Living Proof (2008) on Netflix
Dr. Dennis Slamon, an oncologist at UCLA Medical Center, develops an experimental breast cancer drug. When the drug company cuts funding, he looks for backers to keep the research going.
- Netflix3.4/5
- IMDb6.8/101,157 votes
- Rotten TomatoesNot available
Plot summary
Over eight years, from 1988 to 1996, Dr. Dennis Slamon works at UCLA Medical Center on Herceptin, an experimental drug he believes can treat breast cancer. When the drug company stops paying for the research, philanthropists Lilly Tartikoff and Ronald Perelman help him continue, with money from Perelman's Revlon charity and from a ball Tartikoff organizes. Nicole, a young mother with stage 4 cancer, is the first patient to receive the drug; her mother Elizabeth asks that she be included in the next trials, but Nicole does not meet the requirements. In the study the women support one another, among them Tish, who copes with humor, and Tina, who turns to alternative therapy.
Cast
- Paula Caleas Donna Slamon (as Paula Cale Lisbe)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Living Proof (2008)
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- Renée Zellweger, executive producer of Living Proof, suggested casting Harry Connick Jr. in the film; the two had acted together in the romantic comedy New in Town, and it was her first television project.
- Living Proof was filmed in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2008, a location Harry Connick Jr. suggested because filming in Los Angeles was expensive and, being from New Orleans, he saw it as a chance to help the city recover by employing local people.
- Harry Connick Jr. wrote "Song for the Hopeful" for the film; it also appears on his album What a Night! A Christmas Album, and Sony pledged to contribute to breast cancer charities for each iTunes download of the song.
