You Don't Know Jack
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Cast & Crew
Barry Levinson
Eric Lange
Angela K Pierce
Steve Swanson
Henny Russell
Deborah Hedwall
Film Details
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Synopsis
Life story of Dr. Jack Kevorkian who assisted in more than 150 cases of suicide and had beaten the state court system in Michigan numerous times, but he finally was convicted after he willingly sent a videotape of himself euthanizing a terminally ill man to "60 Minutes." He was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999 and served his sentence in a maximum-security prison in Michigan before being released in 2007. The project centers on the building of his "Mercy Machine," first assisted death and battle with the courts on the right to help those willing to die.
Director
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Barry Levinson
Cast
Eric Lange
Angela K Pierce
Steve Swanson
Henny Russell
Deborah Hedwall
Adam Lubarsky
Adam Driver
Todd Susman
Jacqueline Knapp
Sandra Seacat
Jordan Lage
Rondi Reed
Jaime Tirelli
Annie Murray
Chris Mcginn
David Wilson Barnes
Henry Strozier
Jonathan Teague Cook
Jennifer Mudge
Johnnie C Ray
Teresa Yenque
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John Goodman
Mary Boyer
Kris Eivers
Deirdre O'connell
Daniel Marcus
Christina Grybel
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Brenda Vaccaro
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Susan Sarandon
Jeremy Bobb
William Spencer
Bill Edwards
Thomas Piper
Rutanya Alda
Cotter Smith
Richard Council
Delaney Williams
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Al Pacino
Danny Huston
Kam Carman
James Urbaniak
Jason Babinsky
Donna Basilio
Mason Pettit
Daryl Edwards
Michael Ingram
Adam Mucci
John Henry Cox
Tom Kemp
John Rue
Allen L Rickman
Logan Crawford
Ana Reeder
Meghan Rafferty
Neil Cunningham
Crew
Kate Abernathy
Anna Abrams
Julie Adams
Jeremy Albucher
Nancy Allen
Jose Amor
Robert M Andres
Susan Antonelli
Frank Appedu
Robert Arietta
Mark Baechle
Mark Baechle
John Bair
Jason Baker
Michael C Ball
Pattie Barbosa
Meredith Barchat
Ben Bazemore
Kate Beall
Braden Belmonte
Ryan Bentley
Roger Bertrand
Timothy Bird
Courtney Bishop
Dana Bloder
Arthur Blum
David Boulton
Jesse Bowman
Henry Boyle
Annemarie M Bradley
Patrick Bratchell
Sarah Blue Brigman
Connie Brink
Geoffrey Brock
Terry Brown
Eigil Bryld
Eigil Bryld
Eigil Bryld
Philip Byron
John Caglione Jr.
Joseph E Calione
Colleen Callaghan
Kymbra Callaghan
Arthur Caplan
Billy Capucilli
Brian Carmichael
Bryan Carrigan
Jon Carter
Ralph Cava
Kevin Chang
Rick Chefalas
Christopher Chenel
Ellen Chenoweth
Ira Chute
John J Ciccimarro
John Clancy
Daniel Coe
Jack Coffen
Robert Collins
Yana Collins Lehman
Ryan Collison
Heather Comer
Vivian Connolly
Matt Connor
Sarah Connors
Connie Conrad
Chris-teena Constas
George Constas
Joey Coppola
Cydney Cornell
Lamont Crawford
Ben D'andrea
Andrew D'aurora
Rena Deangelo
Eddie Decurtis
Ted Demski
Thomas L Denier
Jon Dieringer
Taylor C Drake
Ron Dulin
Jennifer Dunnington
Mark Edlitz
Eric S Eichelberger
Maggie Engelhardt
Dave Erickson
Sandy Evanski
John Farina
Joseph Fay
Scott Ferguson
Scott Ferguson
Geoffrey Fieger
Joe Flynn
Chris Fogel
Chris Fogel
Peter Fonda
Tom Fontana
Ernest Foster
Amy Fritz
Anthony Fung Rai
Brian Gallagher
Drew Gallagher
Deanna Gallucio
Alexander Garzero
Joseph Garzero
Abbot Genser
Rose Gilpin
Dan Gloeckner
Teese Gohl
Tim Goldberg
Brian Gonzalez
Ted Goodwin
Carl Gunnerson
Derek Hackett
Tony Harmening
Ruth Hernandez
Sean Hogan
Aline L Hong
John Hunt
Ross Huttick
Mike Indursky
Michelle Israel
Brad Jasper
Joseph L. Johnson
Steve Lee Jones
Julie Juran
Michael Kall
Kevin Kasarda
Barbara Jean Kearney
Deanna Leslie Kelly
Sean T Kelly
Evyen Klean
Eric Barry Klein
Carl Koehnlein
Sonny Kompanek
Toussaint Kotright
Eddie Koza
David Kramer
Samantha Kreitzer
Eric Kutner
Brian Lagace
John Lawson
Joanna Leavens
Tom Leavey
William Leavey
James D Lee
Brent Legris
Eric Leverenz
Barry Levinson
Adam Levy
Charles Libin
Charles Libin
Charles Libin
Jessica Lichtner
Kathryn Lillie
Nathan Lopez
William Maccready
Dominik Mack
Dr. Jeffrey Manko
Jim Manzione
Sean Manzione
Stephen Markey
Sergei Martirosov
Brick Mason
Matthew Mason
Lou Massa
Gary S May
Adam Mazer
Adam Mazer
Vinny Mazzarella
David Mcallister
Karen F Mccarthy
James Mccullagh
Jim Mccullagh
Steve Mcnally
Keith Mcnicholas
Michael Meere
Susan Millard
Michael Miller
Andrzej Mioduszewski
John Mitchell
Christos Moisides
Christos Moisides
Jeff Moore
Mayer Morganroth
Jamie Morris
Julie Moyer
Ali Mukstar
Austin Myers
Neal Nicol
Igor Nikolic
Jake O'shaughnessy
Christina Ortiz
Thomas Panayiotov
Francis Panuccio
Francis Panuccio
Francis Panuccio
Jesse Panuccio
John Panuccio
Derek Pastures
Dorothy Pearl
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States April 24, 2010
Based on Neal Nicol's and Harry Wylie's novel, "Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Assisted Suicide Machine and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia", published by Vision in 2006.
Previously in development as a feature.
Barbara Kopple was previously attached as director.
Ben Kingsley was previously attached to star.
Aired in USA on HBO April 24, 2010.
Project began shooting August 17, 2009.