Anatomy of an Illness
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Cast & Crew
Richard Heffron
Lisa Pederson
Reid Smith
Julia Montgomery
Gaya T Trombley
Annie Murray
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Humanitarian, lecturer and "Saturday Review" editor, Norman Cousins' controversial decision in the mid-1960's to cure himself of a debilitating spinal disorder after the medical community gave up hope provides the thrust of this dramatization of his book. Despite the physical disparity between Cousins and himself, Ed Asner offers a convincing portrait (as, ironically, Jeff Goldblum had done playing Ernie Kovacs only the night before when the Kovacs TV-movie premiered) of a man taking drastic measures to regain control of his life. Cousins' steadfast friends, his personal physician, Dr. William Hitzig, and fellow author Cleveland Amory, are portrayed by Eli Wallach and David Ogden Stiers.
Director
Richard Heffron
Cast
Lisa Pederson
Reid Smith
Julia Montgomery
Gaya T Trombley
Annie Murray
Millie Perkins
Adele K West
Claudia Wells
Isabelle Walker
Allen Williams
Robert Denison
Lenora May
Peter Wise
Gwen Seliger
Belinda Balaski
Greg Monaghan
Lelia Goldoni
Haunani Minn
Thom Bray
Steve Doubet
Barbara Edelman
Robert Phalen
James Eldert
Tuck Milligan
Michael Fairman
F J O'neil
Edward Asner
David Ogden Stiers
Lillian Lehman
John Gowans
Harvey Lewis
Roberta Collins
Matthew Faison
Eli Wallach
Crew
Gene Anderson
Jean Austin
Susan Bluestein
Thomas Bookout
Fritz Braden
Simonne Brassard
William L Campbell
John Cavey
Lowell Chambers
Patricia J Cid
Norman Cousins
Carroll Day
Charles Detorre
Scott C. Eyler
Brad Fiedel
Jerry Gershwin
Alan Goldenhar
Robert Hamner
Roslyn Harris
Joie Hutchinson
Marsha Kleinman
Bob Knoechel
Stevan Larner
Kathleen Letterie
Gerald Macdonald
Owen Marsh
Don Matthews
Bill Mccaughey
Cathy Mead
Ruth-ann Mead
Robert S Mendelsohn
Robert O Moore
Mike Moschella
Maureen O'connell
Mark Overton
Mike Padovich
Ted Roberts
Lawrence Roman
Peter Schindler
Richard Peter Schroer
Beverly Setlowe
Stephen Shaver
Paul St John
Peter J. Thompson
John A Warren
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Aired in United States May 15, 1984
