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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Questionable for Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1992 DVD Release: 04/06/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 16 mins Studio: Universal Studios Members Wishing: 10 Genres: Drama, Docudrama, Medical Drama

Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte give brilliant performances as parents trying to save the life of their son in George Miller's harrowing and heartbreaking Lorenzo's Oil. Based on a true story, the film begins as bright young Lorenzo (Zack O'Malley Greenburg) is leading a pleasant life on the Comoro Islands. But things start to go wrong with him -- he collapses, he raves, and he loses his hearing -- so his concerned parents, Augusto (Nick Nolte) and Michaela Odone (Susan Sarandon), take him to a doctor. The diagnosis is a death warrant; they are told that Lorenzo has been diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), an rare and incurable nerve disease that is always fatal. When Augusto and Michaela are told to be patient as they watch their son sink further into the debilitating illness, they take matters into their own hands and start their own investigation of the disease. Using rapeseed oil, they find their own treatment for ALD. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Nick Nolte - Augusto Odone
Susan Sarandon - Michaela Odone
Peter Ustinov - Professor Nikolais
Kathleen Wilhoite - Deirdre Murphy
Gerry Bamman - Doctor Judalon

Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon star in this moving drama about parents fighting for the life of their child, which has been given a straightforward DVD release. Lorenzo's Oil has been given a letterboxed transfer to disc in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1, which has been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo; the dialogue is in English, with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish. The film's original trailer is included as a bonus. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide