My Name is Bill W.

My Name Is Bill W.
My Name Is Bill W. video cover
Written by	William G. Borchert
Directed by	Daniel Petrie
Starring	James Woods James Garner JoBeth Williams
Theme music composer	Laurence Rosenthal
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Paul Rubell
Cinematography	Neil Roach
Editor(s)	Paul Rubell John Wright
Running time	100 minutes
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original release	April 30, 1989

My Name Is Bill W. is a 1989 CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie directed by Daniel Petrie, starring James Woods, JoBeth Williams and James Garner. William G. Borchert, who wrote the film for television, based it on the true story of William Griffith Wilson and Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith, M.D. (the men respectively called "Bill W." and "Dr. Bob"), the co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. James Woods won an Emmy for his portrayal of Wilson.

The true story of William Griffith Wilson, a World War I veteran whose small drinking problem becomes a serious addiction after he loses his fortune in the stock market collapse of 1929. Wilson's career and his domestic life are in tatters when he meets Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith, also struggling with a drinking problem. The two form a support group that becomes the basis for the organization Alcoholics Anonymous.

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