Awards and Film Festivals
- Official Selection—Sundance Film Festival, 2002. In a question and answer session following a festival screening, in response to an audience member who asked director Lin if he thought it was irresponsible to portray Asian-Americans in such a negative light, Roger Ebert stood up and said, angrily, "You wouldn't say that to a white filmmaker". Ebert's approval of the film drew the attention of major studios, leading eventually to MTV's buying the film for distribution.
- Official Selection—Toronto International Film Festival, 2002
- Grand Jury Prize Nomination—Sundance Film Festival, 2002
- Independent Spirit Awards—John Cassavetes Award Nomination, 2004
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