Nicholas' Gift
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robert Markowitz
Jamie Lee Curtis
Alan Bates
Gene Wexler
Hallie Kate Eisenberg
Isabella Ferrari
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
True-life story of Maggie and Reginald Green, whose son Nicholas was shot and killed by bandits in Italy. When he was declared brain-dead, his parents decided to donate his organs, a gift that enhanced or saved the lives of seven people. The Greens' selflessness also galvanized Italy, which had one of the lowest organ donation rates in Europe, and made organ donation mandatory for Italians over the age of 16.
Cast
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Jamie Lee Curtis
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Alan Bates
Gene Wexler
Hallie Kate Eisenberg
Isabella Ferrari
Anita Zagaria
Roberto Bisacco
Ennio Coltorti
Jeremy Zimmermann
Giorgio Biavati
Nazzareno Constantini
Daniele Pio
Manrico Gammarota
Carlo Cartier
Alberto Gimignani
Massimiliano Pazzaglia
Franco Fantasia
Consuelo Ferrara
Matteo Chioatto
Antonio Bonanotte
Marino Mase
Paolo Calabresi
Paolo Lombardi
Carla Fioravanti
Antonio Degli Schiavi
Daniela Igliozzi
Massimiliano Delgado
Claudio Spadaro
Francesco Mazzini
Marco Bonetti
Giuseppe Derosa
Marco Beretta
Stefano Viali
Adriano Giammanco
Francesca Bartellini
Elena Cantarone
Crew
Carlo Antonioni
Pasquale Avvisato
Giancarlo Barberi
Emily Bear
David Beatty
Christine Berardo
Luca Bernabei
Paolo Biagetti
Tony Brandt
Marc Bruno
Todd Carter
Claudia Catini
Gabriella Disanto
Piero Fondi
Federico Foti
Stanislao Galasso
Mike Graham
Michele Greco
Rachel Griffiths
Russell Kagan
Wendy Kurtzman
Federico Laurenti
Wooten Lee
Giovanni Lovatelli
Alessandro Lucidi
Paolo Lucidi
Roberto Luzi
Elda Magnanti
Raffaele Mertes
Mario Michisanti
Lorenzo Minoli
Matthew Mitchell
Roberto Moreschini
Dino Moriana
Emiliano Novelli
Mario Novelli
Riccardo Palmieri
Judd Parkin
Roberto Penna
Paolo Piria
Vincenzo Savino
Carlo Siliotto
Carlo Siliotto
Carlo Siliotto
Egidio Spugnini
Giovanni Viti
Jeremy Zimmermann
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States April 26, 1998
Aired in United States July 13, 2004
Released in United States on Video/DVD February 26, 2002
Began shooting November 17, 1997.
Completed shooting December 13, 1997.