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You Don't Know Jack (TV 2010)

TV Movie  -   -  Biography | Drama  -  24 April 2010 (USA)
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A look at the life and work of doctor-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.

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Dr. Jack Kevorkian (1928 - 2011 ) in the 1990s, when he defies Michigan law assisting the suicide of terminally-ill persons. Support comes from his sister, a lab tech, the Hemlock Society president, and a lawyer. The child of survivors of the Armenian genocide interviews applicants: his sister video tapes them. He assembles a device allowing a person to initiate a three-chemical intravenous drip. The local D.A., the governor, and the Legislature respond. In court scenes, Kevorkian is sometimes antic. He's single-minded about giving dying individuals the right to determine how their lives will end. He wants the Supreme Court to rule. He picks a fight he can't win: is it hubris or heroism? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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Ben Kingsley was previously attached to star as Jack Kevorkian. See more »

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The Faygo bottle Jack is seen opening for Janet Good is a retro-style that wasn't put out by the company until 2007. See more »

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Lynn Mills: Have you no religion? Have you no God?
Jack Kevorkian: Oh, I do, lady, I have a religion, his name is Bach. Johann Sebastian Bach. And at least my God isn't an invented one.
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"Organ Fugue from Fantasia"
Written by Ben Parry, Jonathan Rathbone, John Charles Fiddy & Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by The Swingle Singers
Courtesy of Virgin Classics
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
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what an excellent film
26 April 2010 | by (Turkey) – See all my reviews

Excellence! What a great production! All the way with the acting,writing,directing,cinematography,music and editing.All superb. I'm just happy how compalling and how well-thought this movie was. It takes you to a man's story about life and death and how it all goes down when the life turns its back on people and how different people respond to them. The thing that really captivated me was that how people's reactions and choices differed from each other in this movie.It reminded me of all the same things that are happening around me.Wel...I've never been a big Pacino fan but man..how wrong was i! What else to say?! It's just great.Please see it.


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