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3 | A 2001 Creator/{{CBS}} MadeForTVMovie directed by Creator/JaceAlexander that has Theatre producer Jenifer Estess (Creator/LauraSanGiacomo) getting diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, and the mission she and her sisters take to find a cure. |
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5 | The film also stars Creator/JaneKaczmarek, Creator/AnnabellaSciorra, and Creator/JaneAlexander along with Creator/EdieFalco and Creator/MaddieCorman. |
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10 | * ActorAllusion: Creator/RobMorrow, who starred as Dr. Fleischman in ''Series/NorthernExposure'', plays one of the doctors. |
11 | * BasedOnATrueStory: The story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenifer_Estess Jenifer Estess]], a theatre producer who was diagnosed with ALS, which kills her two years after the movie was made. |
12 | * CharacterTitle: Jenifer Estess. |
13 | * DisappearedDad: The sisters' father left the family when they were kids. |
14 | * ForegoneConclusion: Jenfier was alive at the time the movie is made but ALS is fatal and she later died in 2003 after her battle with the disease. |
15 | * HeroicBSoD: Jenifer breaks down in her sister's arms when the reality of her ultimately fatal diagnosis starts to hit her. |
16 | * MononymousBiopicTitle |
17 | * OneWordTitle: '''Jenifer'''. |
18 | * {{Tagline}}: "One moment changed her life. This movie will change yours". |
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