Rating: PG
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 05/24/2005
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 91 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
Christopher Reeve directed this inspiring made-for-television
drama based on a true story, which turned out to be his final project before his passing in 2004. When she was 11 years old,
Brooke Ellison was involved in an auto accident that caused her extensive head trauma and serious injuries to her spinal cord. Doctors were uncertain if
Brooke would survive, and while she pulled through, the young girl was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. However,
Brooke was determined to live as close to a "normal" life as was possible, and to excel despite her condition. With the unflagging support of her mother, who attended classes with her every day,
Brooke not only received top marks in high school, but graduated from Harvard with honors.
The Brooke Ellison Story stars
Vanessa Marano as young
Brooke,
Lacey Chabert as
Brooke in her teen and young-adult years, and
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as her mother,
Jean.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Superman's Family Docudrama.
Christopher Reeve's final movie as a director (and also as co-executive producer) is based on a true story and stars Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Lacey Chabert. It tells how a young girl named Brooke Ellison is rendered paralyzed in a devastating car accident when she was 11, and how, her mother, Jean and her family helped her fight against all odds to help her live her dreams including graduating from Harvard University as an Honor Student. Also starring John Slattery and Vanessa Marano. Christopher Reeve died on October 10, 2004. The movie was released in November.
;)
