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6.7/10   382 votes
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Writer:
Tasca Shadix (written by)
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Release Date:
1999 (USA) more
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Awards:
4 wins & 1 nomination more
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A great movie more (21 total)

Cast

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Mary Stuart Masterson ... Penny McGuire

Jena Malone ... Mary McGuire

Karl Geary ... Kristjan

Delroy Lindo ... Professor
Monica Hart ... News Anchor

D.B. Sweeney ... Prisoner
Gina Nagy ... Prisoner's Wife
Tina Marie Goff ... Clinic Doctor
Sean G. Griffin ... Store Owner (as Seán G. Griffin)
John Considine ... Lost John

Bob Morrisey ... Silhouetted John
Kevin Phillip ... Peter
Ron Otis ... Astronaut

William Salyers ... Hospital Doctor
Leslie Do Qui ... Internist (as Leslie Doqui)
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Runtime:
111 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Penny: All my memories begin here, in the pages of my sister's book. Looking back I remember how Mary filled it with laughter, smiles, and magic. But I didn't understand any of that, I only believed in forgetting until Mary taught me how to turn the pages of my own life. more

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A great movie, 18 December 2005
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Author: luispebolanos from Guatemala

I don't know about you guys, but this movie brought tears to my eyes cause it made me see just how blessed we are to be able to do all the things we can do every day, she never made it to a fully grown woman, yet she taught us so many things. I really recommend it to everyone. It's a big reality check. It doesn't matter where you come from, because you will face the same problem wherever you go, sickness and eventually death, but the difference is how you want to face it. She was really brave and taught us how to fight and how to be united. She shared her love and even left a legacy behind. How many of us can say that if they left this planet right this instant they could leave something like that behind... and the legacy I am talking about is a book. A book never perishes, because it is filled with our memories, our thoughts and it can be read throughout generations and it can affect many people, like that man in prison for example.

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