You Dont Know Jack (film)

You Don't Know Jack is a 2010 American television film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Al Pacino as Jack Kevorkian, based in part on the book, Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Life and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia. The film was shot in the New York boroughs of Queens, Staten Island and Brooklyn, as well as Detroit, Michigan, and surrounding areas (where the film also takes place). At the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, Al Pacino won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie, along with the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award in 2011 for his role as Kevorkian. The film was also nominated for Outstanding Made for Television Movie at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.

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• Plot
• Cast
• Awards
• References

Plot

The film focuses on the life and work of physician-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, who advocated the idea of doctor-assisted suicide. His aim was to help hopeless patients who were suffering from debilitating pain to commit suicide effortlessly.

Cast

Al Pacino as Dr. Jack Kevorkian

Danny Huston as Geoffrey Fieger

Susan Sarandon as Janet Good, a right-to-die advocate

Brenda Vaccaro as Margo Kevorkian Janus, Jack's sister

John Goodman as Neal Nicol

James Urbaniak as Jack Lessenberry

Eric Lange as John Skrzynski

John Engler as Himself (stock footage)

Richard E. Council as Judge David Breck

Sandra Seacat as Janet Adkins

Adam Driver as Glen Stetson

Awards

The film was nominated for 15 Primetime Emmy Awards and won two: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Al Pacino and Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special for Adam Mazer. Pacino also won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance.