Extraordinary Measures

A drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two children's rare genetic disorder. A Portland couple have two children with Pompe disease, a genetic anomaly that kills before a child's tenth birthday. The husband, John, who's in advertising, contacts Robert Stonehill, a researcher who has a theory on an enzyme treatment. He has little money to pursue his research, and a thorny personality that drives away colleagues and funders. John and his wife Aileen raise money to get Stonehill going, then John takes on the task full time, working with venture capitalists and then a rival team of researchers. Time is passing, Stonehill's antics get in the way, and the profit motive may upend John's hopes. Can the researchers succeed in time for the Crowley's? Starring: Alan Ruck, Ayanna Berkshire, Betty Moyer, Brendan Fraser, Courtney B Vance, David Clennon, Dee Wallace, Derek Webster, Harrison For, Jared Harris, Jeanine Jackson, Keri Russell, Lily Mariye, Patrick Bauchau, PJ Byrne, Robert Blanche, Sharonlee McLean, Shelly Lipkin, Sherilyn Lawson