You Don't Know Jack (film)

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You Don't Know Jack is a 2010 American made-for-television biopic written by Adam Mazer and directed by Barry Levinson. It stars Al Pacino, John Goodman, Danny Huston, Susan Sarandon and Brenda Vaccaro. The film dramatizes the efforts of former Oakland County, Michigan, pathologist and euthanasia proponent Jack Kevorkian (Pacino) to help the terminally ill and the profoundly disabled end their lives. The outspoken Kevorkian becomes a polarizing figure and is often referred to as "Dr. Death" in the press. He is assisted by his sister Margo Janus (Vaccaro), as well as his longtime friend and medical technician Neal Nicol (Goodman), and Janet Good (Sarandon), who founded the eastern Michigan chapter of the Hemlock Society. By accepted accounts, he aided 130 people to die. Kevorkian is unsuccessfully tried four times, but after taking an unprecedented direct role in the August 1998 death of his final patient Thomas Youk, he is convicted of second degree murder and is sentenced to 10-to-25 years...

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