Hilarious and Touching 'SPECIAL' Starring Michael Rapaport to Premiere as a Sneak Preview on HDNet Movies

Hilarious and Touching 'SPECIAL' Starring Michael Rapaport to Premiere as a Sneak Preview on HDNet Movies

Catch the film USA Today calls "a beautiful look into the life of a man who thinks he's a super hero" Wednesday, November 19 at 8:00 p.m. ET

DALLAS, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- HDNet Movies presents a Sneak Preview of the movie SPECIAL, starring Michael Rapaport, Wednesday, November 19 at 8:00 p.m. ET.

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Leonard Maltin calls SPECIAL, "...a clever and interesting film that belies its modest budget. Michael Rapaport's exceptional performance really sets it apart."

Chris Kelly of the Ft. Worth Star Telegram adds, "SPECIAL packs an emotional wallop that puts most Hollywood works to shame. A witty hybrid of UNBREAKABLE and REQUIEM FOR A DREAM."

In the film, Les Franken (Michael Rapaport) is a kind-hearted and soft-spoken man who loves reading comic books.

He leads a painfully unremarkable life as a meter-maid until he enrolls in a drug study for an experimental anti-depressant.

An unexpected side effect of the drug convinces Les he is developing special powers and must quit his job to answer his new calling in life...as a superhero.

For more information please visit the following link: http://www.specialthemovie.com/

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

HDNet Movies will offer SPECIAL as a special Sneak Preview on Wednesday, November 19 at 8:00 p.m. ET, with encore presentations at 9:30 p.m. and 11:00 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 "Cashback", written and produced by Sean Ellis, "Broken English", from Zoe Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands, Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo and Griffin Dunne and, most recently the critically acclaimed "Redacted" directed by Brian De Palma. Upcoming "Sneak Previews" include "Quid Pro Quo", starring Nick Stahl and Vera Farmiga, "Gonzo", the story of the life and death of infamous gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson from director Alex Gibney and producer Graydon Carter.

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