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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary Every minute of every year an American drops dead of a heart attack, a huge number without any warning or prior symptom. For thirty years a hidden battle has been fought inside America’s medical establishment that has condemned them to death—a battle that is much about money, as it is about medicine—a battle that this film reveals for th...

Directed By: Patrick Forbes

Written By: Patrick Forbes

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 36 m

The Widowmaker

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Every minute of every year an American drops dead of a heart attack, a huge number without any warning or prior symptom. For thirty years a hidden battle has been fought inside America’s medical establishment that has condemned them to death—a battle that is much about money, as it is about medicine—a battle that this film reveals for th...

Directed By: Patrick Forbes

Written By: Patrick Forbes

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Gillian Anderson

Self - Narrator

Melinda Murray

Self - Lost Husband to Heart Attack

Julio Palmaz

Self - Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

Martin B. Leon

Self - Columbia University Medical Center, NYC

Larry King

Self - Heart Attack Survivor

Bruce H. Brundage

Self - Former Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine

Douglas P. Boyd

Self - Former Professor of Radiology, UCSF

Daniel Bos

Self - Son of Otto Bos

Arthur Agatston

Self - Doctor

Warren Janowitz

Self - Baptist Hospital of Miami

Harvey S. Hecht

Self - Professor, Mount Sinai Medical Center

John A. Rumberger

Self - Princeton Longevity Center

Matthew Budoff

Self - Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute

Samin K. Sharma

Self - Mount Sinai Medical Center

Steven Nissen

Self - Cleveland Clinic

Eva Cohen Weingarten

Self - Wife of Heart Attack Victim

James Locke

Self - NASA Johnson Space Center

Joseph Loscalzo

Self - Professor, Harvard Medical School

Gregory H. Johnson

Self - NASA Johnson Space Center

Rene Oliviera

Self - Texas State Representative

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75
Feb 27, 2015
The Widowmaker, narrated by Gillian Anderson, is a disheartening portrait of blatant greed, as well as a fascinating examination of the trial and error process used in the scientific method.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 24, 2015
Forbes makes this story compelling, moving and provocative enough to prompt outrage.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 26, 2015
The Widowmaker is commendable in that although it is a work of advocacy, it gives an array of opinions.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 26, 2015
Despite confusing information about the role of diet and lifestyle, The Widowmaker is a lucid and important work of advocacy journalism. It illuminates yet another way that mainstream medicine thrives on crisis rather than health.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 24, 2015
The Widowmaker is important and terrifying, enough that I became nervously aware of my heartbeat throughout.
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Release Date Feb 27, 2015
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.widowmakerthemovie.com/
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