The Weight Of Water (East Coast Premiere) USA - 114 minutes Spotlight Premiere Screening Courtesy of Lions Gate Films Thursday, July 18 at 9:15pm Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Written by Alice Arden and Christopher Kyle, based on the best-selling novel by Anita Shreve. Produced by Janet Yang, Gigurjon “Joni” Sighvatsson and A. Kitman Ho. An intense and sexually-charged drama of repression, love and loss in the past and in the present, The Weight Of Water tells the story of a contemporary woman whose obsession with a notorious unsolved crime from the 1800s leads her to confront devastating truths in her own life. A photojournalist sails to a New Hampshire Island with her husband, brother-in-law and his girlfriend to investigate the 1873 murders of two Scandanavian sisters. Alternating between the present and the past, relying on the memoirs of the third sister and only survivor of the incident, The Weight Of Water brilliantly combines both a present-day psychological drama and a period story of double-murders. Impeccably acted by a powerful cast of stars headed by Sean Penn, Elizabeth Hurley, Catherine McCormack, Sarah Polley and Josh Lucas, this new film from the director of Strange Days, Point Break, Blue Steel, Near Dark and The Loveless, will leave you breathless! Preceded by the short film Einstein's Playground New York Premiere USA - 17 minutes. Directed by Matthew Heckerling. Produced by Steven Cleveland. Cast: Michael Adler, Robert Towers, Rebecca Reese, Morgan Luci, Charles Cooper, and Jack Donner. When Albert Einstein dies, his devoted assistant, Dr. Horatio Pettincourt, steals the brain of the famed mathematician. Hoping to uncover the secrets of the universe, Dr. Pettincourt learns to face his own fears, conquer the quandaries of time & space and discovers the magic of his own vision.