Nicholas' Gift | |
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Written by | Christine Berardo |
Directed by | Robert Markowitz |
Starring |
Jamie Lee Curtis Alan Bates Hallie Kate Eisenberg |
Music by | Carlo Siliotto |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Lorenzo Minoli Judd Parkin Paolo Piria |
Producer(s) | Paolo Lucidi |
Cinematography | Raffaele Mertes |
Editor(s) | David Beatty |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company(s) | Five Mile River Films |
Distributor | CBS |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | April 26, 1998 |
Nicholas' Gift is a 1998 American made-for-television drama film starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Alan Bates, directed by Robert Markowitz. Curtis was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance.
Fact based drama about an American couple on vacation in Italy in 1994 with their two children who are attacked and shot by highway bandits. Shortly they discover that their son is brain dead. The parents are then faced with the hard decision to donate the boy's organs which ultimately led to saving the lives of seven seriously ill Italian patients.