Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
- Starring:
- Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, (more)
- Director(s):
- George Miller
- Category:
- Drama
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Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte give brilliant performances as parents trying to save the life of their son in George Miller's harrowing and heartbreaking Lorenzo's Oil. Based on a true story, the film begins as bright young Lorenzo (Zack O'Malley Greenburg) is leading a pleasant life on the Comoro Islands. But things start to go wrong with him -- he collapses, he raves, and he loses his hearing -- so his concerned parents, Augusto (Nick Nolte) and Michaela Odone (Susan Sarandon), take him to a doctor. The diagnosis is a death warrant; they are told that Lorenzo has been diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), an rare and incurable nerve disease that is always fatal. When Augusto and Michaela are told to be patient as they watch their son sink further into the debilitating illness, they take matters into their own hands and start their own investigation of the disease. Using rapeseed oil, they find their own treatment for ALD. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 136 mins
Complete Cast:
- Nick Nolte - Augusto Odone
- Peter Ustinov - Professor Nikolais
- Gerry Bamman - Doctor Judalon
- Zack O'Malley Greenburg - Lorenzo Odone
- Ann Hearn - Loretta Muscatine
- Mary Wakio - Comorian Teacher
- Helena Ruoti - Judalon's Nurse
- Cristin Woodworth - Lorenzo
- Richard Cordery - Suddaby's Senior Manager
- Nora Dunfee - Murphy Family
- Connie Cranden - Special Child
- Jeremy Beyer - Special Child
- Rocco Sisto - Murphy Family
- Nicolas Petrov - World Bank Executive
- Daniel W. D'Arcy - Special Child
- Ryonosuke Shiono - Symposium Doctor
- Sandy Gore - Murphy Family
- Joyce Reehling - Columnist
- Christine Merriman - Special Child
- Eliot Brinton - Symposium Doctor
- William Cameron - Pellerman
- Charles R. Altman - Conference Parent
- James Merrill - Symposium Doctor
- Peter MacKenzie - Immunosuppression Doctor
- Susan Chapek - Conference Parent
- Amelia Campbell - Murphy Family
- Colin Ward - Jack Gimble
- David McFadden - Father Killian
- Marie Nugent-Head - Symposium Doctor
- Lamont Arnold - Conference Parent
- Mary Pat Gleason - Librarian
- Keiko McDonald - Japanese Translator
- Michael O'Neill - School Psycologist
- Kathryn Aronson - Conference Parent
- April Merscher - Murphy Family
- Eric Kunkle - Special Child
- Keith Reddin - Murphy Family
- John Mowod - Conference Parent
- Laura Linney - Young Teacher
- Zahra Ilkanipour - Symposium Doctor
- Mary Schmidt Campbell - Principal
- Nicholas Wiese - Special Child
- William Thunhurst, Jr. - Ear Specialist
- Barbara Poitier - Nikolais Secretary
- Susan Sarandon - Michaela Odone
- Kathleen Wilhoite - Deirdre Murphy
- Margo Martindale - Wendy Gimble
- James Rebhorn - Ellard Muscatine
- Maduka Steady - Omouri
- Don Suddaby - Himself
- Shirley Tannenbaum - Conference Parent
- Becky Ann Baker - Pellerman's Secretary
- Nona Gerard - Conference Parent
- Elizabeth Daily - Lorenzo
- Raina Clifford - Special Child
- Noah Banks - Lorenzo
- Aaron Jackson - Francesco Odone
- Lamar Olivis - Special Child
- La Tanya Richardson - Nurse Ruth
- Justin Isfeld - Special Child
- Julie Marie Remele - Conference Parent
- Paul Lazar - Professor Duncan
- Todd Bella - Special Child
- Nancy Chesney - Conference Parent
- Neri Kyle Tannenbaum - Female Lab Voice
- David Shiner - Clown
- Vladimir Padunov - Russian Translator
- Annie Loeffler - Conference Parent
- Ann Dowd - Pediatrician
- Angus Barnett - Suddaby's Junior Manager
- Ayub Ommaya - Symposium Doctor
- Billy Amman - Lorenzo
- Anthony di Leo, Jr. - Conference Parent
- Berta Van Zuiden - Conference Parent
- Tia Delaney - Special Child
- C. Alex Roberts - Special Child
- Jennifer Dundas - Nurse Nancy Jo
- Rachel Jones - Special Child
- Brad Einhorn - Male Lab Voice
- Michael Haider - Lorenzo
- Carmen Piccini - Cristina Odone
- Ann McDonough - Dietician
- Lianne Kressin - Smiling Nurse
- Mack Hegyes - Special Child
- David Doepken - Conference Parent
- Matthew Pyeritz - Special Child
- Ryan Thomas - Special Child
- Director(s):
- George Miller
- Writer(s):
- Nick Enright, George Miller
- Producer(s):
- Doug Mitchell, George Miller, Doug Mitchell
- Categories:
- Drama
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- 1992 - Lorenzo's Oil - National Society of Film Critics - Best Actress - Runner-up







