Lorenzo's Oil
by George Miller
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Actor: Gerry Bamman, Kathleen Wilhoite, Nick Nolte, Peter Ustinov, Susan SarandonDirector: George Miller
Brand: Universal
Producer: George Miller
Writer: George Miller
Producer: Arnold Burk
Producer: Daphne Paris
Producer: Doug Mitchell
Producer: Johnny Friedkin
Writer: Nick Enright
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Italian (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 129 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-04-06
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Lorenzo's Oil
Movie Review: Depressing, yet hauntingly beautiful
Summary: 5 Stars
Back in my High School years, I had to watch "Lorenzo's Oil" in Biology class. I thought I would be bored straight through, but it caught my attention. Now I can see why it's so good. It's a hauntingly beautiful film that would most certainly cause tidal waves of tears for those who are easily saddened. Nolte and Sarandon are fantastic as the couple that would never give up on their own damaged son (although Nolte's accent can be a bit laughable). Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" is a nice touch as well. I would only recommend this film to those who are interested in science and good drama, but not to those who would NEVER want to see a kid's life being torn apart by a rare disease. Keep in mind that it's based on a true story; that's what makes this film more mesmerizing than it is.
R.I.P. Lorenzo Odone
Summary of Lorenzo's Oil
Intellectual parents seek and find a way to save their son from a rare nerve disease called ald. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 12/26/2006 Starring: Nick Nolte Gerry Bamman Run time: 129 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: George MillerWith this powerful 1992 drama, director-producer George Miller (The Road Warrior) proved that a movie about a disease doesn't have to be a typical disease-of-the-week movie. Based on the real-life case of the Odones family, the story concerns 5-year-old Lorenzo, suffering mightily from an apparently incurable and degenerative brain illness called A.L.D. His parents, an economist (Nick Nolte) and a linguist (Susan Sarandon), refuse to accept the received wisdom that there is no hope, and set about learning biochemistry to pursue a cure on their own. The film becomes an intriguing scientific mystery mixed with a story of pain, grief, and the strain on the two adults. In other words, Lorenzo's Oil is similar to all those medical-mayhem TV flicks but with some key differences: a pair of great actors in Sarandon and Nolte--who actually do some of the finest work of their careers here--and Miller's bold and typically inventive direction. Miller, a doctor himself, refuses to shirk from the chaos and horrors of a child's agony, and he makes us hear the death chains rattling behind images that would be purely sentimental in another director's hands. --Tom Keogh
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