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Lorenzo's Oil

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Lorenzo's Oil
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PG13,2hrs 15min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1992
Director:
George Miller
Distributor:
Universal Studios
Starring:
Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov  ...more
Synopsis: Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte give brilliant performances as parents trying to save the life of their son in George Miller's harrowing and heartbreaking Lorenzo's Oil. Based on a true story, the film begins as bright young Lorenzo (Zack O'Malley Greenburg) is leading a pleasant life on the Comoro Islands. But things start to go wrong with him -- he collapses, he raves, and he loses his hearing -- so his concerned parents, Augusto (Nick Nolte) and Michaela Odone (Susan Sarandon), take him to a doctor. ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
From George Miller, the Australian director/producer responsible for such action-packed works as the Mad Max trilogy and Dead Calm, comes this surprisingly modest, emotionally intense medical drama. Miller's background as a doctor drew him to the material, and he gives the film a very deliberate pace and mood. The tragic medical docudrama is familiar made-for-television territory, but Lorenzo's Oil ... Full Review
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Nick Nolte
Augusto Odone
Susan Sarandon
Michaela Odone
Peter Ustinov
Professor Nikolais
Kathleen Wilhoite
Deirdre Murphy
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