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  • 2012
  • Unrated
  • LoneStar Media
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2012
  • Unrated
  • LoneStar Media
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary Bill W. tells the story of William G. Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, a man included in TIME Magazine's "100 Persons of the 20th Century." Interviews, recreations, and rare archival material reveal how Bill Wilson, a hopeless drunk near death from his alcoholism, found a way out of his own addiction and then forged a path for...

Directed By: Dan Carracino, Kevin Hanlon

Written By: Patrick Gambuti Jr., Dan Carracino, Kevin Hanlon

  • 2012
  • Unrated
  • LoneStar Media
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2012
  • Unrated
  • LoneStar Media
  • 1 h 44 m

Bill W.

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Summary Bill W. tells the story of William G. Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, a man included in TIME Magazine's "100 Persons of the 20th Century." Interviews, recreations, and rare archival material reveal how Bill Wilson, a hopeless drunk near death from his alcoholism, found a way out of his own addiction and then forged a path for...

Directed By: Dan Carracino, Kevin Hanlon

Written By: Patrick Gambuti Jr., Dan Carracino, Kevin Hanlon

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80
Jun 7, 2012
As the filmmakers trace the troubles of his later life -- psychological, financial, marital -- they flesh out a portrait of a reluctant guru whose human imperfections make him all the more inspiring.
By Kerry Lengel FULL REVIEW
80
May 16, 2012
Showing deep appreciation for Wilson's influence, as well as for the obscurity in which he spent his career in the spiritual-rescue business, the helmers employ a motherlode of photographs, diary entries, correspondence and recorded speeches to tell a sensational story that many will think they know, but don't.
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80
May 15, 2012
A loving, exhaustive, warts-and-all look at the man who spent years battling his own alcoholism before a spiritual experience in the hospital set him on the course to help others.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 2, 2012
Bill W., an admirable, illuminating film about the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, is pretty much like the man himself: solid, sometimes flawed and seriously unflashy.
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75
Aug 1, 2012
A key part of AA was anonymity: "Who you see here, what you say here, let it stay here." Bill Wilson himself was not anonymous - that horse was already out of the barn - and his fame was such that Time magazine named him as one of the 100 most influential men of the century. Told he should be on a postage stamp, he said: "They'd have to show the back of my head."
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 1, 2012
Names and events are ticked off in rapid succession, and the big, and fascinating, question of what role spirituality played receives cautious attention at best. Nonetheless, Bill W. offers a trove of information for non-A.A. members through the life of a man whose dedication has helped others understand their own.
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Jul 25, 2012
Despite the filmmakers' efforts to humanize Wilson, however, Bill W. still dabbles in hagiography, valorizing the man while also painting him as a reluctant hero.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Page 124 Productions
Release Date May 18, 2012
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating Unrated
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Tagline Where do we aim what we thirst for?
Website https://www.facebook.com/BillW.Movie
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