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Release Date: 1992

Cast: Laura Linney, Margo Martindale, Kathleen Wilhoite, Ann Hearn, Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Mary Wakio, James Rebhorn, Maduka Steady, Don Suddaby, Gerry Bamman ...MORE

Cast: Laura Linney, Margo Martindale, Kathleen Wilhoite, Ann Hearn, Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Mary Wakio, James Rebhorn, Maduka Steady, Don Suddaby, Gerry Bamman, Latanya Richardson, Jennifer Dundas ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Docudrama, Medical fiction

Lorenzo's Oil is a 1992 drama film directed by George Miller. It is based on a true story of Augusto and Michaela Odone, two parents in a relentless search for a cure for their son Lorenzo's adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). The film was nominated for two Academy Awards. It was filmed primarily in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Failing to find a doctor capable of treating their young son Lorenzo's rare disease, Augusto and Michaela Odone sought their own cure. They set out on a mission to find a treatment to save their child. In their quest, the Odones clashed with doctors, scientists, and support... MORE

Lorenzo's Oil is a 1992 drama film directed by George Miller. It is based on a true story of Augusto and Michaela Odone, two parents in a relentless search for a cure for their son Lorenzo's adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). The film was nominated for two Academy Awards. It was filmed primarily in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Failing to find a doctor capable of treating their young son Lorenzo's rare disease, Augusto and Michaela Odone sought their own cure. They set out on a mission to find a treatment to save their child. In their quest, the Odones clashed with doctors, scientists, and support groups, who were skeptical that anything could be done about Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), much less by laypeople. But they persisted, setting up camp in medical libraries, reviewing animal experiments, badgering researchers, questioning top doctors all over the world, and even organizing an international symposium about the disease. Despite dead ends of research, the horror of watching their son's health decline, and being surrounded by skeptics (including the coordinators of the support group they attended), they persisted until they finally hit upon a therapy involving adding a certain kind of oil LESS