Movie
Still Alice
Overview
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-12-05
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Shriver Films, Killer Films, Big Indie Pictures, BSM Studio, Lutzus-Brown
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Julianne Moore as Alice Howland
- Kate Bosworth as Anna Howland-Jones
- Shane McRae as Charlie Howland-Jones
- Hunter Parrish as Tom Howland
- Alec Baldwin as John Howland
- Seth Gilliam as Frederic Johnson
- Kristen Stewart as Lydia Howland
- Stephen Kunken as Dr. Benjamin
- Erin Darke as Jenny
- Daniel Gerroll as Eric Wellman
- Quincy Tyler Bernstine as Nursing Home Administrator
- Maxine Prescott as Nursing Home Resident
Crew
- Richard Glatzer - Director
- Wash Westmoreland - Director
- Richard Glatzer - Screenplay
- Wash Westmoreland - Screenplay
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