This weekend, we watched "You Don't Know Jack" with Al Pacino and Susan Sarandon.
It was a movie about the life and work of Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Al Pacino played him and Susan Sarandon played a friend of Jack. The movie showed how Jack started to help people with 'mercy suicide' and eventually, how he ended up in jail.
I thought this movie was interesting to see the back story to how the Dr. began doing this & how everyone viewed him. Jack was a very smart guy. It was interesting to see the patients side and the court battles. I definitely saw Jack's view of things. He never actually did anything to any patients - he set everything up for them to end things on their own time. His big mistake was every administering the drugs to someone - that is what really sent him to court.
Oh well, I know this topic is highly debatable but the movie was interesting. I watched the Behind the Scenes section of the DVD too and saw Jack talking. I think Pacino did a tremendous job playing him & deserved the awards he received this year.
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