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- But while The Sessions, based on the true story of journalist and poet Mark O'Brien, is powerful, poignant and emotional at times, it is also extremely funny. O'Brien, who lived in Berkeley, California, contracted polio at the age of six and spent most of his life in an iron lung.
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Nov 19, 2012 · The Sessions tells the story of Mark O’Brien, a man confined to an iron lung for most of his day and who is determined, as he nears 40, to lose his virginity. The premise could be mistaken for a potential comedy or a melodrama.
Jan 18, 2013 · But while The Sessions, based on the true story of journalist and poet Mark O'Brien, is powerful, poignant and emotional at times, it is also extremely funny. O'Brien, who lived in...
Oct 26, 2012 · Fox Searchlight. Early in The Sessions, the protagonist, Mark O'Brien—poet, journalist, and involuntary virgin at the age of 38, polio having paralyzed his body from the neck down—is asked about...
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The new movie The Sessions tells the true story of poet Mark O’Brien who lost the use of his body’s muscles in childhood as a result of Polio. The movie is based on the essay “On Seeing a ...
We have all heard the phrase 'based on a true story,' which The Sessions is; yet, the Academy Award winning film Breathing Lessons allows us to hear from O'Brian directly. His anxieties, joys, confinement, and ambition are all laid out in this free streaming online documentary from SnagFilms.
Oct 18, 2012 · Lewin based the story on the autobiographical writings of Mark O’Brien, who was paralyzed from the neck down by polio, and died in 1999, and Cheryl Cohen Greene, a sex therapist who...
Sep 15, 2012 · The Sessions is the true story of poet and journalist Mark O’Brien who, at the unlikely age of 38, sets out to lose his virginity – under rather challenging circumstances. Veteran actor John Hawkes plays O’Brien in a powerful performance that transcends the physical limitations of the role.
