Extraordinary Measures

Extraordinary Measures

  • Director: Tom Vaughan
  • Writer: Robert Nelson Jacobs,Geeta Anand
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: January 22, 2010
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Crowley
  • Extraordinary Measures is a family drama produced by CBS Films, Double Feature Films, and Alliance Films, directed by Tom Vaughan and starring Brendan James Fraser , Harrison Ford and Jared Harris .
    The film tells the story of John Crowley's establishment of a pharmaceutical factory to develop new drugs in order to save his children with Pompe disease.   The film was released in the United States on January 22, 2010. 

    Details

    • Release date January 22, 2010
    • Filming locations Hawthorne Bridge, Portland, Oregon, USA
    • Production companies CBS Films, Double Feature Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $31,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $12,068,313

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $6,012,594

    Gross worldwide

    $15,134,293

    Movie reviews

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    • By Loyce 2022-08-09 11:25:42

      Extraordinary Measures--Hope Need Love and Science

      The market is realistic. Just talking about love is not enough. "Today, when entertainment stars have become the focus of the spotlight, we need such a heroic public opinion orientation for scientists, so that children who enjoy social progress can better understand the nobility of science." The two male protagonists in this film have superb acting skills, and they are aiming for the same goal. And hard work, and their driving force is not money. However, the audience can still see...

    • By Arden 2022-03-28 09:01:14

      The Great Father of "The Good Medicine" - John Crowley

      Brendan Fraser breaks through the previous hero image this time, playing a strong, hard-working father. Real things always have a huge and inexplicable attraction to people. In order to prevent his children from dying prematurely, he worked hard to step up every minute, sacrificing his night's sleep was the norm. Therefore, he would not hesitate to give up his high-paying future - maybe even lose his job and go bankrupt, etc., I have long expected. However, in the end he survived. Although a...

    • By Johnnie 2022-03-28 09:01:14

      Action can cure 'terminal illness'

      The film doesn't need the deep acting skills of the actors, and the storyline alone is enough to make it an exceptionally moving film.

      Father of two children with Pompe disease, daughters may be less than a year away, and sons even less. He found a university professor's research promising in the treatment of Pompe disease, although this research is only in the theoretical stage. He chose to work with professors to put this research into practice. They ran into all kinds of troubles...

    • By Mitchell 2022-03-28 09:01:14

      The process of success is to give up constantly, and the plot with great love is destined not to be criticized

      Harrison Ford, as a senior friend of middle-aged and elderly women, put down the long whip, laser sword and pistol in his hand, and no longer had the wicked smile under the corner of his right mouth. He turned around in a low-key manner and became a stern, dull, and irritable medical professor, obsessed with a terminally ill theoretical study that has yet to come to fruition, listening to loud country music in a laboratory full of instruments and formulas posted on the walls. , go out early and...

    • By Zella 2022-03-28 09:01:14

      America's Scientific and Technological Innovation Power from "The Panacea"

      Needless to say, this is a very touching family movie. The father gave up everything in order to save his daughter. But on the other hand, I can see why the United States is so innovative in technology from the content of the entire film.

      First, you have to have demand. The two children in the film have an incurable disease, and Dad decides he must not let them die like this, so he comes up with the idea of ​​developing this panacea that doesn't exist yet.

      The father in the...

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    • By Laura 2022-04-24 07:01:26

      I saw it a long time ago, not much impressed. . so...

    • By Cesar 2022-04-24 07:01:26

      By any means, for any cost, he saved the...

    • By Vincenza 2022-04-24 07:01:26

      The actors still acted well, but the plot. . . ....

    • By Lois 2022-04-24 07:01:26

      Conscientious exploration of the difficult process of curing Pompe disease... The greatness of father's love, the brilliance of human nature, the difficulty of persuasion, the conflict of...

    • By Roderick 2022-04-24 07:01:26

      A warm historical adaptation. In fact, the performance of the actors is really good, but the plot is too predictable, and I feel a little disappointed when I watch...

    Movie plot

    John Crowley ( Harrion Ford ) , an MBA student from Harvard Business School, a thriving career, a beautiful wife, three children—it all seems so happy, this middle-class American family life is also enviable.
    But things didn't work out, and just as John Crowley was smug about his ambitions, his two younger children were diagnosed with an extremely rare and at the time considered incurable form of Pompe disease. Unwilling to watch his...
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    Evaluation action

    One is the archaeological explorer in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", the other is the tomb adventurer in "The Mummy", and the two "amateur tomb robbers" joined forces to stage a show of time and speed with the god of death, letting the audience know What is Pompe disease, what are the symptoms of this disease, and is there any way to treat it? Harrison. Ford's Dr. Stonehill doesn't really exist, he's a collection of all the scientists...
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    Movie quotes

    • Dr. Robert Stonehill: I ALREADY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK!

      [from trailer]

    • Dr. Robert Stonehill: I already work around the clock!

    • Aileen Crowley: If you kill your brother, you cannot have your party.