amazing story!!!!in memory of Lorenzo Odone is father and his mother, that saved people from this disease!!!!thanks to them other people are alive!!!!stories like this are rare if not non-existent!!!!! thanks for uploading it!!!!! really appreciate it!!!!at least one story in which an Italian has nothing to do with the mafia but instead do a great thing!!!!!(i'm italian)
i love a well done story, even as tragic as this one because today we're left with movies and entertainment rushing to get their point across, but in movies like this, lord of the rings, and such the movie moves at a pace where you get a depth of emotion you can't find in many of our modern movies. hopefully we can get movies like those again in the future
Does that mean I dont have compassion if I wasn't "upset" or that I cried like everyone else? I really do feel bad for Lorenzo. It makes me appreciate what I have in this world.
This movie really made me open my eyes... My determination to become a doctor is even stronger than before. I will not be a doctor that cares only for the money, for the fame; I will do whatever I can for my patients, no matter what. In that way, I can at least do some justice to the Odone family. RIP Lorenzo Odone.
They said my daughter would never talk, not to expect much of her. Her seizures at times were unstopable. She suffered greatly due to a severe vaccine reaction. Today she is seizure free and is no longer on the autism spectrum. She has written her first book. I am currently looking for a publisher. She is seven now. There is hope in life - we must NEVER give in to misery and despair.
i feel bad for him but not because its a bad thing, but he just shows how strong you can be even with ALD or any illness you can do anything....IMPOSSIBLE IS NOT A WORD BUT COURAGE AND TRY ARE!!!
1:08 Is that really how it happened? I'd think you'd want to establish communication (1blink=y 2b=n) before returning to entertainment. You don't want to mistake staring or a regular blink for a message. Maybe squeezing his eyes shut tight so they wrinkle would be yes.
The lesson is to keep trying, fuck the experts, become an expert, and you'll progress.
This film came out years ago and I'ven't heard of a cure for MS. Now I'm going to look up what happened with the puppies.
5:49 -> The greatest love is the love of God. he loves you no matter what, and believes in you. And every fallen little angel will be a King in his kingdom!
This was so beautiful~! ; ^ ; He was so brave... I Wouldn't Have Been Able To Make It. And His Parents Just Kept Going And Going. Were Watching This Is School And It's Just Beautiful. Q ^ Q .... I Can't Explain It Especially "You'll be able to tell your brain, to tell your toes, your fingers, your anything to do what you want them to do. And then, one day I'll hear my voice. And all these words I'm thinking, will get outside my head..."
This actually makes me get up and want to study , and if i was a doctor i would help anyone and not give up because giving up is like making someone loose there life.
Bless these people and people like them for the drive, and the love for their son, and for people to keep going, to not give up on their sons. It's people like this that enable medical mysteries become unmystified. It's this drive that improves the quality of life, even if some suffering is a necessary evil, which is truly unfortunate, but necessary. People really don't grasp the suffering others have gone through in order for us to live the life we do. Let's be thankful for a change.
He died on March 30th, 2008. Of pnemonia of some kind. One day after his 30th birthday. This movie touched my heart, I cried a few times. "You'll be able to tell your brain, to tell your toes, your fingers, your anything to do what you want them to do. And then, one day I'll hear my voice. And all these words im thinking, will get outside my head..."
@scratchyhamster10 I cried the whole time... I was feeling sorry for myself going through some very tough times when my heart was telling me one thing and my brain something totally different, they were in such conflict and I couldn;t tell my heart to shut up and it was winning over reason... ths touching story let me put my priorities where they belong... I have been telling my brain to do it's thing and it is starting to work. Being tough is not easy... thank you Lorenzo...such an inspiration.
The cross-eyed actor? Yes, his name is Paul Lazar, and Johnathan Demme uses him recurrently for most of his movies (The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate,...).
The Lorenzo's oil does not work for all, so do not be fooled by the ending. His parents used alot more than just the oil. Their time and energy invested in taking good care of the child has contributed immensely. Lorenzo is still able to function mentally, so he is still impacted by psychological and emotional factors. His father is now a director who heads the myelin project to regenerate his sons's nervous system and others. I believe his organization is very well-funded (5 million+)
@WarDawg1986 Hi wardog. Apparently though it probably is a great prophylactic for kids who have the gene but who haven't yet had the symptoms. It's a better preventative than a cure (which it isn't).
Yes, it is. It's also based on a true story. Lorenzo's oil is sold on the market for $1000-2000 USD. Unfortunately, the oil does not work for all due to genetic variation.
Lorenzo lived until one day after his 30th birthday. You can look up 'the Myelin Project' on google and you can find pictures of lorenzo when he was in his 20s. Its a very touching, true story.
HE's alive. HE's a young man now, but he is still in a sleeping state. Goto the website, you can see pictures of him. His friend from childhood is still by his side. His dedication never ceases.
Touching true story and well-made film in terms of the effect it has on the audience. But the way they portrayed the medical profession was just disgraceful... and largely falsified, as Dr Moser (the real-life basis for Dr Nikolais) himself wrote in the Lancet. Anyhow, as a medical student, I'm quite sympathetic towards Dr Nikolais... there's a huge gap between what doctors are able/allowed to do and what patients expect from them, and I hope never to be in such a position as a doctor.
This was such an inspirational movie. I'm glad I watched it because it's given me a greater interest in the study of this disease. Thanks for posting it.
This movie was assigned by school work, but this movie particularly moved me, and opened me up to how life could be. The odone's were amazing parents, they pushed the barriers of doctors and science to cure their son by simple minded reasoning and research. RIP Lorenzo & Michaela Odone.
This movie was one of the most boring things created in the history of time, but still, the overall message of knowledge is something that I just love. Whether the knowledge is for helping people, for helping to understand the entire world, or just for quirks, there are just too many things to learn...too much to ever know, sadly. But I want to learn and live as much as I can. Biology is going to be my field. I don't care how much better cubicle jobs or whatever pay me.
wow, i remember watching this movie when i was a kid, and i love the name lorenzo, so when i have a kid who is a boy, im gona call him lorenzo michael, after lorenzo, looks like he went through more than what most people would go through. its sad that they havnt quite yet found a cure for him, but good on him and his family for finding something to help slow down the process of ALD, i hope there will be a cure soon! RIP lorenzo and Michaela.
and lorenzo's oil is as good as a palliative treatment but not curative. It will surely reduce the accumulation of the long chain saturated fatty acids by making more long chain unsaturated fatty acids but the body still makes these long saturated fatty acids irrespective of the oil and also you eat other foods containing saturated fatty acids The only cure will be to replace the enzyme that transports the fatty acids into peroxisomes with a good one
Good point but the oil is stunting the process of neurological damage and is eliminating a line of unneeded acids that ALD causes the body to produce.
my time for waiting the videos to be uploaded was just worth it...
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were watching this for our chemistry but i was absent the day our class watched it...watching this is worth it...thnx for the one who uploaded this...and this movie just inspired me and added a new meaning in my life^^,
Thank you for posting this. I have a mild adrenal gland dysfunction which is not life-threatening, but is life-altering. It's frustrating when your brain/body won't do what you want it to, no matter what you eat, drink etc.
One of my high school classmates was diagnosed with MS -- he also awaits a cure.
omg that was like one of the best movie's i've seen!! and the videos during the credits made it even better :) that was just awesome....i cried like almost 12 different times
he died may 30, 2008 which was one year after his 30th bday. but he lived pretty flippin long for someone with ALD compared to the 2 years the dr.s gave him :)
@KevinCarey yes it is. getting to be with his family was important to him. they put him in a wheelchair and took him places he got to see the world. and he loved pool therapy because water increases your momentum and allows you to move more freely and with less difficulty. he wasnt just staring at a ceiling for 20 years
this is such a great movie my mom aculy worked for agusto and she helpd lorenzo i used to be there with my mom and him and its so mzing becouse lorenzo waz such a great guy even tho he coulnt talk he waz very smart i miss him he is such a gtreat guy and agusto is a woulderfull guy he lives in verina not to far from washington DC but god bless him and his wife and lorenzo GOD BLESS U
I'm watching this for my Biological themes in films class, very good movie. Just wish the teacher would stick to something more cheerful. I was almost sure that Lorenzo would die.
lorenzo died at 30. and his mom died like a few years ago lung cancer...lol but the dad was the one who smoked. very sad movie...but a very good one. i admitt i cried! We just got done watching this in biology...very good movie.
hahaha guess what?!?!?! i watched this in bio too! it was a good movie but the questions my bio teacher gave us are a pain in the ass....been working on them for like an hour and there's only 11 of them.
it was really sad moive. he had lived more than 20years onger than doctors had predicted. check out an ariticle call Subject of Film "Lorenzo's oil" Dies at 30 by Sarah brumfield.
Oh my gosh we were just learning about stem cells in Biology! I love how this all connects together, that actually makes sense too. Wow, so many more discoveries that are just waiting to be shown to the world...
what??? they found the cure for A.L.D. thats what the ending was about, how they found the cure and saved many lives from now and to come...thank you lorenzo and the adones gob bless you!!!
Not really a cure actually. It sort of is because it can stop the disease if taken early enough and they keep taken it. But if the disease already starts then it can't get rid of it, just slow the process down. They will probably still die at some point from complications from ALD but the oil can help give them time. So now what we need is a cure that will get rid of it when they have it already.
Lorenzo died at his home in Fairfax, Virginia on May 30, 2008, one day after his 30th birthday, with his father Augusto and his life long friend Omouri Hassane at his side. He had come down with aspiration pneumonia after getting food stuck in his lungs. He began breathing heavily (erroneously described by various media reports as "bleeding heavily"), and before an ambulance reached his home he was already dead.
Also at 2:33 at the Lorenzo played by part, you'll see EG Daily, AKA Buttercup from Powerpuff Girls.
TeenTitansFan201 2 months ago
2:51 If you look under Peter Ustinov's name, you'll see Kathleen Wilhoite, AKA Pepper Ann.
TeenTitansFan201 2 months ago
I know this is a terrible condition and this movie is pretty but dramatic but I kind of laughed when Lorendo was like
NO STOP IT WITH THE BENJI BUTERMAN BOOKS
Kellox17 2 months ago
amazing story!!!!in memory of Lorenzo Odone is father and his mother, that saved people from this disease!!!!thanks to them other people are alive!!!!stories like this are rare if not non-existent!!!!! thanks for uploading it!!!!! really appreciate it!!!!at least one story in which an Italian has nothing to do with the mafia but instead do a great thing!!!!!(i'm italian)
thanks again:)
alice3273 3 months ago
i watched this movie and it really touched my heart this movie is really sad
themarleneg14 3 months ago
i love a well done story, even as tragic as this one because today we're left with movies and entertainment rushing to get their point across, but in movies like this, lord of the rings, and such the movie moves at a pace where you get a depth of emotion you can't find in many of our modern movies. hopefully we can get movies like those again in the future
ez133 5 months ago in playlist More videos from princeleguy
Augusto saved all these kids..........
jmc1987jcgc 7 months ago
Does that mean I dont have compassion if I wasn't "upset" or that I cried like everyone else? I really do feel bad for Lorenzo. It makes me appreciate what I have in this world.
usnpilot231 8 months ago 4
Heart touching story. And how long he lived with it. RIP Lorenzo Odone. As well as his mom.
marchingrulez 8 months ago
Is the oil a real thing??
ApersonY 9 months ago
@ApersonY yea it is it comes from england
carlytr23 4 months ago
it's absolutely amazing Lorenzo lived until he was 35 YEARS OLD, EVEN WITH HIS SICKNESS! RIP LORENZO ODONE
vincent6445 9 months ago
@vincent6445 30. He died the day after his 30th birthday.
DaronTheLoLGuy 1 month ago
watched this in class and I literally had to get control of myself. Such an emotional story
so15jazzy 9 months ago 3
did he ever get to hear the audio from this movie?
HuffinMuffin 11 months ago
wat were they doing to the dogs?
julie101rox 11 months ago
@julie101rox Experimenting a way to grow new myelin.
ExplorerDS6789 10 months ago
lol shut mommy sign
but anyway i watched this in school and it is honestly the best movie i have ever seen
shookon23 1 year ago
This movie really made me open my eyes... My determination to become a doctor is even stronger than before. I will not be a doctor that cares only for the money, for the fame; I will do whatever I can for my patients, no matter what. In that way, I can at least do some justice to the Odone family. RIP Lorenzo Odone.
Meeshers816 1 year ago 20
what a very nice movie.. I mean true stOry..
COURAGE is what i've learn in this movie..
can't heLp but cRied..
uziel15 1 year ago
i cried. gah.
meghanheroine 1 year ago
lorenzo is one of the strongest people i know. i highly doubt i could survive till 30 with that disease
MrPigpigbob 1 year ago
the real lorenzo dies at ?
latinrosetje 1 year ago
"And one day I'll hear my voice, and all these words I'm thinking will get outside my head" Beautiful Ending Sentence.
GhettoChiique 1 year ago
"one day"
ProfessorChemist 1 year ago
Rip Lorenzo
marjolye01 1 year ago
they used puppies??!!?
MeilinFan 1 year ago
They said my daughter would never talk, not to expect much of her. Her seizures at times were unstopable. She suffered greatly due to a severe vaccine reaction. Today she is seizure free and is no longer on the autism spectrum. She has written her first book. I am currently looking for a publisher. She is seven now. There is hope in life - we must NEVER give in to misery and despair.
adreamdeferred 1 year ago 5
i feel bad for him but not because its a bad thing, but he just shows how strong you can be even with ALD or any illness you can do anything....IMPOSSIBLE IS NOT A WORD BUT COURAGE AND TRY ARE!!!
TheLadyshewolf08 1 year ago 2
most of us are so ignorant to the things we could be without, we are selfish stupid fools in a state of hopelessness greater than lorenzo's
rocksoliddude1 1 year ago
was the myelin research being done in Wisconsin or Italy?
JoyceMaree 1 year ago
I think its safe to say.... Lorenzo's Oil FTW :P
PrinnyEnforcer 1 year ago
Is very Good
Jetsetradio5 1 year ago
The ending is so cute... This movie is really touchimg even though I only have to watch it for my bio class...
ramenrulz8P 1 year ago
Never underestimate the love of a parent for their child,
it is a love that has no bounderies,no limits,
now if we could love each other like that imagine how many diseases we can cure
and how many people we could save,especially children,
but we all want that new cell phone or new playstation
instead of taking care of what truly matters.
god bless the Odone Family and all families struck by this horrible disease.
chitownreak 1 year ago 2
1:08 Is that really how it happened? I'd think you'd want to establish communication (1blink=y 2b=n) before returning to entertainment. You don't want to mistake staring or a regular blink for a message. Maybe squeezing his eyes shut tight so they wrinkle would be yes.
The lesson is to keep trying, fuck the experts, become an expert, and you'll progress.
This film came out years ago and I'ven't heard of a cure for MS. Now I'm going to look up what happened with the puppies.
Kogerii 1 year ago
5:49 -> The greatest love is the love of God. he loves you no matter what, and believes in you. And every fallen little angel will be a King in his kingdom!
TomazicTilen 1 year ago
that was so sad...but yet, inspiring.
agano525 1 year ago
I find it very odd that the boy who plays Lorenzo doesn't appear in the credits.
I looked everywhere but I found no mentioning of him anywhere.
Kaiuchka 1 year ago
This was so beautiful~! ; ^ ; He was so brave... I Wouldn't Have Been Able To Make It. And His Parents Just Kept Going And Going. Were Watching This Is School And It's Just Beautiful. Q ^ Q .... I Can't Explain It Especially "You'll be able to tell your brain, to tell your toes, your fingers, your anything to do what you want them to do. And then, one day I'll hear my voice. And all these words I'm thinking, will get outside my head..."
R.I.P. Lorenzo Odone You Brave Brave Boy Q ^ Q
Harunalove101 1 year ago
This movie is so inspirational to me. I love it and I can watch it 100 times, it still makes me cry.
viviana37 1 year ago 2
This actually makes me get up and want to study , and if i was a doctor i would help anyone and not give up because giving up is like making someone loose there life.
TheAMhelp 1 year ago
This is the most wonderfu film I have ever seen...
saxonfield 2 years ago
Bless these people and people like them for the drive, and the love for their son, and for people to keep going, to not give up on their sons. It's people like this that enable medical mysteries become unmystified. It's this drive that improves the quality of life, even if some suffering is a necessary evil, which is truly unfortunate, but necessary. People really don't grasp the suffering others have gone through in order for us to live the life we do. Let's be thankful for a change.
funfella19 2 years ago 5
He died on March 30th, 2008. Of pnemonia of some kind. One day after his 30th birthday. This movie touched my heart, I cried a few times. "You'll be able to tell your brain, to tell your toes, your fingers, your anything to do what you want them to do. And then, one day I'll hear my voice. And all these words im thinking, will get outside my head..."
scratchyhamster10 2 years ago 47
@scratchyhamster10 he did not die from pnemonia he died frm cholking on food and the parametics could not get there in time
mguccinia 1 year ago
* May 30th 2008
Duckyxlovesxgum 1 year ago
@scratchyhamster10 aspiration pnemonia
mikefity4 1 year ago
@scratchyhamster10 i thought it was ALD disease
Dokiizen 1 year ago
@Dokiizen
He had ALD but didn't die from it, he died one day after his birthday because food got stuck in his lungs, which caused aspiration pneumonia.
halo10001 11 months ago
@scratchyhamster10 Yeah, he got some food in his lungs by accident and it turned into pneumonia. God bless him.
BabyDayDay31382 5 months ago
@scratchyhamster10 I cried the whole time... I was feeling sorry for myself going through some very tough times when my heart was telling me one thing and my brain something totally different, they were in such conflict and I couldn;t tell my heart to shut up and it was winning over reason... ths touching story let me put my priorities where they belong... I have been telling my brain to do it's thing and it is starting to work. Being tough is not easy... thank you Lorenzo...such an inspiration.
BytomGirl 4 months ago
@scratchyhamster10 Thanks for ruining the ending for me.
aublitius 3 months ago
@aublitius Don't read the comments then.
SuperElbarto707 2 months ago
@scratchyhamster10 Like I want to you jack ass
aublitius 2 months ago
4:12
Hmm...
Didn't I see him in Silence of the Lambs?:D
RandomXRockXFan 2 years ago 3
@RandomXRockXFan
The cross-eyed actor? Yes, his name is Paul Lazar, and Johnathan Demme uses him recurrently for most of his movies (The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate,...).
thedrmat 2 years ago
this saved my grade thanx!
lmaJesusFreak 2 years ago
Great movie. I will admit that i teared up at some parts.
SamOfMics 2 years ago 2
you would have to be non human not too o
KevinCarey 2 years ago
The Lorenzo's oil does not work for all, so do not be fooled by the ending. His parents used alot more than just the oil. Their time and energy invested in taking good care of the child has contributed immensely. Lorenzo is still able to function mentally, so he is still impacted by psychological and emotional factors. His father is now a director who heads the myelin project to regenerate his sons's nervous system and others. I believe his organization is very well-funded (5 million+)
WarDawg1986 2 years ago
except now, he's doing it for other people's kids because the real lorenzo died in 2008
51909relapseminem 2 years ago 2
@WarDawg1986 Hi wardog. Apparently though it probably is a great prophylactic for kids who have the gene but who haven't yet had the symptoms. It's a better preventative than a cure (which it isn't).
diggiemac 2 years ago
those parents did so much for their child it's amazing.
as was this movie. absolutely amazing. i don't know how people can fall asleep during it, i guess they don't know a good movie when they see one.
crazylatingirl94 2 years ago 6
Yes, it is. It's also based on a true story. Lorenzo's oil is sold on the market for $1000-2000 USD. Unfortunately, the oil does not work for all due to genetic variation.
WarDawg1986 2 years ago
soo did lorenzo get better??? or did he die??? great sad movie X')
kevinduong4 2 years ago
Lorenzo lived until one day after his 30th birthday. You can look up 'the Myelin Project' on google and you can find pictures of lorenzo when he was in his 20s. Its a very touching, true story.
unknownzone77 2 years ago
he remained with symptoms but lived for many years.
he died just recently.
crazylatingirl94 2 years ago
HE's alive. HE's a young man now, but he is still in a sleeping state. Goto the website, you can see pictures of him. His friend from childhood is still by his side. His dedication never ceases.
WarDawg1986 2 years ago 2
@WarDawg1986
yeah the dedication is totally true, but unfortunately lorenzo died in 2008... see wikipedia
ciccicasillas 1 year ago
@WarDawg1986 He died in 2008 of a special pneumonia after getting some food trapped in his lungs, unfortuantely; one day after his 30th birthday.
RyuzakiFan1 1 year ago
Ths movie really got to me !
I love this movie <33
Chantita310 2 years ago
sehr schöööööööööööööööööööööööner Flim
7oby9 2 years ago
Touching true story and well-made film in terms of the effect it has on the audience. But the way they portrayed the medical profession was just disgraceful... and largely falsified, as Dr Moser (the real-life basis for Dr Nikolais) himself wrote in the Lancet. Anyhow, as a medical student, I'm quite sympathetic towards Dr Nikolais... there's a huge gap between what doctors are able/allowed to do and what patients expect from them, and I hope never to be in such a position as a doctor.
unflocondeneige 2 years ago 5
you might be put in that situation depending on which area you specialize in.
sakura2974 2 years ago
lovely i finally saw the ending
j3ll3ly 2 years ago
R.I.P. Lorenzo, he just died this past may.
india3rdplt 2 years ago
bravo <3
iisaiias 2 years ago 7
This was such an inspirational movie. I'm glad I watched it because it's given me a greater interest in the study of this disease. Thanks for posting it.
IRJunior 2 years ago 6
this was one of the best movies i have ever seen. it has a great message. R.i.p to lorenzo.
BABiE1819 2 years ago
thanks for ruining the ending
mustangrex 2 years ago
how is that ruining the ending ?
he doesn't die in the movie ...
crazylatingirl94 2 years ago
i watched this for extra credit but i must say it is an amazing film! the science behind it is incredible!
YourInnerMan 2 years ago 3
this is a good movie kinda boring but it has a good message
roboman302 2 years ago
This movie was assigned by school work, but this movie particularly moved me, and opened me up to how life could be. The odone's were amazing parents, they pushed the barriers of doctors and science to cure their son by simple minded reasoning and research. RIP Lorenzo & Michaela Odone.
kolertady 2 years ago 3
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This movie was one of the most boring things created in the history of time, but still, the overall message of knowledge is something that I just love. Whether the knowledge is for helping people, for helping to understand the entire world, or just for quirks, there are just too many things to learn...too much to ever know, sadly. But I want to learn and live as much as I can. Biology is going to be my field. I don't care how much better cubicle jobs or whatever pay me.
Thanks for the upload.
Glidbo5 2 years ago
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I have ALD
Longhorn959 2 years ago
okay, we get it, now shut up
lizafriz95 2 years ago
hope you children do to
seth900ify 2 years ago
you can kill youself for all i care you should be arrewsted for making fun ald
seth900ify 2 years ago
the only reason i watched this was for skewl but this was a REALLy good movie I liked it alot
bleedingheart2XLoLa 2 years ago
lorenzo oil is the cure for the early stages, lorenzo's brain cell deterioated while waiting for the cure, paizaaan
urbmatic 2 years ago 6
wow, i remember watching this movie when i was a kid, and i love the name lorenzo, so when i have a kid who is a boy, im gona call him lorenzo michael, after lorenzo, looks like he went through more than what most people would go through. its sad that they havnt quite yet found a cure for him, but good on him and his family for finding something to help slow down the process of ALD, i hope there will be a cure soon! RIP lorenzo and Michaela.
itsbecca09 2 years ago
isnt lorenzo's oil the treatment n cure? o.o
JustmeKasie 2 years ago
There is no cure to adrenoleukodystrophy yet.
and lorenzo's oil is as good as a palliative treatment but not curative. It will surely reduce the accumulation of the long chain saturated fatty acids by making more long chain unsaturated fatty acids but the body still makes these long saturated fatty acids irrespective of the oil and also you eat other foods containing saturated fatty acids The only cure will be to replace the enzyme that transports the fatty acids into peroxisomes with a good one
rorabokele 2 years ago
Good point but the oil is stunting the process of neurological damage and is eliminating a line of unneeded acids that ALD causes the body to produce.
Forevaitalia 2 years ago 3
the oil has crutial side effects
seth900ify 2 years ago
omg this movie was amazing. i have to watch it for my freshmen year. (pre-ap biology) and im so glad cause its truly remarkable. and inspiring
maddymonk27 2 years ago 3
this was just AWESOME!!!!!!!
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my time for waiting the videos to be uploaded was just worth it...
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were watching this for our chemistry but i was absent the day our class watched it...watching this is worth it...thnx for the one who uploaded this...and this movie just inspired me and added a new meaning in my life^^,
monicz3 2 years ago
What is the book she starts to read to him in the beginning. Who wrote it and what is it called??
elimanningsbaby 2 years ago 4
Thank you for posting this. I have a mild adrenal gland dysfunction which is not life-threatening, but is life-altering. It's frustrating when your brain/body won't do what you want it to, no matter what you eat, drink etc.
One of my high school classmates was diagnosed with MS -- he also awaits a cure.
Nicecatholicgirl 2 years ago 4
omg that was like one of the best movie's i've seen!! and the videos during the credits made it even better :) that was just awesome....i cried like almost 12 different times
ratlover35 2 years ago
R.I.P. Lorenzo Odone
coolioflame 2 years ago 47
thanks so much for posting! great movie.
spudgy101 2 years ago 4
Is lorenzo still alive? How old is he?
gatita15romspanish 2 years ago
He died last year a day after his 30th birthday from having a breathing obstruction by food...or something along those lines.
GarlicToast 2 years ago 3
he died may 30, 2008 which was one year after his 30th bday. but he lived pretty flippin long for someone with ALD compared to the 2 years the dr.s gave him :)
ratlover35 2 years ago 6
which is good but is laying in a bed staring at the ceiling really living?
KevinCarey 2 years ago
@KevinCarey yes it is. getting to be with his family was important to him. they put him in a wheelchair and took him places he got to see the world. and he loved pool therapy because water increases your momentum and allows you to move more freely and with less difficulty. he wasnt just staring at a ceiling for 20 years
ratlover35 2 years ago 3
ohh I thought he was bed bound, I didnt know he regained some sight and was able to see things :)
excellent
KevinCarey 2 years ago
at age 14 he was able to speak simple phrases
Eqinok237 1 year ago
@Eqinok237 That's wonderful..
Kaiuchka 1 year ago
Great storey though very hard to watch people go threw terible hardships, And those people trying stop them from trying. What the F!!! step off.
donnie2164 2 years ago
this is such a great movie my mom aculy worked for agusto and she helpd lorenzo i used to be there with my mom and him and its so mzing becouse lorenzo waz such a great guy even tho he coulnt talk he waz very smart i miss him he is such a gtreat guy and agusto is a woulderfull guy he lives in verina not to far from washington DC but god bless him and his wife and lorenzo GOD BLESS U
betosalzar 2 years ago
this is such a sad movie we had to watch it for honors biology as our end of the year movie and it was sad =] wat a great movie i cried
and my friends cried
pichirulo92 2 years ago
I can't listen to Ave Verum Corpus without crying anymore.
Wow, a fantastic movie- thanks for putting it on the Tube.
AntarcticPhantom 2 years ago
I'm watching this for my Biological themes in films class, very good movie. Just wish the teacher would stick to something more cheerful. I was almost sure that Lorenzo would die.
readerforfun 2 years ago
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most boringest movie ever
HighDefCam 2 years ago
lorenzo died at 30. and his mom died like a few years ago lung cancer...lol but the dad was the one who smoked. very sad movie...but a very good one. i admitt i cried! We just got done watching this in biology...very good movie.
bflo690 2 years ago
haha i am watching this in biology too. i'm watching the end again, though, because all these people were talking, and i missed most of it. lol.
bug2526 2 years ago 3
man everybody is watchin this in bio and yes i am to im just curious to see what happens and the ending was pretty intersting.
ginobili20002 2 years ago
hahaha guess what?!?!?! i watched this in bio too! it was a good movie but the questions my bio teacher gave us are a pain in the ass....been working on them for like an hour and there's only 11 of them.
harrypotter0784 2 years ago
im watching it in bio too
tflover1221 2 years ago
I watched this in science class
librarylatina 2 years ago
i was watching this in my bio too . sooooooooo sad
valcore102 2 years ago
it seems like we all saw this in bio class!
puma0927 2 years ago 3
crazy ass shit....so sad
but amazing i watched
it in bio 2 haha
duhhh676 2 years ago
it was really sad moive. he had lived more than 20years onger than doctors had predicted. check out an ariticle call Subject of Film "Lorenzo's oil" Dies at 30 by Sarah brumfield.
helenq 3 years ago
We are watching this movie in Bio Too! :)
lilpsylov116 3 years ago
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so is this a true story?
princesskarla2012 3 years ago
What a sad story. Such a cruel disease. I hope they find a cure soon.
makenna88 3 years ago 6
stem cell implants can possible form new myelin linings
faceofjesusinmysoup 3 years ago
Oh my gosh we were just learning about stem cells in Biology! I love how this all connects together, that actually makes sense too. Wow, so many more discoveries that are just waiting to be shown to the world...
CloboChanel 2 years ago
what??? they found the cure for A.L.D. thats what the ending was about, how they found the cure and saved many lives from now and to come...thank you lorenzo and the adones gob bless you!!!
hardkore911 2 years ago
Not really a cure actually. It sort of is because it can stop the disease if taken early enough and they keep taken it. But if the disease already starts then it can't get rid of it, just slow the process down. They will probably still die at some point from complications from ALD but the oil can help give them time. So now what we need is a cure that will get rid of it when they have it already.
DisWldFrk90 2 years ago 4
it was not lung cancer
charlieJH401 3 years ago
i saw this in child development, it made me cry, however its good to know lorenzo's dad didnt stop until he got what he wanted
rodo419 3 years ago 4
"...And then one day... I'll hear my voice... And all these words I'm thinking... Will get outside my head."
leafloev 3 years ago 6
He was lived 23 years longer than expected
Happyking43 3 years ago 5
Such a good movie. I too watched it in AP Biology
IasKev 3 years ago
were watchin this movie in biology
caramelLover94 3 years ago
RIP Lorenzo
For fighting so hard through times that most of can't even imagine....
flickeringember 3 years ago 3
Augusto is responsible for saving all these kids, WOW!!!! RIP Lorenzo & Michaela.
jmc1987jcgc 3 years ago 3
Lorenzo died at his home in Fairfax, Virginia on May 30, 2008, one day after his 30th birthday, with his father Augusto and his life long friend Omouri Hassane at his side. He had come down with aspiration pneumonia after getting food stuck in his lungs. He began breathing heavily (erroneously described by various media reports as "bleeding heavily"), and before an ambulance reached his home he was already dead.
JaegersQueen 3 years ago
thanks, But what happened whit his mother?, with Michaela?, sorry my English is very bad.
vcantu75 3 years ago
Vcantu, i think Michaela died of lung cancer. Im not 100% sure, but thats what i think i saw when i found the information on Lorenzo
JaegersQueen 3 years ago
Yes, Michaela died of lung cancer. In the movie it showed that Augusto smoked a lot, which eventually led Michaela to die from second hand smoke.
Quilaztli2 3 years ago
His mother died of cancer in 2000
charlieJH401 3 years ago
i heard from my bio teacher that she died
usuck214 2 years ago
The mom? Yes she did, she had cancer. Lorenzo died too, pnuenomia, but he lived pretty long for somebody with ALD!
DisWldFrk90 2 years ago
RIP LORENZO
P.s great movie make me cry
ligosss 3 years ago 2
Thank u for posting this video :)
Marzbarz5 3 years ago 2
Thank you so much for posting this. My cousin died of ALD a couple of years ago and i've wanted to this film for ages.
Thanks again and merry christmas!
FyRuAmNi 3 years ago 3
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xD Lorenzo should'nt have died!!! he choked on a stupid piece of meat or something my bio teacher said so xP
ratzidied 3 years ago
RIP Lorenzo
dianita1992 3 years ago 2