My Name is Bill W - True Story about the founding of AA - PLEASE

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Based on the true story of Bill W. (James Woods), a successful stock broker whose life falls apart after the stock crash of the 20\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s and how he comes to grips with his alcoholism. Along with a fellow alcoholic (James Garner) he forms a support group that would eventually become Alcoholics Anonymous. Written by Humberto Amador









My Name Is Bill W. (1989) (TV)

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User Rating: 7.3/10 (322 votes)

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Overview

Director:

Daniel Petrie

Writer (WGA):

William G. Borchert (written by)

Release Date:

30 April 1989 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot Summary:

Based on the true story of Bill W. (James Woods), a successful stock broker whose life falls apart after... more

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Plot Keywords:

Support Group / Alcohol

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 10 nominations more

User Comments:

Excellent more

Cast(Cast overview, first billed only)



James Woods ... Bill Wilson



JoBeth Williams ... Lois \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Lo\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' Wilson



James Garner ... Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith aka Dr. Bob



Gary Sinise ... Ebby, Bill\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s best friend

George Coe ... Frank Shaw from Rice & Co.



Robert Harper ... Dr. Jeremy Partlin, Administrator of Elmwood Sanitarium

Ray Reinhardt ... Dr. Silkworth, Alcoholic Specialist at Towns Hospital

Fritz Weaver ... Dr. Burnham, Lois\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' Father

Rick Warner ... Bill Dotson, Drunk in hospital



Joe Inscoe ... Fred, AA Member

Susan Duchow ... Adele Gentry, Manager of Childrens ware in Dept. Store



Rich Valliere ... Charley



Mark Joy ... Guy Kolb, Lois\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' boss at Dept. Store

William Aylward ... Controller (as Bill Aylward)

Richard Travis ... Stockquoter

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Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Richmond, Virginia, USA

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Company:

Garner-Duchow Productions more

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Referenced in Clerks II (2006) more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-

Excellent, 14 March 2002

10/10

Author: Granada321 from Los Angeles, Ca. USA



This is an Excellent movie showing how AA started and how it works. It Shows non AA people how the program works. The two actors who played Bill and Bob are very believable as recovering alcoholics too. I wish everyone would watch this movie so they could see how the program works and so they would understand why people want to go to meetings the rest of their lives.