Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

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Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

2020

1h 54m

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Friends, family members, colleagues and patients discuss the remarkable life and career of Dr. Oliver Sacks.

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Oliver Sacks: His Own Life presents a piercingly honest and fittingly full-bodied portrait of a man reckoning with his own mortality.

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

10/08/2021

5/5

For most of his life, Oliver Wolf Sacks was a helpless shape shifter. Watching him come into his own is quite something.

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Ed Power

Daily Telegraph (UK)

09/30/2021

4/5

It doesn't flinch from the darkness of Sacks's childhood or from the insecurities that dogged him though his life. And yet it is still a celebration.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

09/28/2021

4/5

What a man. Just writing this makes me want to watch the documentary all over again.

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Jane Freebury

The Canberra Times (Australia)

08/22/2022

4/5

Hard to imagine it could be more revelatory than this excellent documentary about one of life's true individuals.

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Paul Whitington

Irish Independent

10/01/2021

5/5

With humour and insight, Sacks describes his extraordinary life as it's about to end in this fascinating and moving documentary.

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Ben Turner

The Pink Lens

09/30/2021

3/5

Even if you're not familiar with Sacks' work, this documentary autobiography is a moving and compelling portrait of a flawed man who did landmark work.

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Brian Kelly

10/05/2024

A complicated beautiful life of extraordinary empathy is highlighted in this must see Doc.

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10/30/2021

Wonderful film about a wonderful life

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09/30/2021

A wonderful look into a kind and thoughtful human being. Showed how much we all need love and good people around us.

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dave d

@RT34924333 06/28/2021

Oliver Sacks was a compelling man with an ever more compelling story. Hubby thought the film was interesting at times, boring at others, but worth watching overall. Wife was enthralled as she's a fan of Sacks. There's no doubt this is a quality documentary film curated by Ric Burns. Hubby: 6.3/Wife: 9.3 Average: 7.8/10

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brian c

@RT81627950 09/26/2020

A warm look at the personal life and struggles of the author of "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" and many other works that explored the humanity of neurological disorders.

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Synopsis

Friends, family members, colleagues and patients discuss the remarkable life and career of Dr. Oliver Sacks.

Director: Ric Burns
Producer: Kathryn Clinard, Leigh Howell, Bonnie Lafave
Distributor: Zeitgeist Films
Production Co: Vulcan Productions, Steeplechase Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 17, 2020
Runtime: 1h 54m

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