Still Alice

This article is about the 2014 film. For the 2007 novel, see Still Alice (novel).

Still Alice
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Screenplay by
  • Richard Glatzer
  • Wash Westmoreland
Based onStill Alice
by Lisa Genova
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDenis Lenoir
Edited byNicolas Chaudeurge
Music byIlan Eshkeri
Production
companies
  • Killer Films
  • Lutzus-Brown
  • BSM Studio
  • Big Indie Pictures
  • Shriver Films
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release dates
  • September 8, 2014 (2014-09-08) (TIFF)
  • January 16, 2015 (2015-01-16) (United States)
Running time
101 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4-5 million[2][3]
Box office$44.8 million[3]

Still Alice is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland and based on the 2007 novel by Lisa Genova. It stars Julianne Moore as Alice Howland, a linguistics professor diagnosed with familial Alzheimer's disease shortly after her 50th birthday. Alec Baldwin plays her husband, John, and Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, and Hunter Parrish play her children.

Glatzer and Westmoreland were approached by Lex Lutzus and James Brown to adapt Genova's novel in 2011, when Glatzer had just been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Moore was their first choice for the lead role. She researched Alzheimer's disease for months to prepare for the role. The film was shot in New York in March 2014, with a budget of $4 million.

Still Alice had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2014. It was one of several films stolen in the Sony Pictures hack incident and leaked online on November 27, 2014. The film was released theatrically on January 16, 2015, and grossed $43.9 million at the international box office. It received positive reviews, with praise for Moore's performance which won numerous awards including the Academy Award for Best Actress. She dedicated her Academy Award win to Glatzer, who died from ALS in March 2015. The film was included among the year's top ten independent films by the National Board of Review.

  1. ^ "Still Alice (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
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