Written and Directed by: Ethan HawkeStarring: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Laura Linney, Mark Webber, Michelle Williams, Sonia Braga, and Ethan HawkeRelease Date: August 24, 2007Synopsis: Days before his 21st birthday, William (Mark Webber), a young actor, meets and falls quickly and madly in love with Sara (Catalina Sandino Moreno), a seductive yet skittish singer/songwriter. The film follows William as his affair takes him from a Lower East Side tenement to a Mexican hotel room and through the emotional extremities of passion, rage, and need. Yearning for someone to love who loves him back, William's journey forces him to come to terms with his own past. THE HOTTEST STATE is based on the book of the same name by Ethan Hawke.The Hottest State Soundtrack hits stores August 7!http://www.myspace.com/thehotteststateTRACK LISTING:ROCHA - "Ya No Te Veria Mas (Never See You)"WILLIE NELSON - "Always Seem to Get Things Wrong"FEIST - "Somewhere Down the Road"BRIGHT EYES - "Big Old House"EMMYLOU HARRIS - "The Speed of Sound"JESSE HARRIS - "It Will Stay With Us"THE BLACK KEYS - "If You Ever Slip"M. WARD - "Crooked Lines"NORAH JONES - "World of Trouble"BRAD MEHLDAU - "Never See You"CAT POWER - "It's Alright to Fail"JESSE HARRIS - "One Day the Dam Will Break"TONY SCHERR - "You, the Queen"[SCORE]- "Morning in a Strange City (Cafe)"ROCHA - "No More"JESSE HARRIS - "Dear Dorothy"ROCHA - "Never See You"[SCORE] - "There Are No Second Chances"
