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Wit is a 2001 American television drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The teleplay by Nichols and Emma Thompson is based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize -winning play of the same title by Margaret Edson .
Jul 7, 2015 · The adaptation, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Emma Thompson, tells the story of Dr. Vivian Bearing’s final weeks of life as she undergoes eight months of rigorous, and often painful, experimental treatment for Stage IV metastatic ovarian cancer.
Mar 24, 2001 · Wit: Directed by Mike Nichols. With Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald. A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer, she consents to an aggressive and experimental form of chemotherapy administered by Dr. Kelekian (Christopher Lloyd)...
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Emma Thompson stars as Vivian Bearing. She is facing 4th stage ovarian cancer. Even with her sharp 'wit', she learns that she is like everyone else and that ...
Vivian Bearing (Dame Emma Thompson), a demanding and uncompromising professor of seventeenth century English poetry specializing in the holy sonnets of John Donne, is diagnosed with advanced (stage 4) metastatic ovarian cancer.
Watch Wit and other popular TV shows and movies including new releases, classics, Hulu Originals, and more. It’s all on Hulu. Emma Thompson stars as a single-minded English professor who finds enlightenment through her struggle with cancer.
