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Right To Die (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1987 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Paul Wendkos

Written By:
Andrew H. Malcolm (articles)
Phil Penningroth

Actors:
Raquel Welch ..... Emily Bauer
Michael Gross ..... Bob Bauer
Bonnie Bartlett ..... Lillian
Peter Michael Goetz ..... Woodie Charris
Joanna Miles ..... Katherine
Diane Salinger ..... Betsy
Mark Shera ..... Roger
Castulo Guerra ..... Dr. Reuben Espinoza
Jaclyn Bernstein ..... Lynn
David Wohl ..... Andy Breton
Karen Landry ..... Lindsey James
Alan Fudge ..... Dr. Harley Albert
Gerald Castillo ..... Manuel Silva
Lilyan Chauvin ..... Raylen

Synopsis:

Raquel Welch's astonishing performance in the Right to Die compensates for any number of script deficiencies. Ms. Welch plays a successful psychologist with a happy home life who is suddenly stricken with the dreaded neurological affliction ALS (aka "Lou Gehrig's Disease"). At first, she is determined to fight for her life, but as her conditions deteriorates and she becomes more of a human vegetable, Ms. Welch begs her husband (Michael Gross) to help her die. The producers of Right to Die chose Raquel Welch not so much for her resemblance to the real-life person upon whom the story is based, but in the hopes that this "offbeat" piece of casting would attract a large TV audience. Ms. Welch accepted the role to counter industry accusations that she was impossible to work with. Thus the motivations behind Right to Die were more commercially oriented than the film's subject matter deserved, but this can be excused in the light of Welch's harrowingly accurate portrayal of a woman literally dying by inches before our eyes.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 22 March, 2007.