When Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) requested Michael J. Fox if he would collaborate on a documentary about life earlier than and after his 1991 Parkinson’s prognosis, Fox agreed—on one situation. “No violins,” mentioned the actor and activist. As he put it on this intimate and insightful movie, “I’m a tough son of a bitch.”
The main a part of Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie is the frank interviews with the actor, whose boyish, cheeky presence graced beloved Eighties and ’90s TV sequence (Family Ties and Spin City) and blockbuster motion pictures together with the Back to the Future trilogy. Meanwhile, he hid his 1991 prognosis till a dramatic 1998 reveal.
Guggenheim fills out the story with dwelling motion pictures from Fox’s upbringing, household scenes with spouse Tracy Pollan and their 4 youngsters and Fox’s grueling bodily remedy exercises. The movie additionally makes use of clips from Fox’s profession that present his evolving state
of thoughts, from insecure to “relentlessly upbeat,” even within the face of eroding bodily abilities.
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“Spending time with Michael, I found myself thinking, ‘I really want what he has.’ I love his view on life,” an admiring Guggenheim says. “I love his attitude, even though [Parkinson’s] is kicking the s-h*t out of him. He calls it ‘the gift that keeps on taking.’”
Learn extra about Fox’s incurable optimism within the face of an incurable illness within the Apple TV+ movie, obtainable now on the streaming platform.
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie is produced by Guggenheim, Anetta Marion, Will Cohen, and Jonathan King. Laurene Powell Jobs, Jonathan Silberberg, Nicole Stott, and Nelle Fortenberry function govt producers.
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Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, Streaming Now, Apple TV+