LORENZO'S OIL

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• Release Year: 1993
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Oscar® nominee* Nick Nolte and Academy Award® winner** Susan Sarandon star in this powerful and unforgettable drama based on a true story. ; ; For Augusto and Michaela Odone (Nolte and Sarandon), the news that their five-year-old son, Lorenzo, has a rare terminal disease is sobering, to learn there is no known cure is devastating. Despite the prognosis, the Odones embark on an extraordinary mission of love, consulting and sometimes colliding with the world's top doctors and scientists in the quest to save their son. Their relentless struggle tests their marriage, their beliefs and the boundaries of conventional medicine in this critically acclaimed hit from director George Miller (The Witches of Eastwick).; ; *1999, Best Actor Affliction; 1991, Best Actor The Prince of Tides; ** 1995, Best Actress Dead Man Walking
• Cast: Lamar Olivis, Matthew Pyeritz, Ryan Thomas, Daniel W. D'Arcy, Connie Cranden, Justin Isfeld, C. Alex Roberts, Jeremy Beyer, Mack Hegyes, Christine Merriman, Eric Kunkle, Kiran Rao, Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Kathleen Wilhoite, Gerry Bamman, Margo Martindale, James Rebhorn, Ann Hearn, Maduka Steady, Mary Wakio, Don Suddaby, Colin Ward, LaTanya Richardson, Jennifer Dundas, William Cameron, Becky Ann Baker, Mary Pat Gleason, David Shiner, Ann Dowd, Peter Mackenzie, Paul Lazar, Laura Linney, Helena Ruoti, Luis Ruiz, Joyce Reehling, Barbara Poitier, Mary Schmidt Campbell, Michael O'Neill, William Thunhurst Jr., Ann McDonough, Lianne Kressin, Nicolas Petrov, Richard Cordery, Angus Barnett, Keiko McDonald, Vladimir Padunov, David McFadden, Carmen Piccini, Aaron Jackson, Neri Kyle Tannenbaum, Brad Einhorn, Noah Banks, Elizabeth Daily, Michael Haider, Billy Amman, Cristin Woodworth, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, Sandy Gore, Nora Dunfee, Rocco Sisto, Amelia Campbell, April Merscher, Keith Reddin, Eliot Brinton, James Merrill, Ayub Ommaya, Marie Nugent-Head, Ryonosuke Shiono, Zahra Ilkanipour, Nancy Chesney, Nora Gerard, John Mowod, David Doepken, Susan Chapek, Kathryn Aronson, Shirley Tannenbaum, Lamont Arnold, Charles R. Altman, Julie Marie Remele, Anthony Dileo Jr., Annie Loeffler, Berta Van Zuiden, Lisa Montgomery, Raina Clifford, Nicholas Wiese, Todd Bella, Tia Delaney, Rachel Jones, George Miller
• Director: George Miller
• Runtime: 2:16
• Company: Universal, Universal Studios Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie