The Hottest State is a bittersweet romance that explores the passion, rage and need of first love. Days before his 21st birthday, William (Mark Webber), a young actor, meets and falls quickly and madly in love with Sara (Oscar Nominee Catalina Sandino Moreno), a seductive yet skittish singer/songwriter. William's affair takes him from a Lower East Side tenement to a Mexican hotel room to a snowbound weekend in Connecticut to a sweltering homecoming in the hottest state of all - Texas - in the pursuit of Sara. His stubborn and sweetly innocent quest to find someone who loves him as much as he loves her forces him to come to terms with his own past and leads him to a newfound maturity. Linda Stasi from the New York Post raves, "Webber is so good that you get the feeling you're watching a young Gary Oldman, or even Brando... And as a bonus it's got the best soundtrack of any movie this year." The Hottest State features music performed by Bright Eyes, Cat Power, Feist, and Willie Nelson among others.
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Mark Webber | William Harding |
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Daniel Ross Owens | Young Vince |
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Glen Powell | John Jaegerman |
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Anne Clarke | Young Jesse |
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Cherami Leigh | Danielle |
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Catalina Sandino Moreno | Sarah |
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Josh Zuckerman | Decker |
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Michelle Williams | Samantha |
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Jesse Harris | Dave Afton |
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Bill Dobrow | Drummer |
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Jon Fowler | Bassist |
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Guyora Kats | Pianist |
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Nick McDonnel | Artsy Guy |
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Alexandra Daddario | Kim |
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Ethan Hawke | Vince |
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Jonathan Marc Sherman | Party Philosopher |
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Richard Linklater | John Wayne Enthusiast |
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Ryan Hawke | Williamsburg Hip Girl |
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Sonia Braga | Mrs. Garcia |
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Iraida Polanco | Proprietor |
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Gabriel Rivera | Guitar Player |
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Laura Linney | Jesse |
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Greta Gaines | Faye |
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Frank Whaley | Harris |
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Lynn Cohen | Harris's Mother |
| Director | Ethan Hawke |
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| Writer | Ethan Hawke | |
| Producer | Alexis Alexanian, Sheila Jaffe, Yukie Kito, Yasushi Kotani, Jonathan Shoemaker, Taizo Son | |
| Musician | Jesse Harris | |
| Photography | Christopher Norr | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Subtitles | English | Spanish |
| Distributor | Thinkfilm |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Dec 04, 2007 |
| Regions | 1 |