We are proud to open up the Fifth Annual Film Festival with the HBO Film You Don’t Know Jack at the HBO Theater on Friday night, October 15, 2010. The film stars Al Pacino (who also stars in our final film of the Film Festival—more about that later) and is directed by Barry Levinson (a prior guest at the Film Festival). Tom Fontana (yet another one of our prior guests), was the co-Executive Producer of the film.

With the health care debate fresh on our minds, and allegations of death panels the rage among Tea Party activists, this film takes us back to when Dr. Jack Kevorkian was in the news, defending a patient’s right to die by assisting in the suicides of terminally ill patients. This film is timely not just because it will have only recently aired on HBO by the time it premiers at the Film Festival, but also because it deals with such a sensitive and timely subject: What are the obligations that society owes to those who are sick and terminally ill? With a stellar cast and a gripping story, You Don’t Know Jack is a wonderful opening night film to kick off the Fifth Annual Film Festival.

Check out the other Sneak Peeks:

PBS Documentary Worse Than War

12 Angry Men

Amistad

They Won’t Forget

…And Justice for All

Tags: Al Pacino, Barry Levinson, Dr. Death, Fordham Law Film Festival, HBO Films, Jack Kevorkian, You Don't Know Jack

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