Extraordinary Measures (2010)

6.4PG106 minDirector: Tom Vaughan

2010 American film

Extraordinary Measures is a 2010 American medical drama film starring Brendan Fraser, Harrison Ford, and Keri Russell. It was the first film produced by CBS Films, the film division of CBS Corporation, who released the film on January 22, 2010. The film is about parents who form a biotechnology company to develop a drug to save the lives of their children, who have a life-threatening disease. The film is based on the true story of John and Aileen Crowley, whose children have Pompe disease. The film was shot in Oregon, in the cities St. Paul, Portland, Tualatin, Wilsonville, Manzanita, Beaverton, and in Vancouver, Washington.

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Extraordinary Measures (2010) — A Portland couple have two children with Pompe disease, a genetic anomaly that kills most before a child's tenth birthday. The husband, John, an advertising executive, contacts Robert Stonehill, a researcher in Nebraska who has done innovative research for an enzyme treatment. He
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