Anna Fitzgerald looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents who until now have relied on their youngest child to help their leukemia-stricken daughter Kate remain alive.Anna Fitzgerald looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents who until now have relied on their youngest child to help their leukemia-stricken daughter Kate remain alive.Anna Fitzgerald looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents who until now have relied on their youngest child to help their leukemia-stricken daughter Kate remain alive.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 4 nominations
- Gloria
- (as Nicole Lenz)
- Jesse age 3
- (as Paul Christopher Butler)
- EMT
- (as John De Rosa)
- EMT
- (as Marcos De La Cruz)
- Uncle Tommy
- (as Matt Barry)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSofia Vassilieva shaved off her hair and eyebrows to play Kate Fitzgerald. She described it as the least she could do to understand Kate's pain. She was filming this movie and Medium (2005), so she wore a wig for the show.
- GoofsAt one point in the movie, instead of being called by the fictional name Kate, she is called by her actual name, Sofia.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: When I was a kid, my mother told me that I was a little piece of blue sky that came into this world because she and Dad loved me so much. It was only later that I realized that it wasn't exactly true. Most babies are coincidences. I mean, up in space you've got all these souls flying around looking for bodies to live in. Then, down here on Earth, two people have sex or whatever, and bam, coincidence. Sure, you hear all these stories about how everyone plans these perfect families. But the truth is that most babies are products of drunken evenings and lack of birth control. They're accidents. Only people who have trouble making babies actually plan for them.
Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: I, on the other hand, am not a coincidence. I was engineered. Born for a particular reason. A scientist hooked up my mother's eggs and my father's sperm to make a specific combination of genes. He did it to save my sister's life. Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if Kate had been healthy. I'd probably still be up in heaven or wherever, waiting to be attached to a body down here on Earth. But coincidence or not, I'm here.
- SoundtracksTiny Bubbles
Written by Leon Pober
Performed by Don Ho
Courtesy of Reprise Records
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
It won't be for everyone as it is a troubling film to see on all levels, but at the same time it gives the viewer a lot of perspective and awareness on living one's life to the fullest while we're fully healthy, and that's something to be very thankful for.
Outstanding performances all around, beautifully acted although I must say Jason Patric was a stand out performance for me. He's such a terrific actor, and I wish I saw more of him. Worth the watch if you can stomach it.
- dallasryan
- Jun 10, 2014
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- Also known as
- Sống Cùng Ung Thư
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Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $49,200,230
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,442,212
- Jun 28, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $95,714,875
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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