Rating: PG13
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 09/11/2001
SubTitles: English/Espanol/French
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: HBO Home Video

Mike Nichols directs Emma Thompson in this made-for-cable adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Margaret Edson. Thompson plays Vivian Bearing, a college professor who teaches a course on English poetry. Vivian learns that she has advanced ovarian cancer and only a short time to live, which gives her a sudden and dramatic insight into the importance of kindness and compassion. Wit also features Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald, and Jonathan Woodward as Dr. Jason Posner, a former student of Vivian's who helps treat her.

~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Emma Thompson - Vivian Bearing
Christopher Lloyd - Dr. Harvey Kelekian
Eileen Atkins - E. M. Ashford
Audra McDonald - Susie Monahan
Harold Pinter - Mr. Bearing
Jonathan Woodward - Dr. Jason Posner

Production:
Mike Nichols - Director
Simon Bosanquet - Producer
Julie Lynn - Co Producer
Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki - Composer
John Bloom - Editor
Emma Thompson Mike Nichols - Screen Writer
Seamus Mcgarvey - Cinematographer
Ann Roth - Costume Designer
Cary Brokaw - Executive Producer
Mike Nichols - Executive Producer
Arvo Pärt - Featured Music
Charles Ives - Featured Music
Dmitry Shostakovich - Featured Music
J. Roy Helland - Makeup
Linda de Vetta - Makeup
Stuart Wurtzel - Production Designer
David John - Sound Mixer
Margaret Edson - Play Author

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2001 Screen Actors Guild

2001 Broadcast Film Critics Association

2001 Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

2001 Golden Globe

2001 National Board of Review