GIFTED HANDS: THE BEN CARSON STORY (TNT)
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
2/7/09
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STATUS: telefilm/mini-series in the can |
DESCRIPTION: (from TNT's press release) Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire) has been cast to play Dr. Benjamin S. Carson in the new TNT Original movie GIFTED HANDS: THE BEN CARSON STORY, according to an announcement today by Michael Wright, senior vice president in charge of the Content Creation Group for TNT, TBS and TCM. The movie, based on Carson's inspirational memoir, is a JOHNSON & JOHNSON SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION that will trace his journey from frustrated inner-city kid to director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Cuba Gooding Jr. as Benjamin S. Carson · Kimberly Elise as Sonya Carson
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Benjamin S. Carson as BOOK · Bruce Stein as EP · Dan Angel as EP · Erin Keating as EP · John Pielmeier as WRTR · Margaret Loesch as EP · Thomas Carter as EP/DIR
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GENRE(S):
· based on a book · mow
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Hatchery, The · MAGNA Global Entertainment · Sony Pictures Television · Thomasfilm
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