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EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES is an inspiring drama that’s more than just about a father’s mission to save his children. With typical performances from Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser, the ‘business & medicine vs. pride & politics’ story does live up to the title when often times… Read the rest of this entry »

CBS Films has released the trailer, via Yahoo, for EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES starring Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford as a researcher/lab doctor (hey, I’m not the casting director)
Watch the heartfelt trailer after this jump… Read the rest of this entry »

Here at Rama’s SCREEN, I’ve been trying to encourage you guys to check out the powerful human drama titled EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES starring Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford. But here’s what I don’t understand, Cinematical received 2 official posters today for the movie that’s supposed to be about finding a cure for a child’s threatening disease and yet.. the images give another impression, Ford and Fraser’s floating heads and the walking steadfast pose, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say these are posters for a cop buddy flick. It’s a bit misleading, don’t you think? The marketing should really need to come up with a poster that speaks about the story instead… Read the rest of this entry »

2 more new images for EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES are online, by way of the movie’s facebook fan page. Starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser, Check out the previous first look and featurette to give you an idea of the real life backstory of The Crowley family. Check out the next image after this jump and the official synopsis… Read the rest of this entry »

CBS films has sent me this first image and the official synopsis and a featurette of the upcoming drama EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES starring Harrison Ford, Brandon Fraser and Keri Russell. It’s currently scheduled to hit theaters on January 22nd, 2010
this first look featurette gives you a glimpse of the film and the real life backstory of the Crowley family

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS:
Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser and Keri Russell star in “Extraordinary Measures” for CBS Films, the film division within CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS). The project, which wrapped principal photography in mid-June 2009, was the first film to go into production for CBS Films. Ford is also executive producer on the project. Tom Vaughan (“Starter for 10,” “What Happens in Vegas”) is directing.

In the tradition of great inspirational dramas like the Academy Award nominated film “Erin Brockovich” and “The Pursuit of Happyness,” “Extraordinary Measures” is inspired by the true story of John Crowley, a man who defied conventional wisdom and great odds, and risked his family’s future to pursue a cure for his children’s life threatening disease.

From his working class roots, John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) has finally begun to taste success in corporate America. Supported by his beautiful wife Aileen (Keri Russell) and their three children, John is on the fast track. But just as his career is taking off, Crowley walks away from it all when his two youngest children, Megan and Patrick, are diagnosed with a fatal disease. With Aileen by his side, harnessing all of his skill and determination, Crowley teams up with a brilliant, but unappreciated and unconventional scientist, Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford). Together they form a bio-tech company focused on developing a life-saving drug. One driven to prove himself and his theories, the other by a chance to save his children, this unlikely alliance eventually develops into mutual respect as they battle the medical and business establishments in a fight against the system – and time.

But, at the last minute, when it appears that a solution has been found, the relationship between the two men faces a final test – the outcome of which will affect the fate of John’s children.

Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher (“World Trade Center,” “Erin Brockovich”), alongside Carla Santos Shamberg (“Erin Brockovich”), produce through their Double Feature Films banner. Robert Nelson Jacobs (“The Water Horse,” “Chocolat”) wrote the screenplay, which was inspired by the book “The Cure” by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Geeta Anand.