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Oct 1, 2015 · Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Like “ The Walk ," “Freeheld” is based on an Oscar-winning documentary. The 2007 film of the same name told the true story of terminally ill Laurel Hester, a veteran Ocean County, New Jersey police department detective who fought to leave her pension to her domestic partner Stacie Andree.
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Oct 2, 2015 · The fact that Freeheld is based on a true story in the not-so distant past only strengthens this point. This is not the first time Hester's story has been told on film. In 2008,...
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Summaries. New Jersey police lieutenant Laurel Hester and her registered domestic partner Stacie Andree battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Laurel Hester (Moore), a decorated New Jersey police detective, is diagnosed with cancer and wants to leave her hard-earned pension to her domestic partner ...
Screenwriter Ron Nyswaner announced his intention in 2010 to write a feature-length adaptation of Cynthia Wade's 2007 Oscar-winning short film Freeheld, a documentary about New Jersey police officer Laurel Hester's fight against the Ocean County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders to pass on her pension benefits to her domestic partner ...
Sep 14, 2015 · Freeheld review: an important civil rights story rendered lifeless. Julianne Moore gives her all as a dying New Jersey detective battling to leave her pension to her partner, played by Ellen Page...
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Oct 2, 2015 · A sallow, didactic little movie that proves modesty isn’t always a virtue, Freeheld portrays the real-life struggle of Laurel Hester, a brave Ocean County, New Jersey, detective who, after a...
Feb 10, 2016 · Freeheld: Directed by Peter Sollett. With Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Michael Shannon, Steve Carell. New Jersey police lieutenant Laurel Hester and her registered domestic partner Stacie Andree battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
