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Release Date: August 7, 2009 (LA/NY)
On DVD: March 2, 2010
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Sophie Barthes
Writer: Sophie Barthes
Cast: Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, Emily Watson, Dina Korzun, Lauren Ambrose, Katheryn Winnick
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Official site: coldsoulsthemovie.com
Running Time: 97 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for nudity and brief strong language

Sophie Barthes's debut feature is a witty existentialist comedy about a man who needs relief from his weary soul. A playful blend of science fiction, deadpan absurdism, and sharp social satire, "Cold Souls" stars Paul Giamatti ("Sideways," "American Splendor") as an actor named Paul Giamatti who goes to physical and philosophical extremes for the sake of a role....

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Paul Giamatti has sold his soul. Not to the Devil, mind you, but to a corporation. He hasn't actually sold it, either, but it has been stolen and sold on the Russian black market. This is the premise for Cold Souls, an imaginative though anticlimactic comedy-drama from director Sophie Barthes.

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