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Forget Me Never

  • TV Movie
  • 19991999
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
326
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POPULARITY
50,015
3,593
Forget Me Never (1999)
Drama
Based on Living in the Labyrinth, the autobiography of Diana Friel McGowin, Forget Me Never tells the story of a legal administrator with a lawyer's knowledge of the law, who has been effici... Read allBased on Living in the Labyrinth, the autobiography of Diana Friel McGowin, Forget Me Never tells the story of a legal administrator with a lawyer's knowledge of the law, who has been efficiently juggling a career and family for years.Based on Living in the Labyrinth, the autobiography of Diana Friel McGowin, Forget Me Never tells the story of a legal administrator with a lawyer's knowledge of the law, who has been efficiently juggling a career and family for years.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
326
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
50,015
3,593
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    • Director
      • Robert Allan Ackerman
    • Writers
      • H. Haden Yelin(story)
      • Renee Longstreet(teleplay)
    • Stars
      • Mia Farrow
      • Martin Sheen
      • Roberta Maxwell
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Robert Allan Ackerman
    • Writers
      • H. Haden Yelin(story)
      • Renee Longstreet(teleplay)
    • Stars
      • Mia Farrow
      • Martin Sheen
      • Roberta Maxwell
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    • 7User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Mia Farrow
    Mia Farrow
    • Diane McGowin
    Martin Sheen
    Martin Sheen
    • Jack
    Roberta Maxwell
    Roberta Maxwell
    Liisa Repo-Martell
    Liisa Repo-Martell
    Kris Holden-Ried
    Kris Holden-Ried
      Robert Bockstael
      Robert Bockstael
      Colm Feore
      Colm Feore
      • Albert
      Ingrid Veninger
      • Ginny
      Kyra Harper
      Kyra Harper
      • Paula
      Patrick Chilvers
      • Rod Bowcroft
      Sarah Stevens
      • Lisa
      Maria Ricossa
      Maria Ricossa
      • Linda
      John Lefebvre
      • Governor
      R.D. Reid
      • Dr. Ellis
      Angelo Tucci
      • Parking Attendant
      Jim Codrington
      Jim Codrington
      • Cop
      Ken Kramer
      Ken Kramer
      • Man with Briefcase
      Dan Duran
      • Newscaster
      • Director
        • Robert Allan Ackerman
      • Writers
        • H. Haden Yelin(story)
        • Renee Longstreet(teleplay)
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        Shot over a period of four weeks.

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      Top review
      10/10
      This movie is based in a true story.
      Mia Farrow (Rosemary's Baby) "Diane McGowin" is an attorney. She finds herself forgetting things, especially short term memories. She suspects that something is wrong and goes to the doctor and after many tests the diagnosis was Alzheimer's. I love Mia Farrow and appreciate her work and have a deep appreciation for all the kids she rose and the trials she had to go throughout in her personal life.

      Well, I wish I had seen this movie about fifteen years ago, when my mother was having the same problems. This movie gives you an inside look into the mind of an Alzheimer's patient. It is very difficult to comprehend the nuances as an outsider of the sad, funny, and depressing moments they go through. Their short term memory begins to go, their personality changes, the little things that they do which annoy people are accentuated. They become utterly confused. This movie depicts it really well.

      Diana did not want to tell her husband, played by Martin Sheen (Platoon, Apocalypse Now), because she thought her husband would be worried about money since she made more money than he did. After she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, Diane asked the doctor how long she had until her mind turn into a vegetable, and just started laughing. She pretended she was going to work and dressed up so her husband would not find out then went back to bed, then dress up again. Finally she had to give a speech at a political party meeting. The entire room began to turn as she had no idea of where she was, called her house by reading her own cheque book and her son recognized her voice. He came and got her and she was forced to tell her family that she had Alzheimer's which they knew to a certain degree.

      She befriended a professor who had the illness and they begin to do things together. That is an interesting point because his illness is much more advanced than hers. She can learn where she is heading. She started a therapy group with people who shared the same illness. This movie is based in a true story. Didactically show the steps of progression of the illness to the audience. It was enlightening to me.

      Finally after Diana's friend had an episode where he did not recognize his family and had to go to a home, she goes to her place of peace, the attic of her mothers house. She found all the memories in pictures and also a book that her mother had a swatch of blue marked as blue, red and so on. She knew her mother had the same illness. Her husband found her and they made peace. He would be there for her at all costs. I recorded this movie and watched twice already.

      My favorite scenes: The little notes she makes to herself in color charts, marks of direction, her understanding of her friend, the attic scenes.

      My favorite Quotes: Friend: "Are you out of your mind?" Diana: "Matched! I got Alzheimer's remember? Diana: "If we can find the airport, we can have a swell time!" "We could walk our way to the sunset but we wouldn't find our way back." They laughed.

      The acting was superb. Mia Farrow did a wonderful job as did Martin Sheen and the rest of the cast. Watch out for awards!
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      • Oct 18, 1999

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      • Release date
        • October 3, 1999 (United States)
      • Countries of origin
        • Canada
        • United States
      • Language
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Nunca me olvides
      • Filming locations
        • Ontario, Canada
      • Production companies
        • Alliance Atlantis Communications
        • Citadel Entertainment
        • Storyline Entertainment
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 35 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Stereo
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.33 : 1

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