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Dying Young is a 1991 American romance film directed by Joel Schumacher. [3] It is based on a novel of the same name by Marti Leimbach , and stars Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott with Vincent D'Onofrio , Colleen Dewhurst , David Selby , and Ellen Burstyn . [ 4 ]
Better Off Dead? begins with Carr and disabled people recounting experiences where others had told them that if they had the same condition, they would rather be dead; they also share times where people said that they should commit suicide to stop being a "drain on society". Carr rejects the term "assisted dying" and prefers "assisted suicide ...
Stuck in Neutral is a young adult with cerebral palsy and explores themes of quality of life, ableism and euthanasia. [22] 1838 Smike Nicholas Nickleby: Charles Dickens: He has deformed limbs and has intellectual and communication difficulties related to the abuse he has suffered. [23] 1915 Gregor Samsa: The Metamorphosis: Franz Kafka
When You Remember Me is a 1990 American made-for-television biographical drama film directed by Harry Winer and starring Fred Savage, Kevin Spacey, and Ellen Burstyn.The screenplay is based on a story featured in Reader's Digest from writer Rena Dictor LeBlanc, and tells the story of Michael Patrick Smith, a young man who filed a lawsuit in the early '70s that led to improved conditions for ...
Joni is a 1980 American independent biographical drama film directed by James F. Collier. It is the true story of Joni Eareckson Tada (played by herself), a seventeen-year-old girl who becomes paralyzed after a diving accident.
23 Blast is a 2013 American sports drama film directed by Dylan Baker. [6] The film was written by Bram and Toni Hoover, [2] inspired by the story of Travis Freeman, a Kentucky teen who loses his sight, but eventually overcomes the challenges of his disability, and continues to live his dream of playing football. [7]
“That’s nearly 17,000 people dying from prescription opiate overdoses every year. And more than 400,000 go to an emergency room for that reason.” Clinics that dispensed painkillers proliferated with only the loosest of safeguards, until a recent coordinated federal-state crackdown crushed many of the so-called “pill mills.”
The Number 23 is a 2007 American psychological thriller film [4] written by Fernley Phillips and directed by Joel Schumacher, his 23rd film. Jim Carrey stars as a man who becomes obsessed with the 23 enigma once he reads about it in a strange book that seemingly mirrors his own life.