Chen, md, phd, began work on the first and only lifesaving treatment. Extraordinary measures stays on track with plot based on true story updated apr 03, 2019. Extraordinary measures is an extraordinary story about some extraordinary people. Brendan fraser plays john, keri russell plays his wife aileen and harrison ford is dr. Also, it only has two references to prayer, neither of which mention god or jesus christ. The husband, john, an advertising executive, contacts robert stonehill, a researcher in nebraska who has done innovative research for an enzyme treatment. Thirteenyearold megan crowley is counting the days until the premiere of extraordinary measures, the harrison ford movie based on her familys truelife story of determination and love. Brendan fraser plays the lead character of john crowley. Its a great moment, when the kids are laughing at the end and this is because the enzyme is working allowing their bodies to convert sugar and dr. Extraordinary measures gets some parts of true story. A true story, then a book, now a film, is based on hope.
This is lorenzos oil with a different disease, pompe disease, although it. Bring it home on dvd or digital hd beginning december 19. Feb 25, 2010 the hero of this new film, extraordinary measures, is a brilliant businessman who, at the age of 29, learns that two of his three infant children suffer from pompe disease, a rare neuromuscular. The hero of this new film, extraordinary measures, is a brilliant businessman who, at the age of 29, learns that two of his three infant children suffer from pompe disease, a rare neuromuscular. The film is based on the true story of john and aileen crowley, whose children have pompes disease. Extraordinary measures asks if it is worth risking everything for a single achievement. An intelligent film that shoots an iv of humanity straight into your heart. Harrison ford is an irascible genius research scientist dr.
Based on a true marriage journey, extraordinary tells the amazing story of ultramarathon runner and college professor david horton, his wife, nancy, and their attempt to finish their marriage race well. Byrne is no stranger to extraordinary measures when it comes to. From his working class roots, john crowley has finally begun to taste success in corporate america. In his latest movie, the actor and producer brings to life the story of a fathers quest to cure his children of pompe disease. He was featured in the movie, extraordinary measures.
An inspirational drama inspired by the true story of john crowley, a man who defied conventional wisdom and great odds, and risked his familys future to pursue a cure for his childrens life threatening disease. Jan 22, 2010 extraordinary measures is inspired by the true story of john crowley, a man who defied conventional wisdom and great odds, and risked his familys future to pursue a cure for his childrens life threatening disease. Extraordinary measures is the latest medical drama to hit the big screen. Robert stonehill who is a composite character based primarily on dr. The movie extraordinary measures starring harrison ford is about a reallife father, jonathan crowley, played by brendan fraser, who will do anything to save his two children from a lifethreatening disease, even quitting his job to form a biotech company the true story first caught harrison fords eye when geeta anand wrote about it in the wall street journal.
With the support of his wife, john ditches his career and teams with unconventional specialist, dr. John francis crowley born april 7, 1967 is an american biotechnology executive and entrepreneur and the chairman and ceo of amicus therapeutics. Although proud of his incredible athletic accomplishments and the impact he has on his students, davids family continuously pays a high price for his years of competitive. Cbs films this weekend releases extraordinary measures, a movie that tells the true story of one mans quest to find a cure for his two children, who suffer from a rare genetic disorder that would leave them unable to walk, eat or even breathe on their own. Based on a true story extraordinary measures stars brendan frasier, harrison ford and kerri russell and is about one mans fight to save his childrens life from a rare and fatal disease, pompe diseas, which prevents the body from breaking down sugar properly and eventually disables the functions of the muscles and the heart. Jan 21, 2010 when the film extraordinary measures debuts on january 22, it will tell the story of one mans quest to obtain treatment for his children who suffer from a rare metabolic disorder called pompe disease. Extraordinary measures is an exercise in adapting a meaningful story for the big screen, but it fails in delivering the kind of subtle nuances and poignancy that are needed to elevate this from. Extraordinary measures is based on a true story, one chronicled in the gripping book the cure. Brendans and harrisons acting is superb, the dialogs are incredible and the story.
Thirteenyearold megan crowley is counting the days until the premiere of extraordinary measures, the harrison ford movie based on her familys true life story of determination and love. Jan 16, 2010 thirteenyearold megan crowley is counting the days until the premiere of extraordinary measures, the harrison ford movie based on her familys truelife story of determination and love. The cast is excellent, with ford tamping down his occasional urge to vamp for the camera, and fraser. Extraordinary measures gets some parts of true story right. Two sick children have no more than a year to live when their father determines to seek out a maverick scientist who may have a cure. He cofounded novazyme pharmaceuticals with william canfield, which was later acquired by genzyme corporation, and founded orexigen therapeutics. It is a tremendous story about the extraordinary measures crowley took in order to save his children. Jan 22, 2010 extraordinary measures stays on track with plot based on true story updated apr 03, 2019. As a dad of two girls that mean the world to me, i would do anything and everything for them. Stonehill that crowley has to convince to do the research necessary to find a way to cure his children.
At the end of the movie, both of crowleys kids receive treatment and both begin to respond to the treatments. Extraordinary measures stays on track with plot based on. Jan 22, 2010 extraordinary measures a father goes to great lengths to save the lives of his two children suffering from a lifethreatening disease. It is interesting that this film is based on a true story. Extraordinary measures is a halfwaydecent effort that manages to be engaging only because it is based on a true story, of the lengths parents can go to all for the love of their children. Crowley was a talented and successful businessman specializing in raising venture capital funds for new research and development projects.
Based on the true story of john crowley played by brendan fraser, it follows. A portland couple have two children with pompe disease, a genetic anomaly that kills most before a childs tenth birthday. The film is about parents who form a biotechnology company to develop a drug to save the lives of. Robert stonehill to found a biotech company and develop a cure in time to save the.
Extraordinary measures dvd, 2010 for sale online ebay. Workingclass father john crowley is finally on the fast track to corporate success when his two young children are diagnosed with pompe diseasea condition that prevents the body from breaking down sugar. Extraordinary was created and produced by liberty universitys film program. Extraordinary measures also glosses over the intricacies of scientific. Directed by tom vaughan, extraordinary measures stars brendan fraser as john crowley and keri russell as aileen crowley, and also executive producer harrison ford as dr. Megan crowley was the inspiration of the harrison ford. John crowley is the father of megan crowley, the young woman with pompe disease highlighted by donald trump in his speech to congress. Jan 20, 2010 inspired by a true story, extraordinary measures proves the impossible is possible as a determined father and an unconventional scientist defy all odds in a fight to save the fathers kids. Duke research leads to extraordinary measures film. The story focuses of the life of john crowley, a son of a new jersey cop and a waitress, who earned a harvard mba. Extraordinary measures john crowley interview telegraph. When the film extraordinary measures debuts on january 22, it will tell the story of one mans quest to obtain treatment for his children who suffer from a rare metabolic disorder called pompe disease the real story began 20 years ago at duke university medical center when pediatric geneticist y. Inspired by a true story, extraordinary measures proves the impossible is possible as a determined father and an unconventional scientist. The movie is the first release from cbs films and its inspired by the true story of john crowley someone who risked his harrison ford and brendan fraser interview extraordinary measures.
The movie extraordinary measures starring harrison ford is about a reallife father, jonathan crowley, played by brendan fraser, who will do anything to save his two children from a lifethreatening disease, even quitting his job to form a biotech company. Also starring kerri russell, extraordinary measures is a true story of the power of love and faith against impossible odds. Cbs films this weekend releases extraordinary measures, a movie that tells the true story of one mans quest to find a cure for his two children, who suffer from a rare genetic disorder that would leave them unable to walk, eat or even breathe on. The crowley family, portrayed in extraordinary measures.
Also starring golden globe winner kerri russell, extraordinary measures is a true story of the power of love and faith against impossible odds. Barry byrne left and movie producer michael shamberg on the set of. Reallife heroics on display in extraordinary measures. The true story of barry byrnes efforts to cure pompe disease is even more compelling than the movie.
Extraordinary measures is an ordinary film with ordinary characters in a story too big for it. Inspired by an incredible true story, the cbs films docudrama portrays one fathers desperate quest to save his children from succumbing to a rare lifethreatening genetic disorder. The movie features leland klassen alter egos, shari rigby october baby, karen abercrombie war room, and kirk cameron fireproof. A drama centered on the efforts of john and aileen crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two childrens rare genetic disorder. It was the first film produced by cbs films, the film division of cbs corporation, who released the film on january 22, 2010. Robert stonehill to found a biotech company and develop a cure. Venture capitalist john crowley played by brendan fraser has two.
The most intriguing aspects of extraordinary measures relate to the behindthescenes politicking that goes on to keep the drug development on track, although the screenplay cheats toward the end presumably because of time constraints and a. Venture capitalist john crowley played by brendan fraser has two children with the neuromuscular disorder pompe disease. This is lorenzos oil with a different disease, pompe disease. Inspired by the book the cure by pulitzer prize winning writer greeta anand. Harrison ford is convincing in this movie based on the true story of a family trying to find a cure for their children. Jessica simpson at an event for extraordinary measures 2010 harrison ford and. Harrison ford played his part well but this just was not a harrison ford movie, it was hard to sit and watch him being a scientist after his other movies he has done. A decade ago, uf molecular geneticist barry byrne was just beginning to develop methods for transferring missing genes into people with pompe disease, a rare form of muscular dystrophy. With brendan fraser, keri russell, harrison ford, meredith droeger. Two sick children have no more than a year to live when their father determines to seek out a maverick. The movie is based on a true story about a man, john crowley, who was an executive for the pharmaceutical company bristolmyers. The drug allowed the siblings to live well beyond their initial prognosis and was the inspiration behind the 2010 film extraordinary measures. The movie was not particularly wellreceived by critics, but new yorks. Read the extraordinary measures movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies.
The determination of crowley to go up against the medical. Extraordinary measures is inspired by the true story of john crowley, a man who defied conventional wisdom and great odds, and risked his familys future to pursue a cure for his childrens life threatening disease. The plot isnt anything we havent seen before and the outcome is never in doubtthe film is inspired by a true storybut extraordinary measures is helped immensely by an affecting lead. This is the story of one mans efforts to save his children from pompe disease. The film, titled extraordinary measures was released nationwide on january 22, 2010. It is a tremendous story about the extraordinary measures crowley took in. Together, this unlikely pair face impossible odds as they battle the entire medical establishment and time itself to find a cure before its too late. A 2010 movie based on a true story and the book the cure about john crowley whose dedication to saving his two children from a genetic disease named pompe results in him becoming a driving force in the development of an enzyme therapy. The story is based on true events involving a man named john crowley who risked everything he had to save his two children dying of pompe disease a horrible affliction that causes the muscles in. Jan 20, 2010 extraordinary measures is an ordinary film with ordinary characters in a story too big for it. An inspirational drama inspired by the true story of john crowley, a man who defied conventional wisdom.
Extraordinary measures is a 2010 american medical drama film starring brendan fraser, harrison ford, and keri russell. Extraordinary measures a good movie with a happy ending and heartwarming. Watch extraordinary measures online 2010 movie yidio. In a bonus documentary on the dvd of the movie, producer michael. Extraordinary measures ends up doing a disservice to the true story of john crowley, the character in the film too reliant on a fiction to do justice to what the real man had accomplished. But the real flaw of the film is that isnt big enough for the big screen. Inspired by a true story, extraordinary measures is an intensely moving and inspiring profamily drama, but it has a lot of gratuitous foul language. Go behind the scenes of the uplifting movie with interviews of the cast and the family whose true story inspired the film. Extraordinary measures 2010 directed by tom vaughan. The crowley family, portrayed in extraordinary measures, fought to. The true story first caught harrison fords eye when geeta anand wrote about it in. The film is about parents who form a biotechnology company to develop a drug to save the lives of their children, who have a lifethreatening disease.