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Feet of a baby born to a mother who had taken thalidomide while pregnant. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the use of thalidomide in 46 countries was prescribed to women who were pregnant or who subsequently became pregnant, and consequently resulted in the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever," with more than 10,000 children born with a range of severe deformities, such as ...
Wormwood (stylized as 'WORMWO0D') is a 2017 American six-part docudrama miniseries directed by Errol Morris [1] and released on Netflix on December 15, 2017. [2] The series is based on the life of a scientist, Frank Olson, who worked for a secret government biological warfare program at Fort Detrick, Maryland.
Terry Wiles (right) played himself in the film On Giant's Shoulders is a 1979 BBC television film about the early life of thalidomide victim Terry Wiles , with Wiles playing himself. The drama also starred Bryan Pringle and Judi Dench and won an Emmy Award in 1980.
A Private Matter is a 1992 American made-for-television drama film based on the true 1962 story of Sherri Finkbine, a resident of Phoenix, Arizona in the first trimester of her fifth pregnancy. She was the popular hostess of the locally produced children's television show Romper Room .
The film was based on Marjorie Wallace and Michael Robson's book of the same name published in 1976. [ 9 ] Terry Wiles had never acted before and, as he was then 17, his voice had to be dubbed by a child actor after filming as it had broken and he had to appear to be much younger, playing himself from age 9 to 12.
The film premiered at the Walter Reade Theater on November 12, 2019. [15] It began its limited release in the United States on November 22, before going wide on December 6. [16] In Canada, the film was released on Netflix on April 1, 2022, and it became the number one movie on Netflix Canada the next day.
In November 1953 Victor Mature joined the cast along with Jean Peters and Kirk Douglas. [13] In January 1954, Fox said the cast would also include Betta St. John, Peter Ustinov, and Bella Darvi. [14] It was the film debut of Darvi, who was a protege of Zanuck and his wife Virginia ("Darvi" was a combination of "Darryl" and "Virginia").
Evelyn premiered at the 2018 London Film Festival. [7] [8] It screened on BBC Two on 18 May 2019 [9] and was released from 10 September 2019 on Netflix. [1] Reviewers described the film as a raw, powerful look at a family trying to make sense of suicide. [10] It was chosen as Best Documentary in the British Independent Film Awards of 2018. [11]