Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

My sister's keeper [videorecording] / New Line Cinema presents ; a Mark Johnson/Curmudgeon/Scott L. Goldman production ; a Nick Cassavetes film ; produced by Mark Johnson, Chuck Pacheco, Scott L. Goldman ; screenplay by Jeremy Leven and Nick Cassavetes ; directed by Nick Cassavetes.

Edition:

Widescreen and full screen ed.

Publisher, Date:

Burbank, CA : New Line Home Entertainment, [2009]

Description:

1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. Suddenly, their baby girl falls ill, and her only hope for survival rests in her parents' ability to find a compatible bone marrow donator. Their desperate decision to conceive another child raises both ethical and moral questions and begins to erode their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic content, some disturbing images, sensuality, language and brief teen drinking.

Subjects:

Leukemia -- Drama.

Cancer -- Patients -- Family relationships -- United States -- Drama.

Sisters -- United States -- Drama.

Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Drama.

Teenagers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Drama.

Families -- United States -- Drama.

Human reproductive technology -- United States -- Drama.

Film adaptations.

Melodrama.