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Summary:
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... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Emma Thompson - (Vivian Bearing)
Christopher Lloyd - (Dr. Harvey Kelekian)
Eileen Atkins - (E. M. Ashford)
Audra McDonald - (Susie Monahan)
Harold Pinter - (Mr. Bearing)
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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 i... Continue >>
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