Al Pacino is set to play Dr. Death
In Barry Levinson's film shot for HBO TV channel, Al Pacino is set to play Jack Kevorkian, better known with the nickname Doctor Death.
The film tells about the period when Kevorkian built the 'Mercy Machine' for conducting his first assisted suicide.
Scenario author is Adam Mazer. Project time-limits are not yet specified.
Confirmed proponent of physician assisted death, Jack Kevorkian had euthanasia legalized. In 1990-98, he assisted in 130 cases of suicide. Patients' bodies were left in motels, hospital wards and mortuaries.
Charges were brought against him in 1999 when law enforcers gained access to a video tape portraying the suicide of Thomas York, 52. Kevorkian was sentenced to 8 years in prison, and was released in 2007.
At the end of 2008, Kevorkian, 80, ran for Congress elections. He was an independent candidate from one of constituencies of Detroit. Having received 2.7% of votes, the doctor suffered defeat.
The film tells about the period when Kevorkian built the 'Mercy Machine' for conducting his first assisted suicide.
Scenario author is Adam Mazer. Project time-limits are not yet specified.
Confirmed proponent of physician assisted death, Jack Kevorkian had euthanasia legalized. In 1990-98, he assisted in 130 cases of suicide. Patients' bodies were left in motels, hospital wards and mortuaries.
Charges were brought against him in 1999 when law enforcers gained access to a video tape portraying the suicide of Thomas York, 52. Kevorkian was sentenced to 8 years in prison, and was released in 2007.
At the end of 2008, Kevorkian, 80, ran for Congress elections. He was an independent candidate from one of constituencies of Detroit. Having received 2.7% of votes, the doctor suffered defeat.
