Al Pacino este in negocieri pentru a juca rolul principal din filmul biografic despre Jack Kevorkian “You Don’t Know Jack”, relateaza The Hollywood Reporter.
Kevorkian, cunoscut si sub numele de Dr. Moarte, a asistat peste 150 de persoane care s-au sinucis, si a invins sistemul de justitie din Michigan de nenumarate ori, dar, in cele din urma, a fost condamnat la inchisoare dupa ce a trimis cu buna stiinta o inregistrare in care asista la eutanasierea unui pacient cu o boala terminala emisiunii “60 Minutes.”
Kevorkian a fost condamnat pentru crima de gradul 2 in 1999 si isi ispasesete pedeapsa intr-o inchisoare de maxima siguranta din Michigan.
Filmul va urmari ascensiunea sa si felul cum si-a construit celebra “Masinarie a Milei”, prima sinucidere asistata si inceputul freneziei mediatice cu batalia pentru apararea drepturilor pacientilor de a muri.
Regizorul filmului va fi Barry Levinson, iar scenariul va fi scris de Adam Mazer (“Breach”), scenariu care se bazeaza pe cartea lui Neal Nicol “Between the Dying and the Dead”.
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Al Pacino is in negotiations to star in the Jack Kevorkian biopic “You Don’t Know Jack” says The Hollywood Reporter.
Kevorkian, also known as Dr. Death, assisted in more than 150 cases of suicide and had beaten the state court system in Michigan numerous times, but was finally convicted after he willingly sent a videotape of himself euthanizing a terminally ill man to “60 Minutes.”
He was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999 and is serving his sentence in a maximum-security prison in Michigan.
The film will trace his rise as he builds his infamous “Mercy Machine,” conducts his first assisted suicide, and starts a media frenzy with his epic legal battles defending a patient’s right to die.
Barry Levinson is set to direct the film, from a script by Adam Mazer (“Breach”), which is loosely based off Neal Nicol’s book “Between the Dying and the Dead”.
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