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Overview

User Rating:
8.0/10   4,327 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Margaret Edson (play)
Emma Thompson (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:
24 March 2001 (USA) more
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Tagline:
It appears to be a matter of life and death.
Plot:
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 9 wins & 12 nominations more
User Reviews:
Fantastic! Emma Thompson is Fantastic in this role. more (112 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Emma Thompson ... Vivian Bearing

Christopher Lloyd ... Dr. Harvey Kelekian
Eileen Atkins ... Evelyn 'E.M.' Ashford
Audra McDonald ... Susie Monahan

Jonathan M. Woodward ... Dr. Jason Posner
Harold Pinter ... Mr. Bearing (Vivian's Father)
Rebecca Laurie ... Vivian aged 5
Su Lin Looi ... Nurse (as Su-Lin Looi)

Raffaello Degruttola ... Technician 1
Miquel Brown ... Technician 2
Hari Dhillon ... Fellow 1 (as Harry Dillon)
Benedict Wong ... Fellow 2
Alex Gregor ... Fellow 3
Lachele Carl ... Fellow 4
David Menkin ... Student 1
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
W;t (USA) (alternative spelling)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some thematic material.
Runtime:
99 min
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The film is often shown at medical colleges as an example of how doctors and researchers should not behave. more
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Continuity: During her exam with the young internist, her arms alternate repeatedly from being completely under the sheet, to being folded together on top of the sheet. more
Quotes:
Vivian Bearing: This is my play's last scene Here... Heavens appoint my pilgrimage's last mile And my race Idly, yet quickly run Hath this last pace My span's last inch My minute's last point And gluttonous death Will instantly unjoint my body and soul" John Donne... I've always particularly liked that poem. In the abstract. Now I find the image of my minute's last point, a little too, shall we say... more
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Featured in The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2002) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
2nd Movement more

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30 out of 33 people found the following review useful.
Fantastic! Emma Thompson is Fantastic in this role., 3 January 2005
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Author: usermilt from United States

Although a sad movie with a sad ending it is absolutely wonderfully fascinating. It holds you glued to you your seat the entire time. For those who are critical, they just do't appreciate Mike Nichols and Emma Thompson's brilliance and are too affected by the subject of facing death. It is a pity that this was a telefilm. Has it been a theatrical release, it would easily have earned Emma Thompson an Oscar.

I thought that Gorecki's 3rd Symphony in the background was a brilliant touch. Christopher Lloyd as the doctor was excellent. Emma's Teacher reading Runaway Bunny at the end was touching and meaningful. Although some people might see this movie as a downer, it is an honest and important work dealing with life, goals, cancer, relationships, . . See it.

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