My Sister's Keeper
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Cast & Crew
Nick Cassavetes
Olivia Fine
Joan Cusack
Angel Garcia
Mark Johnson
Sofia Vassilieva
Film Details
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Synopsis
Sara and Brian Fitzgerald's life with their young son and their two-year-old daughter, Kate, is forever altered when they learn that Kate has leukemia. The parents' only hope is to conceive another child, specifically intended to save Kate's life. For some, such genetic engineering would raise both moral and ethical questions; for the Fitzgeralds, Sara in particular, there is no choice but to do whatever it takes to keep Kate alive. And what it takes is Anna. Kate and Anna share a bond closer than most sisters: though Kate is older, she relies on her little sister--in fact, her life depends on Anna. Throughout their young lives, the sisters endure various medical procedures and hospital stays--just another part of their close-knit family's otherwise normal life. Sara, a loving wife and mother who left her career as an attorney to care for her daughter, is sometimes lost inside the single-minded caregiver she has become in her efforts to save Kate. Her strong, supportive husband, Brian, is often rendered powerless and passive by his wife's strength and determination. And their only son, Jesse, drifts, at times all but forgotten as Kate and Anna take center stage. Until Anna, now 11, says "no." Seeking medical emancipation, she hires her own lawyer initiating a court case that divides the family and that could leave Kate's rapidly failing body in the hands of fate.
Director
Nick Cassavetes
Cast
Olivia Fine
Joan Cusack
Angel Garcia
Mark Johnson
Sofia Vassilieva
Cameron Diaz
Jason Patric
Abigail Breslin
E. G. Daily
Olivia Hancock
Walter Raney
Kaiulani Kimbrell
Eric Cueto
Jarred Tibbetts
Ellia English
Rob Giles
John De Rosa
Paul Christopher Butler
David C. Potter
David Bortolucci
Emily Deschanel
Andrew Shack
Brennan Bailey
David Thornton
Mary Jo Deschanel
Noni Tulk-perna
Jeffrey Markle
Paul Olguin
Matthew Barry
Mimi Fletcher
Lexi Ryan
Andrew Schaff
Precious Hanley
Daniel Guzman
Rico Simonini
Alec Baldwin
Marcos De La Cruz
Chris Kinkade
Nina Barry
Jon Moonves
Frank Cassavetes
Evan Ellingson
Frank Peluso
Annie Wood
Michael Chow
Lin Shaye
Thomas Dekker
Nicole Lenz
Jonah Johnson
Dylan Showalter
Heather Wahlquist
Crew
Ahmet Ahmet
Ahmet Ahmet
Priscilla Ahn
Priscilla Ahn
Paul Alindog
Miguel Alvarez
Eric Amundsen
Nic Angell
John Ansotegui
Mike Artino
Coriena Baer
Laura Bagano
Tena Parker Baker
Sidney R. Baldwin
Lori A Balton
Cassandra Barbour
James Barrett
Craig Barron
Matt Barry
Ron Bartlett
Rod Basham
Robert Batha
Ron Batzdorff
Gary Baxley
Salim Bensrhir
Patrick Bentley
Erik Bernstein
Kandice Billingsley
Zach Blachly
Marco A Blanco
Kai Blomberg
Claudia Bonfe
Tom Bowen
Alasdair Boyd
Brad Boyer
Eddie Braun
Danny Brazen
Will Brewster
Jeff Brinker
Mike Brosius
Dan Brown
Lew Brown
Jennifer Browne
Jeff Buckley
Brian Bull
Kelsey Burke
Catherine Burt
Paul Bushnell
Paul Bushnell
David Byrne
Christina Cabanillas, Lcsw
Kelly Cabral
Colin Campbell
Rick Canelli
Steve Cantamessa
Paul Carden
Cecilia Cardwell
Toni Carreras-irwin, Rtc
Laurie Cartwright
Tami Case, Ma
Nick Cassavetes
Max Castillo
Jim Cawley
Alexandria Cervantes
Mark Ceryak
Myleen Chapin
Jason Clark
Stephen Clarke
Michael Coady
Chad Cohlmia
Kathryn Como
Jeff Consiglio
Judy Cook
Charles Cooley
Paul Anthony Cooper
Brooks Cornell
Melissa Corns
Jeremy Crane
Stephenson Crossley
Emily Cummins
Shay Cunliffe
E. G. Daily
David C Darrow
Jon Davidson
Jim M Davis
Will Dearborn
Dick Deats
Jerry C Deats
Jimmy Deats
Bob Decourt
Bac Delorme
Heather Dennis
Caleb Deschanel
Douglas Dewaay
Alan Disler
Tracy Dixon
Daniel Dobson
Peter Dress
Monique Drumheller
Jim Drury
Roger G Dudley
Terry Edinger
Ashton Edmunds
Jeff Egan
Toby Emmerich
Nikki Erwin
Timothy Erwin
Chuck Eskridge
Fernando Espinoza
David Eubank
Maureen Farley
David Fein
Merideth Finn
Eric Flickinger
Matt Floyd
Jim Flynn
Timothy Flynn
Robin Fredriksz
Mark A Freid
Greg Fuller
Stephen Furst
J P Gabriel
Fred Gabrielli
Ileana Garcia
Michelle Garcia Rn, Bsn
James Gembala
Yulia Gershenzon
Jeremy Gilbreath
Cody Gill
Christopher Glasgow
Emily Glatter
Scott Goldman
Jane Goldsmith
John P. Goldsmith
Sean Graham
Mindy Green
Ali Griffith
John Grissom
Jon Guerra
Thomas L Gunderson
Timothy S Hale
Jeff Hand
Janeen Harlan
Jerry Harrison
Robert Hart
Brian Harvick
Kim Hasse
Edwina Hayes
Robert Hazard
Alan Heim
D. M. Hemphill
Ray Henderson
Jose Hernandez
Rudy Herrera
Courtney Hess
Jerry Hey
Don Ho
Hilda Hodges
Jason W. Huberman
Meredith Humbracht
Jon Hutman
Kenneth S Ingber
Sten Iversen
David Jobe
David Jobe
Elton John
Jonah Johnson
Jonah Johnson
Mark Johnson
Steven Juliani
Steve Kalka
Bruce Kasson
Mark S. Kaufman
Kathy Kelehan
Elizabeth Kenton
Hubie Kerns Jr.
Nancy Green Keyes
Alyssa Kim
Neil Kinkead
Grant Kirkpatrick
Lucy Winn Kitada
Stephanie Klube
Jeremy Knutson
Suzanna Kontonickas
Erin Korda
David Kramer
Jordan Kronquist
Eryn Krueger
Mateo Laboriel
Mateo Laboriel
James Lager
Louis A Lanni
Kim Larsen
Scott Larue
Greg Laswell
David Lawson
Teresa Lee
Kevin Leffler
Richard Lengle
John Leone
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer June 26, 2009
Released in United States on Video November 17, 2009
Released in United States August 2009
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Piazza Grande) August 5-15, 2009.
Based on the novel "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult; published by Atria Books in April 2004.
Dakota and Elle Fanning were previously attached to star.
Producer Scott Goldman optioned film rights to the book prior to its publication.
Released in United States Summer June 26, 2009
Released in United States on Video November 17, 2009
Released in United States August 2009 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Piazza Grande) August 5-15, 2009.)
