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Wit
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1hr 45min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 2000
Director:
Mike Nichols
Distributor:
HBO Home Video
Starring:
Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins  ...more
Synopsis: Mike Nichols directs Emma Thompson in this made-for-cable adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Margaret Edson. Thompson plays Vivian Bearing, a college professor who teaches a course on English poetry. Vivian learns that she has advanced ovarian cancer and only a short time to live, which gives her a sudden and dramatic insight into the importance of kindness and compassion. Wit also features Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald, and Jonathan Woodward as Dr. Jason Posner, ... Full Synopsis
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Karl Williams, AMG Review
The migration of top-notch cinematic talent to the less-constrained arena of pay television continued with this adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play for the cable channel HBO from director Mike Nichols. Nichols gives it the old college try with plenty of high angles and creative lighting schemes, but the story never quite succeeds in overcoming its stage-bound roots. That's the sole flaw, however, ... Full Review
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Emma Thompson
Vivian Bearing
Christopher Lloyd
Dr. Harvey Kelekian
Eileen Atkins
E. M. Ashford
Audra McDonald
Susie Monahan
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