So Much So Fast
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jeanne Jordan
Stephen Heywood
Steven Ascher
Steven Ascher
Steven Ascher
Richard Bock
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Synopsis
At 29, Stephen Heywood discovers he has the paralyzing neural disorder ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Filmed over 5 years, the documentary chronicles one family's ferocious response to an orphan disease: the kind of disease drug companies ignore because there's not enough profit in curing it. In reaction, and with no medical background, Stephen's brother Jamie creates a guerilla-science research group and in two years builds it from three people in a basement to a multi-million dollar ALS mouse facility, the largest anywhere. Finding a drug in time becomes Jamie's all-consuming obsession.
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Winner of the Audience Award at the 2006 Independent Film Festival of Boston.
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States April 2006
Released in United States Fall October 11, 2006
Released in United States January 2006
Shown at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival April 28-May 7, 2006.
Shown at Independent Film Festival of Boston April 19-24, 2006.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Nonfiction Features) September 28-October 13, 2006.
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival April 28-May 7, 2006.)
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Nonfiction Features) September 28-October 13, 2006.)
Released in United States January 2006 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Independent Documentary Competition) January 19-29, 2006.)
Released in United States April 2006 (Shown at Independent Film Festival of Boston April 19-24, 2006.)
Released in United States Fall October 11, 2006
