Product Details

• Actors: Ed Asner, Eli Wallach, Millie Perkins, David Ogden Stiers
• Directors: Richard T. Heffron
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Miracle Pictures
• DVD Release Date: May 15, 2002
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002Z3PYQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,570 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

A man is randomly stricken with a degenerative spinal disease that threatens to render him paralyzed for the rest of his life. Despite the bleak prognosis, he fights the illness head on with the support of his wife and an indominatable sense of humor.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Overcoming the Odds, November 21, 2007

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David S. Kesterton (Toronto Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Anatomy Of An Illness (DVD)

Excellent biography of a magazine editor who, stricken with a debilitating spinal condition, refused to give up, ignored his Doctor's dire predictions, designed his own cure (massive doses Vitamin C and laughter therapy), and won the battle. It's fun to watch the stodgy doctors gloom and doom pronouncement washed away by sheer determination of the Ed Asner character as Norman Cousins. For more details visit Cathetel.com and check out Laughter Therapy.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The importance of positive thinking, September 24, 2009

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A. S. Carty "Nolan Ryan fan" (TX and MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Anatomy Of An Illness (DVD)

A great DVD of the story of Norman Cousins' healing through natural means: laughter and vitamin C. I recommend this to anyone dealing with any kind of illness.