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| Director: | Mike Nichols | 
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| Writer: | Mike Nichols, Emma Thompson, Margaret Edson | 
| Staring: | 
| A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 09, 2001 | 
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| Director: | Mike Nichols | 
| Writer: | Mike Nichols, Emma Thompson, Margaret Edson | 
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie | 
| Keywords | nurse, poetry, professor, cancer, hospital, doctor, hospital room, ovarian cancer, english professor, chemotherapy | 
| Production Companies | HBO Films | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Emma Thompson | Vivian Bearing | 
| Christopher Lloyd | Dr. Harvey Kelekian | 
| Eileen Atkins | Evelyn 'E.M' Ashford | 
| Audra McDonald | Susie Monahan | 
| Jonathan M. Woodward | Dr Jason Posner | 
| Benedict Wong | Fellow 2 | 
| Harold Pinter | Mr. Bearing | 
| Raffaello Degruttola | Technician 1 | 
| Miquel Brown | Technician 2 | 
| Hari Dhillon | Fellow 1 | 
| Lachele Carl | Fellow 4 | 
| David Menkin | Student 1 | 
| Shauna Shim | Student 3 | 
| David Zayas | Code Team Blue Head | 
| Jenny Jules | Code Team Blue 5 | 
| Gary Beadle | Code Team Blue 6 | 
| Rebecca Laurie | Vivian (age 5) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Mike Nichols | Writer, Teleplay, Director | 
| Juliet Taylor | Casting | 
| Emma Thompson | Teleplay, Writer | 
| Michael Seirton | Set Decoration | 
| Stuart Wurtzel | Production Design | 
| Claire Nia Richards | Assistant Art Director | 
| J. Roy Helland | Makeup Artist | 
| Leo Davis | Casting | 
| Rachel Neale | Unit Production Manager | 
| Lee Dichter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Paul Sharp | Electrician | 
| George A. Lara | Foley | 
| Frank Kern | Foley | 
| Peter Myslowski | Grip | 
| Kam Chan | Foley | 
| Sarah Hauldren | Supervising Art Director | 
| Les Benson | Props | 
| John Whitby | Carpenter | 
| Ellen Lewis | Casting | 
| John Bloom | Editor | 
| Martin Duffy | Carpenter | 
| Linda DeVetta | Hairstylist | 
| Marko Costanzo | Foley | 
| Don Ciana | Color Timer | 
| Lee Walters | Gaffer | 
| Matt McDonald | Digital Compositors | 
| Beverly Winston | Script Supervisor | 
| Blake Leyh | Sound Effects Editor | 
| Margaret Edson | Theatre Play, Writer | 
| Mark Layton | Assistant Director | 
| Paul Cridlin | Boom Operator | 
| Evyen Klean | Music Supervisor | 
| Trevor Coop | Camera Operator | 
| Nic Ratner | Music Editor | 
| Gareth Milne | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Clive Coote | Still Photographer | 
| Deborah Wallach | ADR & Dubbing | 
| Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki | Original Music Composer | 
| Seamus McGarvey | Director of Photography | 
| Ann Roth | Costume Design | 
| Michael Haley | Assistant Director | 
| Mark Milsome | Focus Puller | 
| Paul Zydel | ADR & Dubbing | 
| Arvo Pärt | Additional Soundtrack | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Mike Nichols | Executive Producer | 
| Cary Brokaw | Executive Producer | 
| Michael Haley | Co-Producer | 
| Julie Lynn | Co-Producer | 
| Paul A. Levin | Associate Producer | 
| Simon Bosanquet | Producer | 
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