Based on a true story, Sue Rodriguez must face a gripping question, are we in charge of our own lives? Confronted by a terminal, debilitating illness that will ultimately take her life, she...
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Title: At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story (TV Movie 1998)
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3 wins & 2 nominations.
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| Wendy Crewson | ... | Sue Rodriguez | |
| Carl Marotte | ... | David Rodriguez | |
| Patrick Galligan | ... | Svend Robinson | |
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Walter Learning | ... | Justice Allen Melvin |
| Al Waxman | ... | John Hofsess | |
| Miko Hughes | ... | Jesse Rodriguez | |
| Monica Parker | ... | Nadine | |
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Jesse Collins | ... | Chris Considine |
| Roberta Maxwell | ... | Doe | |
| Fiona Reid | ... | Sandra Burtch | |
| Barbara Gordon | ... | Dr. Jackman | |
| Ellen-Ray Hennessy | ... | Louise | |
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Jim Belding | ... | Donald Gardiner |
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Kevin Ryan | ... | Reporter #1 |
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Fred McCausland | ... | Local Reporter |
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Based on a true story, Sue Rodriguez must face a gripping question, are we in charge of our own lives? Confronted by a terminal, debilitating illness that will ultimately take her life, she worries most about her young son, Jesse. Sue finds herself in a highly publicized legal battle for the right to die on her own terms, uncompromising, independent, funny and proud.
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terminal illness | lou gehrigs disease | euthanasia | assisted suicide | based on true story |Genres:
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11 August 2001 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
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Atlantic Mediaworks, Barna-Alper Productions, Canada Television and Cable Production Fund See more »
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As an avid movie watcher, few shows manage to move me closer to tears than this, and this is from a guy in his mid-twenties. The characterization was intense, and the movie moves slowly at times, but never fails to show you, in words or the feelings portrayed, what goes on in Sue's mind as she ponders her decisions. The feelings she has and the reasons she gives her family and friends around her for the decision she made shows how much she must have struggled before she came to it. On one hand, she doesn't want to leave her family, especially her son (brilliantly portrayed by Miko Hughes), alone; but on the other hand she wants to spare them the agony of caring for her as her illness progresses, when she will lose every sense of control in her life. The poignant moment was when her son learns of her decision to end her own life, when he reminds her tearfully of her earlier promise that she'd fight the illness to the end without giving up. From then comes a long period of intense media attention, mostly unwanted, and gross misunderstanding and manipulation by people she trusted, before her son finally accepts and respects her decision.
This is one movie which might just make you change your mind about euthanasia.