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Extraordinary Measures (22-Jan-2010)

Director: Tom Vaughan

Writer: Robert Nelson Jacobs

Based on a book: The Cure by Geeta Anand

Music by: Andrea Guerra

Producers: Michael Shamberg; Stacey Sher; Carla Santos Shamberg

Keywords: Drama, Terminal Illness

A couple attempt to find insight into a cure for a genetic disease affecting their children.

ABSTRACT
John and Aileen Crowley, a middle-aged couple living in Portland, Oregon, are profoundly affected by Pompe disease, a genetic condition affecting both of their children that kills most sufferers prior to their tenth birthday. Desperate to gain valuable insight into a possible cure for their offspring's affliction, the couple embark on a journey that ultimately sees them joining forces with cash-strapped scientist Robert Stonehill, a brilliant man with limited resources who seeks assistance from outside investors to fund his research into a groundbreaking enzyme treatment.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Patrick Bauchau
Actor
6-Dec-1938   Sydney on The Pretender
David Clennon
Actor
10-May-1943   Joshua Nankin on The Agency
Harrison Ford
Actor
13-Jul-1942   Han Solo in Star Wars
Brendan Fraser
Actor
3-Dec-1968   The Mummy
Jared Harris
Actor
24-Aug-1961   I Shot Andy Warhol
Alan Ruck
Actor
1-Jul-1956   Cameron Frye in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Keri Russell
Actor
23-Mar-1976   Felicity
Courtney B. Vance
Actor
12-Mar-1960   ADA Ron Carver in Law & Order: CI
Dee Wallace-Stone
Actor
14-Dec-1948   E.T.: The Extraterrestrial

CAST

Brendan Fraser   ...   John Crowley
Harrison Ford   ...   Dr. Stonehill
Keri Russell   ...   Aileen Crowley
Jared Harris   ...   Dr. Kent Webber
Meredith Droeger   ...   Megan Crowley
Patrick Bauchau   ...   CEO Erich Loring
Alan Ruck   ...   Pete Sutphen
David Clennon   ...   Dr. Renzler
Dee Wallace-Stone   ...   Sal
and
Courtney B. Vance   ...   Marcus Temple
Diego Velazquez   ...   Patrick Crowley
Sam M. Hall   ...   John Crowley, Jr.
Ayanna Berkshire   ...   Wendy Temple
P. J. Byrne   ...   Dr. Preston
Andrea White   ...   Dr. Allegria
G. J. Echternkamp   ...   Niles
Vu Pham   ...   Vinh Tran
Derek Webster   ...   Cal Dunning
Jana Lee Hamblin   ...   Renzler Scientist #1
Shelly Lipkin   ...   Senior Scientist
Chris Harder   ...   Researcher
Eric Derovanessian   ...   Security Officer
Patricia Ferguson   ...   Reception Nurse
Jeanette McMahon   ...   Day Nurse (Jane)
Brennan Claire   ...   Julia
Tra'Renee Chambers   ...   Night Nurse (Marcy)
Quigley Provost-Landrum   ...   Maria
Kimberly Howard   ...   ICU Nurse
Lily Mariye   ...   Dr. Waldman
Sherilyn Lawson   ...   Day Nurse (Kate)
Eric Martin Reid   ...   ICU Doctor
Sharonlee McLean   ...   Stonehill's Secretary
Bryce Flint Sommerville   ...   Van Driver
Jeanine Jackson   ...   Nell Madden
Gavin Bristol   ...   Webber's Assistant
Robert Blanche   ...   Armed Guard
Olga Sanchez   ...   Pediatric Nurse
Chrisse Roccaro   ...   Mega Store Cashier
Michael Shamberg   ...   Renzler Venture Capitalist #1
John Crowley   ...   Renzler Venture Capitalist #2
Christopher Desmond Williams   ...   Security Officer #2
Melanie Sanders   ...   ICU Nurse #2

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