My Sister’s Keeper (2009)
Drama, Family.
My Sister’s Keeper is drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva, Jason Patric, and Alec Baldwin. Based on Jodi Picoult’s 2004 novel of the same name, on June 26, 2009 the film was released to cinemas in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.
Kate Fitzgerald has acute promyelocytic leukemia. As neither her parents, firefighter Brian and lawyer Sara, nor older brother Jesse are a genetic match, Dr. Chance, Kate’s oncologist, suggests designer in vitro fertilization. Anna is born as a savior sister.
Beginning with the harvest of her umbilical cord at birth, over the next 11 years Anna donates compatible organs, blood, stem cells and tissue to Kate. Anna’s life is one of hospitalizations, growth hormone injections, opioid painkillers, sleeping pills, bleeding, and infections. While Sara has no qualms over using Anna’s body to treat Kate’s, Brian is closer to Anna and has misgivings over their treatment of her.
At age 15 Kate goes into kidney failure and Anna knows she will be required to donate one of hers. She realizes that having just a single kidney will restrict her life; precluding playing sports, drinking alcohol, maybe even having children, and putting her at risk should her one remaining kidney ever have an issue. Anna sues her parents for medical emancipation and the rights to her own body. Brian understands, though Sara is indignant.
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Writers: Jeremy Leven, Nick Cassavetes, Jodi Picoult (novel)
Stars: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Sofia Vassilieva, Jason Patric, Evan Ellingson, Joan Cusack
►Cast:
| Abigail Breslin | … | Anna Fitzgerald |
| Walter Raney | … | Pawn Shop Proprietor |
| Sofia Vassilieva | … | Kate Fitzgerald |
| Cameron Diaz | … | Sara Fitzgerald |
| Heather Wahlquist | … | Aunt Kelly |
| Jason Patric | … | Brian Fitzgerald |
| Evan Ellingson | … | Jesse Fitzgerald |
| Alec Baldwin | … | Campbell Alexander |
| Nicole Marie Lenz | … | Gloria |
| Paul Butler | … | Jesse age 3 |
| Olivia Hancock | … | Kate age 2 |
| Jeffrey Markle | … | Dr. Wayne |
| Emily Deschanel | … | Dr. Farquad |
| John DeRosa | … | EMT |
| Marcos A. Ferraez | … | EMT |
| Noni Tulk-Perna | … | Ellen |
| Matthew Barry | … | Uncle Tommy |
| Annie Wood | … | Uncle Tommy’s Wife |
| Mark Johnson | … | Uncle Pervis |
| Chris Kinkade | … | Dr. Nguyen |
| David Thornton | … | Dr. Chance |
| Elizabeth Daily | … | Nurse Susan |
| Rico Simonini | … | Process Server |
| Frank Cassavetes | … | Gus |
| David Bortolucci | … | Harry |
| Olivia Jade Fine | … | Anna Age 6 |
| Andrew Schaff | … | Nurse Stephen |
| Brennan Bailey | … | Jesse Age 10 |
| Andrew Shack | … | Lawyer for Previous Case |
| Angel Garcia | … | Gangbanger’s Mom |
| Joan Cusack | … | Judge De Salvo |
| Frank Peluso | … | Bailiff #2 |
| Daniel Guzman | … | Gangbanger’s Lawyer |
| Paul Olguin | … | Gangbanger |
| Rick Salomon | … | Bailiff Bert |
| Mimi Fletcher | … | De Salvo’s Secretary |
| Lin Shaye | … | Nurse Adele |
| Eric Cueto | … | Street Hustler |
| Lexi Kiana Ryan | … | Street Hustler |
| Nina Barry | … | Miss Swearingen |
| Thomas Dekker | … | Taylor Ambrose |
| Ellia English | … | Nurse Alice |
| Mary Jo Deschanel | … | Saleswoman |
| Jonah Johnson | … | Lead Prom Singer |
| Rob Giles | … | Prom Guitarist |
| Kaiulani Kimbrell | … | Backup Prom Singer |
| Dylan Showalter | … | Prom Bass Player |
| Jarred Tibbetts | … | Prom Drummer |
| Precious Hanley | … | Mandy |
| Michael Chow | … | Dr. Chow |
| Jonathan Moonves | … | Percy Smith, Esquire |
| Don Abernathy | … | Upscale Businessman |
| Roy Allen III | … | Lawyer |
| Charan Andreas | … | Transvestite |
| Lynn Clayton | … | The Dancer |
| Paul Edney | … | Funeral Mourner |
| Karla Elizondo | … | Club Goer |
| Lubella Gauna | … | Nurse |
| Tommy Gerrits | … | Nephew of Andromeda Anna Fitzgeraid |
| Gilley Grey | … | EMT #3 |
| Keith Kraft | … | Paramedic |
| Sara Leon | … | Friend at School |
| Nicole Leanne Nelson | … | Family Member |
| Ryan Preimesberger | … | Court Clerk |
| Retson Ross | … | School Classmate |
| Tai | … | Elephant |
| Kaleti Williams | … | Bouncer |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia