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Wit

  • TV Movie
  • 2001
  • PG-13
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
11K
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Wit (2001)
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Medical DramaTragedyDrama

A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.

  • Director
    • Mike Nichols
  • Writers
    • Margaret Edson
    • Emma Thompson
    • Mike Nichols
  • Stars
    • Emma Thompson
    • Christopher Lloyd
    • Eileen Atkins
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mike Nichols
    • Writers
      • Margaret Edson
      • Emma Thompson
      • Mike Nichols
    • Stars
      • Emma Thompson
      • Christopher Lloyd
      • Eileen Atkins
    • 133User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 3 Primetime Emmys
      • 13 wins & 21 nominations total

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    Top Cast26

    Emma Thompson
    Emma Thompson
    • Vivian Bearing
    Christopher Lloyd
    Christopher Lloyd
    • Dr. Harvey Kelekian
    Eileen Atkins
    Eileen Atkins
    • Evelyn 'E.M.' Ashford
    Audra McDonald
    Audra McDonald
    • Susie Monahan
    Jonathan M. Woodward
    • Dr. Jason Posner
    Harold Pinter
    Harold Pinter
    • Mr. Bearing (Vivian's Father)
    Rebecca Laurie
    • Vivian aged 5
    Su Lin Looi
    • Nurse
    • (as Su-Lin Looi)
    Raffaello Degruttola
    Raffaello Degruttola
    • Technician 1
    Miquel Brown
    • Technician 2
    Hari Dhillon
    Hari Dhillon
    • Fellow 1
    • (as Harry Dillon)
    Benedict Wong
    Benedict Wong
    • Fellow 2
    Alex Gregor
    • Fellow 3
    Lachele Carl
    Lachele Carl
    • Fellow 4
    David Menkin
    David Menkin
    • Student 1
    Rachel Siegel
    • Student 2
    Shauna Shim
    Shauna Shim
    • Student 3
    Matt Blair
    • Student 4
    • Director
      • Mike Nichols
    • Writers
      • Margaret Edson
      • Emma Thompson
      • Mike Nichols
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This movie is often shown at medical colleges as an example of how doctors and researchers should not behave.
    • Goofs
      During her exam with the young internist, her arms alternate repeatedly from being completely under the sheet, to being folded together on top of the sheet.
    • Quotes
      • E.M. Ashford: Do you think that the punctuation of the last line of this sonnet is merely an insignificant detail? The sonnet begins with a valiant struggle with Death calling on all the forces of intellect and drama to vanquish the enemy. But it is ultimately about overcoming the seemingly insuperable barriers separating life death and eternal life. In the edition you choose, this profoundly simple meaning is sacrificed to hysterical punctuation.
      • E.M. Ashford: And Death, Capital D, shall be no more, semi-colon. Death, Capital D comma, thou shalt die, exclamation mark!
      • E.M. Ashford: If you go in for this sort of thing I suggest you take up Shakespeare.
      • E.M. Ashford: Gardner's edition of the Holy Sonnets returns to the Westmoreland manuscript of 1610, not for sentimental reasons I assure you, but because Helen Gardner is a scholar.
      • E.M. Ashford: It reads, "And death shall be no more" comma "death, thou shalt die." Nothing but a breath, a comma separates life from life everlasting.
      • E.M. Ashford: Very simple, really. With the original punctuation restored Death is no longer something to act out on a stage with exclamation marks. It is a comma. A pause.
      • E.M. Ashford: In this way, the uncompromising way one learns something from the poem, wouldn't you say? Life, death, soul, God, past present. Not insuperable barriers. Not semi-colons. Just a comma.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper: Say It Isn't So/Wit/The Brothers/The Tailor of Panama/The Gleaners and I (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      Serenade Adagio
      String Quartet #15 (2nd Movement)
      Written by Dmitri Shostakovich (as Dimitri Shostakovitch)
      Performed by The Manhattan String Quartet
      Courtesy of Ess.a.y Recordings

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    Details

    • Release date
      • March 24, 2001 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • e-Pipoca - synopsis, gallery, trailer (Brazil)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • W;t
    • Filming locations
      • London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • HBO Films
      • Avenue Pictures
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 39m(99 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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