filmwax film series presents STRONGMAN

In anticipation of its theatrical run at The Brooklyn Heights Cinema starting Friday, September 23rd, filmwax is proud to present Zachary Levy's STRONGMAN to open its Fall 2011 season.

STRONGMAN is a cinema verité documentary about Stanless Steel, The Strongest Man in the World at Bending Steel and Metal.

Told with the kind of intimacy that can only be achieved with years of filming, STRONGMAN follows the dreams and heartbreaking humanity of Stanless Steel—the only man alive who can bend a penny with his fingers—as he struggles to gain control of a world that seems constantly out of his grasp.

STRONGMAN is a film about faith, about believing in yourself and a film about never giving up. It is a film about weakness and a film about strength.

What the press is saying about STRONGMAN:
"I watched in quiet fascination" Roger Ebert
"A strange and strangely beautiful movie" John Anderson, Variety
"an outsider tale of lilting poignancy" Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times (CRITICS' PICK)
"One of the most engaging subjects in recent documentary history" Michael Wilmington, Movie City News
"This is what a documentary needs to be" Matty Robinson, Filmspotting, WBEZ
"Moving and revelatory. Takes its place firmly alongside Morris, Maysles, and Herzog" Dennis Perkins, Portland Press Herald
"The rarest and most compassionate form of cinema vérité..." Ray Pride, NewCity Film
"A brilliant metaphor for the American dream....would make Eugene O’Neill proud." Michael Tully, Hammer to Nail
"The wistful link between humanity and celebrity" Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
"Fascinating" Luke Thompson, LA Weekly
"Touching" Eric Kohn, indieWire
"Startlingly intimate" Chris Kaltenbach, The Baltimore Sun