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The Polio Crusade
The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf while scientists raced to eradicate this dreaded disease. Based in part on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Polio: An American Story by David Oshinsky, Features interviews with historians, scientists, polio survivors, and the only surviving scientist from the core research team that developed the Salk vaccine, Julius Youngner.
| Release : | 2009 |
| Rating : | 7.9 |
| Studio : | WGBH, Sarah Colt Productions, |
| Crew : | Art Direction, Director of Photography, |
| Cast : | Linda Hunt Judy Garland Mickey Rooney |
| Genre : | History Documentary |
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There's a good chance the film will make you laugh out loud, but if it doesn't, there's an even better chance it will make you openly sob.
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
