My Sister's Keeper (film)
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| Directed by | Nick Cassavetes |
| Produced by |
Stephen Furst Scott Goldman Mark Johnson Chuck Pacheco Mendel Tropper |
| Screenplay by |
Jeremy Leven Nick Cassavetes |
| Based on |
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult |
| Starring |
Cameron Diaz Abigail Breslin Sofia Vassilieva Alec Baldwin Jason Patric David Thornton Emily Deschanel E.G. Daily Lin Shaye and Joan Cusack |
| Narrated by | Alec Baldwin |
| Music by | Aaron Zigman |
| Cinematography | Caleb Deschanel |
| Edited by | Jim Flynn Alan Heim |
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Curmudgeon Films
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| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time
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109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $95.7 million |
My Sisters's Keeper is a 2009 American drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva, and Alec Baldwin. Based on Jodi Picoult's novel of the same name, On June 26, 2009 the film was released to cinemas in the United States,Canada, Ireland, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.
Conceived by means of in vitro fertilization, Anna Fitzgerald (Abigail Breslin) was brought into the world as a savior sister at the informal suggestion of Kate's doctor, Dr. Chance (David Thornton) (a formal suggestion would have been a violation of legal and medical ethics). She is a genetic match to her older sister, Kate (Sofia Vassilieva), who suffers from acute promyelocytic leukemia, and Anna can therefore donate compatible organs, blood, and tissue to help her sister. Her family members are introduced one by one, and each tells about how Kate's illness has affected them personally. When Kate turns 15, she goes into renal failure and 11-year old Anna knows that she will be forced by her parents to donate one of her kidneys. She also realizes that she may not be able to live the life she will want to lead – she won't be able play any sports, drink alcohol, or be a mother in the future. Anna tells her parents that she does not want to be a donor and proceeds to sue them for medical emancipation and the rights to her own body. Her father Brian (Jason Patric) sees Anna's point, though her domineering mother, Sara (Cameron Diaz), who leads an obsessive campaign to keep Kate alive, is indignant at Anna's decision when she receives the notice of court proceedings. Attorney Campbell Alexander (Alec Baldwin) agrees to work for Anna as her guardian ad litem, suing for partial termination of parental rights. It is later learned he agreed to take the case – not for the notoriety, but because he suffers from epilepsy, and is genuinely sympathetic to her predicament because he also understands how it feels to have no control over his body. Both Sara and Alexander tell their side of the story to the judge (Joan Cusack), who had recently lost her young daughter, something Sara inadvertently mentions. To Sara's dismay, the judge decides against summary dismissal, and the case goes to a hearing.
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