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Jessica Yu (writer)
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Mark O'Brien is a journalist (for Pacific News Service) and poet who lives in Berkeley, California. He is in his 40's... more | add synopsis
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Won Oscar. Another 3 wins more
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An ineffable testimony to life, death and dreams. more (5 total)

Cast

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Mark O'Brien ... Himself

Elizabeth Duvall ... Herself
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Ian Berzon ... Himself
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Mark O'Brien: Everybody becomes disabled unless they die first. more

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An ineffable testimony to life, death and dreams., 5 May 2003
Author: John Hutchinson- (playwrite2000) from oakland ca

I can't agree more with the comments made by an earlier viewer of this film. Mark O'Brien's life was lived to the fullest with more courage, guts and compassion than many of us "able bodied" persons. His witty observations serve in their own way as a trenchant critique of a society obsessed with physical beauty and athletic prowess. This is a man whose sexuality, dreams and demons forged a unique and unforgettable life. I came away from the film both humbled by my own pretensions yet exalted by Mark's refusal to give up. (He was an unbending opponent of assisted suicide.) Look for it at your public library. I challenge you to watch this film and not come away a changed person.

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