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At 29, Stephen Heywood discovers he has the paralyzing neural disorder ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Filmed over 5 years, the documentary chronicles one family's ferocious response to an orphan disease: the kind of disease drug companies ignore because there's not enough profit in curing it. In reaction, and with no medical background, Stephen's brother Jamie creates a guerilla-science research group and in two years builds it from three people in a basement to a multi-million dollar ALS mouse facility, the largest anywhere. Finding a drug in time becomes Jamie's all-consuming obsession.
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Logline: |
A chronicle of the remarkable events set in motion when Stephen Heywood discovered he had the paralyzing neural disorder ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). |
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| Genres: |
Documentary |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 27 min. |
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| Release Date: |
October 11th, 2006 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
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| Distributors: |
Balcony Releasing, West City Films, Inc.
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| Production Co.: |
West City Films, Inc., BBC Storyville, ZDF/Arte, WGBH Boston, TV2 Denmark
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$11,167 |
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| Produced in: |
United States |
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