Steven Sawalich Finds His Music Within

By Jennifer M. Wood
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/steven_sawalich_music_within_dvd_20080407/
Eight years ago, director Steven Sawalich was so inspired by hearing Richard Pimentel, the Vietnam veteran who helped to pass the Americans With Disabilities Act, give a speech at a conference that he introduced himself to Pimentel after the engagement and told him that they should make a movie of his life. And so Music Within, Sawalich's directorial debut starring Ron Livingston, Melissa George, Hector Elizondo and Rebecca DeMornay, was born.