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Wit (TV)

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Original title

Wit

Year

2001

Running time

98 min.

Country

United States

Director

Mike Nichols

Screenwriter

Mike Nichols, Emma Thompson. Play: Margaret Edson

Cast

Music

Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki

Cinematography

Seamus McGarvey

Producer

Co-production United States-United Kingdom;

HBO, Avenue Pictures

Genre

Drama | Disease/illness. TV Movie

Synopsis

Vivian Bearing, a demanding and uncompromising professor of 17th century English poetry specializing in the holy sonnets of John Donne, is diagnosed with advanced (stage 4) metastatic ovarian cancer. Being an academic, she treats the news with a certain matter-of-factness much like she would her own research. Indeed, her medical team - the renowned Dr. Harvey Kelekian and his fellow, Dr. Jason Posner, who happens to be an ex-student of hers - do treat her solely like a research experiment, with a "live at all cost" mentality. The doctors recommend an experimental treatment of aggressive chemotherapy, to which she agrees. In part out of her own choice but in part out of her own personal circumstances, she decides to go through the treatment alone. But as her treatment progresses, she wishes she had some more truly caring human interaction from people who see her as a person and not just a research experiment.

Awards: 2001: Emmy: Best TV Movie, Directing and Editing. 7 Nominations

2001: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection

2001: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Mini-Series or TV Picture and Best Actress (Thompson)

2001: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best TV Movie

2001: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nom. Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries (Thompson)

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Wit (TV)

2001

Mike Nichols

7.1

(1,128)