Lorenzo's Oil | 
| Director: George Miller
Actors: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Kathleen Wilhoite, Gerry Bamman
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 7695
Format: Color, Dvd, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Italian (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 129 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD21970D
ISBN: 0783268297
UPC: 025192197024
EAN: 9780783268293
ASIN: B0001CNRAM
Theatrical Release Date: January 15, 1993
Release Date: April 6, 2004
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Product Description
Intellectual parents seek and find a way to save their son from a rare nerve disease called ald. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 12/26/2006 Starring: Nick Nolte Gerry Bamman Run time: 129 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: George Miller
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With this powerful 1992 drama, director-producer George Miller (The Road Warrior) proved that a movie about a disease doesn't have to be a typical disease-of-the-week movie. Based on the real-life case of the Odones family, the story concerns 5-year-old Lorenzo, suffering mightily from an apparently incurable and degenerative brain illness called A.L.D. His parents, an economist (Nick Nolte) and a linguist (Susan Sarandon), refuse to accept the received wisdom that there is no hope, and set about learning biochemistry to pursue a cure on their own. The film becomes an intriguing scientific mystery mixed with a story of pain, grief, and the strain on the two adults. In other words, Lorenzo's Oil is similar to all those medical-mayhem TV flicks but with some key differences: a pair of great actors in Sarandon and Nolte--who actually do some of the finest work of their careers here--and Miller's bold and typically inventive direction. Miller, a doctor himself, refuses to shirk from the chaos and horrors of a child's agony, and he makes us hear the death chains rattling behind images that would be purely sentimental in another director's hands. --Tom Keogh
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 Depressing, yet hauntingly beautiful March 22, 2009
Eric S. Kim (Southern California)
Back in my High School years, I had to watch "Lorenzo's Oil" in Biology class. I thought I would be bored straight through, but it caught my attention. Now I can see why it's so good. It's a hauntingly beautiful film that would most certainly cause tidal waves of tears for those who are easily saddened. Nolte and Sarandon are fantastic as the couple that would never give up on their own damaged son (although Nolte's accent can be a bit laughable). Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" is a nice touch as well. I would only recommend this film to those who are interested in science and good drama, but not to those who would NEVER want to see a kid's life being torn apart by a rare disease. Keep in mind that it's based on a true story; that's what makes this film more mesmerizing than it is.
R.I.P. Lorenzo Odone
Bookbug January 31, 2009
bookbug (Lexy, KY USA)
This story about parents researching a treatment for their son's incurable and untreatable ALD disease in spite of a general lack of real support is inspiring. They persevered when their support group leaders insisted they needed to accept their son's death. When doctors were horrified that anyone without a medical degree would experiment on their own son to find a cure - even though the result of NOT trying and evaluating possible medications was disability, dementia, and death, they didn't give up. This medical drama is well produced. It will keep you on the edge of your seat and cheering to the end. Although the story isn't finished yet, the "end" is satisfying and challenging.
A must see December 3, 2008
J. Morris (Palmdale, California)
If you have epilepsy or no anyone with epilepsy you need to see this movie. It is a must see
Lorenzo's Oil October 11, 2008
Brenda K. Vold (Scottsdale, AZ)
Lorenzo's Oil is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is based on a true story. Be ready for the emotional aspects of it. It is filled with tremendous actors but it is a sad story even though the theme is to find a cure for an illness. I won't give away the story but you will want to see this movie for sure.
Lorenzo Odone, who doctors had predicted would die in childhood, died one day after his 30th birthday June 1, 2008
Rueben Stovall (Seattle, Washington, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
May 31, 2008. From the Associated Press:
WASHINGTON (AP) - The man whose parents' battle to save him from a nerve disease was depicted in the movie "Lorenzo's Oil" died Friday at his home in Virginia, having lived more than 20 years longer than doctors had predicted.
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