balk, Chris Messina, Brad Dourif, and newcomer Madison Davenport.

From directors Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs, who also co-wrote the screenplay, HUMBOLDT COUNTY is a story of the human soul in search of happiness, and the unexpected places we can sometimes call home.

HUMBOLDT COUNTY is the latest installment in the HDNet Movies "Sneak Preview" series. Only HDNet Movies presents these exclusive "Sneak Previews" of films to viewers before they premiere in theaters. All Sneak Preview films are free to HDNet Movies subscribers.

HUMBOLDT COUNTY premieres on HDNet Movies on Wednesday, September 24 at 8:15 p.m. ET with encore presentations at 10:00 p.m. ET and 11:45 p.m. ET.

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Only HDNet Movies' exclusive Sneak Previews bring feature films to viewers before they premiere in theaters! Some of the HDNet Movies Sneak Previews have included the Academy Award nominated "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," Toronto Film Festival nominee "The War Within," and "Bubble," the first of six movies by acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh and produced exclusively for HDNet Films. Other featured films include "Cashback," written and produced by Sean Ellis, "Broken English," from Zoe Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands, Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo and Griffin Dunne, the critically acclaimed "Redacted" directed by Brian De Palma, "Flawless," starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore, "Quid Pro Quo," starring Nick Stahl and Vera Farmiga, "Finding Amanda," starring Matthew Broderick and Brittany Snow and most recently "Red," starring Brian Cox. Upcoming Sneak Previews include "Special," starring Michael Rapaport, "Great Buck Howard," starring Colin Hanks, John Malkovich and Tom Hanks, "Harlem Aria," starring Damon Wayans and "Humboldt County," starring Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich and Frances Conroy.

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