Extraordinary Measures Trailer Starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser
Harrison Ford is, and always will be, the man. Unfortunately, that doesn’t change the fact that his career has been sputtering for some time now (Indiana Jones notwithstanding), and with his latest film Extraordinary Measures, it seems unlikely that he is going to reclaim the audience that has been slowly slipping away from him. The movie co-stars Brendan Fraser, and while I might have been interested if this was a buddy comedy (ha!), instead we have a serious drama about a father looking for someone to help him cure his children of a rare genetic disorder. Just look at that picture… even these guys can’t believe they ended up in this movie.
Extraordinary Measures is based on the true story of John Crowley as documented in the book The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million – And Bucked the Medical Establishment – In a Quest to Save His Children. The book was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Geeta Anand, and adapted for the screen by Robert Nelson Jacobs (Chocolat, The Shipping News). Sounds like potential Oscar bait, until you realize that it was directed by the same guy who did the Ashton Kutcher/Cameron Diaz comedy What Happens in Vegas. I’m not saying people can’t branch out, but the odds are kind of stacked against this one. Extraordinary Measures hits theatres on January 22nd; check out the trailer after the jump and see what you think.
Comments (4)
Ford’s last film went straight to DVD over here.
I wonder if he hangs around with Steven Segal?
Posted by finaljoe on November 13th, 2009@ finaljoe, So what if it went strsight to Dvd! How’s your movie carrier going?
Posted by jaime on November 13th, 2009I wouldn’t necessarily say that Ford’s career is sputtering any more so than any actor who has reached his age. Sure he’s the biggest box-office star of all time, but you can’t expect him to keep pulling in the same roles that he did 20 years ago.
Posted by thechairman on November 16th, 2009I saw this film recently as a preview. It’s a thought provoking film with sensitive material and very good performances esp Brendan Fraser (who surprised me) but unfortunately not from HF in my view. He doesn’t do serious like Clint
Posted by fly888 on December 23rd, 2009Leave a Reply