Extraordinary Measures is a movie directed by Tom Vaughan in 2010 and based on the book The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million and Bucked the Medical Establishment in a Quest to Save His Children by Geeta Anand, first published in 2006. The movie features Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell, Harrison Ford, Meredith Droeger, Diego Velazquez, Sam M. Hall, and others.
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Storyline
John Crowley and his wife, Aileen, are a Portland couple with two of their three children suffering from Pompe disease, a genetic anomaly that typically kills most before a child’s tenth birthday. John, an advertising executive, contacts Robert Stonehill, a researcher in Nebraska who has done innovative research for an enzyme treatment for the rare disease.
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Movie vs Book
Year
2010
Minutes
106
Movie Rate
6.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
Extraordinary Measures
Director: Tom Vaughan
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Length: 1h46m
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Year
2006
Pages
352
Book Rate
7.80
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Book
The Cure
Subtitle: How a Father Raised $100 Million and Bucked the Medical Establishment in a Quest to Save His Children
Author: Geeta Anand
Country: USA
First published in: 2006
Length: 352 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“Successful movies based on books are their own thing. Being too faithful can hurt the movie.”
PETER DINKLAGE (Actor)
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