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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
George Miller (written by) &
Nick Enright (written by)
Release Date:
15 January 1993 (USA) more
Tagline:
Some people make their own miracles.
Plot:
A boy develops a disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his father decides to learn all about it and tackle the problem himself. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
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User Comments:
A story about hope. more (57 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Nick Nolte | ... | Augusto Odone | |
| Susan Sarandon | ... | Michaela Odone | |
| Peter Ustinov | ... | Professor Nikolais | |
| Kathleen Wilhoite | ... | Deirdre Murphy | |
| Gerry Bamman | ... | Doctor Judalon | |
| Margo Martindale | ... | Wendy Gimble | |
| James Rebhorn | ... | Ellard Muscatine | |
| Ann Hearn | ... | Loretta Muscatine | |
| Maduka Steady | ... | Omuori | |
| Mary Wakio | ... | Comorian Teacher | |
| Don Suddaby | ... | Don Suddaby | |
| Colin Ward | ... | Jake Gimble | |
| LaTanya Richardson | ... | Nurse Ruth (as La Tanya Richardson) | |
| Jennifer Dundas | ... | Nurse Nancy Jo | |
| William Cameron | ... | Pellerman |
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Runtime:
129 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L | UK:12 | UK:12 (video re-release) | UK:15 (video) | Australia:PG | South Korea:12 (DVD rating) | South Korea:All | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-10 | Germany:12 | Peru:14 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Carnegie Mellon University - 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA more
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Michelle Pfeiffer was originally cast as Michaela Odone but dropped out in order to play Catwoman in Batman Returns (1992) a role that Susan Sarandon also expressed interest in. The script for "Lorenzo's Oil" was given to Sarandon but she steadfastly refused to read it until she knew that Pfeiffer was no longer participating in the film. more
Quotes:
Professor Nikolias: Do you know how many children die every year from choking on french fries? Many more than from Adrenoleukodistrophy. You see, ours is what is known as an orphan disease, too small to be noticed, too small to be funded, especially with the iron hand of "Reganomics". more
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Featured in "How Art Made the World" (2005) more
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Lorenzo's oil
A true story about a battle for the life of Lorenzo who suffers from ALD. A rare disease which destroys all basic functions like speech and movement and in the end takes the life of the person. In this movie the parents fight the clock by doing their own research and investigation.
This is a true masterpiece, about hope. Acting and directing are fabulous. You can feel the cast being involved. I have seen a a lot of movies of Nick Nolte , but this must be one of his better ones. Here he proves he can do more than "another 48 hours". Nick is convincing in every way in this movie, even though he has a very hard part playing an Italian(Augusto Odone).
Susan Sarandon plays the mother of Lorenzo. It's incredible how she plays the part of a mother near the end of her powers pushing away everybody that does not share the same faith in saving the life of her son.
This movie is underrated, and should be given a chance. I seen a lot of movies and normally i do not watch this kind of movies, they cannot hold m y attention for long. But this one is different and really heartbreaking.
I had never heard about ALD. So today i did some investigation, and found out that Lorenzo still lives and you can write him if you want