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  • 2019
  • PG-13
  • Collective Eye Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2019
  • PG-13
  • Collective Eye Films
  • 1 h 30 m
Jim Allison: Breakthrough

Summary Jim Allison: Breakthrough is the astounding, true story of one warm- hearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer. The film traces Allison’s remarkable life from his school-boy days in Friday Night Lights, Creationist Texas all the way to Stockholm where, in December of 2018, he accepted the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Directed By: Bill Haney

Written By: Bill Haney

  • 2019
  • PG-13
  • Collective Eye Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2019
  • PG-13
  • Collective Eye Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Jim Allison: Breakthrough

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Jim Allison: Breakthrough is the astounding, true story of one warm- hearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer. The film traces Allison’s remarkable life from his school-boy days in Friday Night Lights, Creationist Texas all the way to Stockholm where, in December of 2018, he accepted the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Directed By: Bill Haney

Written By: Bill Haney

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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100
Oct 2, 2019
This is a “just see it” movie, as in: Forget flowery language, redundant synopsis, clever paraphrasing or hyperbolic praise. Just see the dang thing.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 23, 2019
The film is a portait in dogeddness and going against the current thinking in cancer treatment and research.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 27, 2019
Prosaically straightforward but consistently interesting portrait of the maverick research scientist who was awarded a 2018 Nobel Prize in medicine.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 26, 2019
With the colorful Allison — he’d fit right into one of KFC’s revolving Colonel spots — and narrator Woody Harrelson at his disposal, Haney could have easily done without all the glossy dramatic recreations and frequent shout-outs to Bristol-Myers Squibb, which occasionally create the undesirable effect of a corporate promo video.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 26, 2019
Documentaries about innovative figures don’t always offer correspondingly innovative filmmaking. But even coloring within the lines of conventional biographical storytelling, Jim Allison: Breakthrough provides an accessible introduction to James P. Allison.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Uncommon Productions
Release Date Sep 27, 2019
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating PG-13
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Website http://www.breakthroughdoc.com/
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Awards

Robinson Film Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Bergen International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Scinema International Science Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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