You do not know jack ( You Do not Know Jack ) is a TV movie American directed by Barry Levinson , distributed to United States in April 2010 on HBO . In France, the telefilm was broadcast in September 2010 on Orange Cinémax , and in December 2011 on Ciné + Premier .
The film is based on the life of Jack Kevorkian , nicknamed D r Death .
Synopsis
In the early 1990s in the United States, active euthanasia has no legal existence. Doctor Jack Kevorkian begins to practice assisted suicide on patients wishing to die: he manufactures a device that allows a patient to trigger a lethal injection himself. He is prosecuted several times, but wins every time.
Wishing to push the debate further, he eventually injected the lethal substances himself to a patient. His gesture is mediated by a report of the television program 60 Minutes . A new trial commits, which he loses this time. He is sentenced to several years in prison. He is released after eight years.
Data sheet
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- Original title: You Do not Know Jack
- French Title: La Vérité sur Jack
- Directed by: Barry Levinson
- Screenplay: Adam Mazer
- Art Direction: Mark Ricker
- Decors: Rena DeAngelo
- Costumes: Rita Ryack
- Photography: Eigil Bryld
- Editing: Aaron Yanes
- Music: Marcelo Zarvos
- Production: Scott Ferguson
- Executive Producers: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Tom Fontana , Steve Lee Jones, Barry Levinson and Glenn Rigberg
- Associate Producers: Drew Gallagher, Stephen Markey III and Troy Powers
- Production Companies: Bee Holder Productions, Cine Mosaic, HBO Films and Royal Oak Films
- Distribution Company: HBO (United States)
- Country of origin: United States
- Original language: English
- Format: color / black and white - 1.78: 1 - 35 mm
- Genre: drama , biography
- Duration: 134 minutes
- Dates on TV 1 :
- United States :
- France :
Distribution
- Al Pacino (VF: José Luccioni ) : D r . Jack Kevorkian
- Brenda Vaccaro : Margo Janus
- John Goodman (VF: Jacques Frantz ) : Neal Nicol
- Deirdre O’Connell : Linda
- Todd Susman : Stan Levy
- Adam Lubarsky : Brian Russell
- Jennifer Mudge : The Reporter
- Susan Sarandon : Janet Good
- Danny Huston (VF: Lionel Tua ) : Geoffrey Fieger
- James Urbaniak : Jack Lessenberry
- Rutanya Alda : Vendor
- Jeremy Bobb : David Rivlin