Life According to Sam

Name: Life According to Sam
Genre: Biography, Drama, Documentary, News
Released: October 18, 2013
Duration: 90 min

2013

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HBO Documentary Films | Release Date: October 18, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: Life According to Sam is about one family's courageous fight to save their only son from a rare and fatal disease, progeria. The average age of death from progeria is 13, there is no treatment, and no cure. Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Berns are set on changing this. When their son Sam, now 16 years old, was diagnosed with progeria atLife According to Sam is about one family's courageous fight to save their only son from a rare and fatal disease, progeria. The average age of death from progeria is 13, there is no treatment, and no cure. Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Berns are set on changing this. When their son Sam, now 16 years old, was diagnosed with progeria at age two, doctors told Leslie and Scott to enjoy Sam while they could. They refused to believe this was the answer. In less than a decade, their advances have led to identifying the gene at fault, creating the first drug trials for treatment, and revealing the amazing discovery that progeria is linked to the aging process in all of us. … Expand

Director: Andrea Nix and Sean Fine

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Documentary, News

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Sheri Linden

Oct 18, 2013

This is the straightforward story of a family facing adversity head-on and making inroads against a rare disease. Read full review

Duane Byrge

Oct 18, 2013

Directors Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine have fashioned an informative, emotionally uplifting saga of the powers of optimism and persistence in the face of the cruelest odds. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Oct 18, 2013

A straightforward, solidly crafted inspirational tale. Read full review

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lukechristiansc

Mar 21, 2014

i feel so bad that sam passed away . i wish that he could be with us today . i love this film its beautiful , inspiring , heartwarming and heartbreaking film i ever seen .

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