Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 06/06/2006
SubTitles: French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 99 min
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
My Name Is Bill W reunited the stars of the highly acclaimed 1986 TV movie
The Promise:
James Garner and
James Woods. This time Woods has the bigger role as the real-life Bill Wilson, who comes marching home from World War One with a "little" liquor problem. He drinks steadily throughout the Prohibition Era, but Wilson's habit doesn't catch up with him until he is ruined by the 1929 stock market crash. This disaster propels Wilson into flat-out alcoholism, costing him his family and his reputation. While drying out in detox, Wilson strikes up a friendship with Bob Smith (
Garner), an alcoholic doctor. Through Smith's influence, Bill Wilson organizes a small band of chronic drinkers into what will eventually become Alcoholics Anonymous. The formation of AA consumes the emotional final third of
My Name Is Bill W, which like its
Garner/
Woods predecessor
The Promise was originally presented as a
Hallmark Hall of Fame TV special.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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