I’ve been a fan of Michael J. Fox since I started watching him Family ties and then of course when Back to the Future was released my young mind was blown away by all the beauty! Fox had an incredible career in the 80’s and 90’s and starred in so many big projects and was a superstar!
As a fan, when I heard that a documentary about his life was in progress, I couldn’t wait to watch it. That paper will come out in the near future and is titled Again: a film by Michael J. Fox. I recently had the opportunity to watch it at Sundance and it was amazing!
In 1998 Fox publicly revealed that he had Parkinson’s disease, seven years after he was diagnosed in 1991. As you can imagine, this was a huge blow to him. I remember hearing the news and it was the first time I learned the details of what Parkinson’s disease actually was.
Fox made an effort to hide his illness from everyone, but it got to the point where he could no longer hide it. This film explores when Fox first learned there was a problem and what he was actually going through during those seven years. As you can imagine, it was an incredibly difficult time for the actor.
But the film also explores Fox’s entire life and his wild and crazy journey to superstardom. What it was like for him growing up and how he ended up in Los Angeles to pursue his dream of becoming an actor.
The synopsis reads: “At age 16, an undersized brat in the Army landed a 12-year-old part on a Canadian TV show. Confident that he can make it in the United States, he has moved into a tiny apartment in the slums of Beverly Hills. Three years later, he was struggling to get by and was ready to retire. But then came his breakout roles — Alex P. Keaton in the sitcom Family Ties and Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy — and a superstar was born. Michael J. Fox dominated the industry for most of the 1980s and 1990s, but a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease at age 29 threatened to derail his career.
It’s such a beautiful story and it’s told in an incredibly beautiful and engaging way! He uses footage from his projects, including behind-the-scenes footage, and mixes it together with footage shot for the documentary. The whole story is told by Fox, though, in his own words.
It explains: “Fox’s unlikely story sounds like the stuff of Hollywood, so what better way to tell it than through scenes from his own work, supplemented with trendy recreations? Owning his own narrative, the actor playfully narrates his journey with intimacy, candor and humor. In the hands of Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, 2006 Sundance Film Festival), Still reveals what happens when an eternal optimist faces an incurable disease.
The film is an emotional and moving portrait of Fox’s life, but at the same time it is full of humor that will make you laugh and fill you with nostalgia as it transports you back to the 80s and 90s.
I loved this movie and am pretty confident that anyone who watches it will walk away feeling happy and inspired. It will come to Apple TV+
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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