Wit (film)
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| Based on |
Wit by Margaret Edson |
| Screenplay by |
Emma Thompson Mike Nichols |
| Directed by | Mike Nichols |
| Starring |
Emma Thompson Christopher Lloyd Audra McDonald Eileen Atkins |
| Theme music composer | Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Simon Bosanquet |
| Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey |
| Editor(s) | John Bloom |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Avenue Pictures Productions |
| Distributor | HBO Films |
| Release | |
| Original release | March 24, 2001 |
Wit is a 2001 American television movie directed by Mike Nichols. The teleplay by Nichols and Emma Thompson is based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same title by Margaret Edson.
The film was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 9, 2001 before being broadcast by HBO on March 24. It was shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival and the Warsaw Film Festival later in the year.
Vivian Bearing (Emma Thompson) is a professor of English literature known for her intense knowledge of metaphysical poetry, especially the Holy Sonnets of John Donne. Her life takes a turn when she is diagnosed with metastatic Stage IV ovarian cancer. Oncologist Harvey Kelekian (Christopher Lloyd) prescribes various chemotherapy treatments to treat her disease, and as she suffers through the various side-effects (such as fever, chills, vomiting, and abdominal pain), she attempts to put everything in perspective. The story periodically flashes back to previous moments in her life, including her childhood, her graduate school studies, and her career prior to her diagnosis. During the course of the film, she continually breaks the fourth wall by looking into the camera and expressing her feelings.
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