Some people believe that fate truly guides our lives, and we are destined to truly love only one person. Well, how do you know if the person you love is whom you are meant to be with? What if you fell in love with someone who doesn't fit into your destiny? How far can love transcend? What boundaries can it overcome? Waking the Dead explores those boundaries of fate, love, class, power, even death.

Based on the 1986 novel by Scott Spencer, Waking the Dead takes place in 1972 and 1982. In the earlier years young Coast Guard officer and Harvard graduate Fielding Pierce, played by Billy Crudup (Inventing the Abbots, Without Limits), is passionately drawn to Sarah Williams, played by Jennifer Connelly (The Rocketeer, Labyrinth, Inventing the Abbots), an ideali

When the governor chooses Fielding to run for Congress it seems as though he will soon have everything he's always dreamed of. Or will he?

"The movie got made for one reason, alone: because Jodie wanted it to get made," Gordon said of Foster.

Directed by actor-turned-filmmaker Keith Gordon whose screen credits include Christine and Back to School, and has directed The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier's classic novel) which won critical acclaim and Gordon an IFP/Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature.

Gordon called Waking the Dead a compelling romantic drama, "I don't know when I've been affected so strongly by a piece of writing," Gordon said, "I just knew I had to make it into a film."

"This is a love story about a man who is willing to compromise to get somewhere and achieve something quite wonderful,"

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