1. Extraordinary Measures - Official Trailer
Jan 30, 2010 · Brendan Fraser plays John Crowley, a biotechnology executive whose two youngest children were afflicted with Pompe disease or acid maltase deficiency.
Brendan Fraser plays John Crowley, a biotechnology executive whose two youngest children were afflicted with Pompe disease or acid maltase deficiency.
2. John Crowley's Extraordinary Measures - Alumni
Mar 1, 2010 · Extraordinary Measures depicts his struggle to find a cure for his two youngest children, who were born with a rare and often fatal neuromuscular disorder.
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3. 'Extraordinary Measures' gets some parts of true story right
Feb 8, 2010 · Stonehill is a composite of scientists, including Dr. Bill Canfield, depicted in Geeta Anand's book “The Cure,” upon which the film is based.
'Extraordinary Measures' gets some parts of true story right
4. Extraordinary Measures - Rotten Tomatoes
John leaves his job and devotes himself to saving their lives. He joins forces with Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford), a brilliant but eccentric scientist.
John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) is a man on the corporate fast-track, with a beautiful wife (Keri Russell) and three children. Just as his career is taking off, he learns that his two youngest kids have a fatal disease. John leaves his job and devotes himself to saving their lives. He joins forces with Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford), a brilliant but eccentric scientist. Together they battle the medical and corporate establishment, racing against time for a cure.
5. Extraordinary Measures - Cinemalogue
Jan 22, 2010 · The film is “inspired by true events,” meaning obviously some events were untrue. It's also an adaptation of the book by Geeta Anand, The Cure.
The very words “inspired by” or “based on a true story” raise my hackles. In...
6. Rare and baffling disease cured by over-the-counter character movie ...
Jan 20, 2010 · Crowley discovers on the Internet a professor at the University of Nebraska named Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford). He's working on a ...
"Extraordinary Measures" is an ordinary film with ordinary characters in a story too big for it. Life has been reduced to a Lifetime movie. The story, based
7. Extraordinary Measures | Film | Oklahoma City
Directed by Tom Vaughan ("What Happens in Vegas"), "Extraordinary Measures" is based on a true story, but its film depiction is simplistic in its sentimentality ...
Nothing is more frustrating for parents than having a sick kid. A simple cold, the risk of a P.E. class asthma attack or a few...
8. Extraordinary Measures - IGN
Extraordinary Measures. CBS Films, +1 more. • Jan 22, 2010 •. PG.
Everything you need to know about Extraordinary Measures.
9. 'Extraordinary Measures': The Least A Father Can Do - NPR
Jan 22, 2010 · Brendan Fraser plays John Crowley, a Bristol-Myers Squibb executive with a daughter and son born with the rare Pompe disease.
On a mission to save his two dying children, a desperate father recruits a cantankerous scientist to discover a method, and means, for a cure. Critic David Edelstein says the film is more than a formulaic weepie — but still an effective tearjerker.
10. Extraordinary Measures Reviews - TV Guide
The film follows the efforts of John (Brendan Fraser) and Aileen Crowley (Keri Russell) to save their two young children, Megan (Meredith Droeger) and Patrick ( ...
Check out the exclusive TV Guide movie review and see our movie rating for Extraordinary Measures
11. Extraordinary Measures - Plugged In
Jan 22, 2010 · Extraordinary Measures is based on the real Pompe-related health care odyssey of the Crowley family. The film, of course, takes liberties with their story.
Imagine that your children are suffering from an incurable disease that daily takes away more of their strength and spirit. Now imagine that someone gives you the smallest sliver of hope that the disease can be reversed. What would you do?
12. Film Review | 'Extraordinary Measures' is ordinary movie
Running time: 103 minutes. Two stars out of four. In this film publicity image released by CBS Films, Harrison Ford, right, and.
For its big screen debut, start-up studio CBS Films delivers what might, in an earlier age, have been a “disease of the week” TV movie.
13. Extraordinary Measures - Apple TV
Inspired by the book “The Cure” by Pulitzer Prize Winning Writer Greeta Anand. MORE. Drama 2010 1 hr 46 min. 29%. 14+.
Fate and determination push idealistic father, John Crowley (Brendan Fraser, The Mummy) into joining forces with reclusive medical researcher, Dr. Rob…
14. Expert available to discuss Pompe Disease, the focus of new movie ...
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During the weekend, a film called Extraordinary Measures , starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser, debuted in theatres. Based on a true story, the film highlights a condition called Pompe disease. The main character, John Crowley, portrayed by Fraser, started a company in a quest to find a cure for two of his three children […]
15. "Extraordinary Measures" Movie Review - Jesus Freak Hideout
Jan 26, 2010 · The story is based on true events involving a man named John Crowley who risked everything he had to save his two children dying of pompe disease.
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16. Extraordinary Measures Film Analysis - Write My Essay Service
Jan 16, 2024 · Extraordinary Measures is based on a true-life story. It details the struggle of a desperate father, John Crowley, and his wife Aileen Crowley, to save two of ...
In this article, we will be focusing on the Extraordinary Measures film analysis. We will be also discussing its role in educating the general public on the Pompe disease, as well as the experiences of families or people living with the disease
17. Extraordinary Measures - Blu-ray News and Reviews | High Def Digest
'Extraordinary Measures' never quite figures out what movie it wants to be. Does it want to be the true story behind the discovery of a cure for Pompe Disease?
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18. [PDF] EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES - Walsh Medical Media
Robert's theory on enzyme treatment for Pompe sufferers is ground-breaking, but early on in the film it remains a theory, with no clear evidence-based research ...
19. Extraordinary Measures - NYU
Jul 5, 2010 · Extraordinary Measures, based on events in the life of John Crowley and his family, dramatizes the father's quest to find a cure for Pompe disease.
Extraordinary Measures, based on events in the life of John Crowley and his family, dramatizes the father's quest to find a cure for Pompe disease, a relatively rare genetic condition that afflicts two of his three children. The quest brings into play three powerful, often competing human motives: a father's love for his children, a scientist's pursuit of knowledge and recognition, and a corporation's mandate for profits. Crowley (Brendan Fraser), an energetic marketing executive, and his wife Aileen (Keri Russell) are told that their children Megan (Meredith Droeger), age eight, and Patrick (Diego Velazquez), age six, have reached the upper limits of their life expectancies.
