Wit
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Released
- 2001
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 2001
Storyline
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Top credits
Emma Thompson — Vivian Bearing
Christopher Lloyd — Dr. Harvey Kelekian
Eileen Atkins — Evelyn 'E.M.' Ashford
Audra McDonald — Susie Monahan
Awards
3 wins & 4 nominations
See all awards →Did you know
• This movie is often shown at medical colleges as an example of how doctors and researchers should not behave.
• When Margaret Edson wrote the play "Wit" (for which she won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama), she was an Atlanta-area kindergarten teacher. In 2010, she shifted to teaching sixth grade at Inman Middle School in Atlanta. "Wit" was the first (and, as of 2012, the only) play she ever wrote. As of the end of the 2020-2021 school year, she remains a sixth-grade social studies teacher at David T. Howard Middle School (the school into which Inman was folded in 2020).
• The play "Wit" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1999.
User reviews
Personal, powerful, harrowing, unforgettable, Emma Thompson in one of the best performances we will see this year. **** (out of four)
Powerful And Touching Account Of Living And Dying With Cancer
Breathtaking
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Color
