Lorenzo's Oil

**Lorenzo's Oil** is a UK VHS release by CIC Video and Universal on 12th July 1993, It got re-released CIC and Universal on 7th March 1994 and it got re-released by 4 Front Video and Universal on 22nd May 2000.

## Description

In 1984, a doctor told Augusto (Nick Nolte) and Michaela Odone (Susan Sarandon) that their 5 year old son Lorenzo was suffering from Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). There was no treatment, no cure and Lorenzo was given two years to live.

Despite their complete lack of medical knowledge, Michaela and Augusto refused to believe the doctors and resolved to learn all they could about this rare and mysterious ailment. This is the remarkable true story of the faith and courage of a couple and their successful battle against time and the medical establishment to save their son's life.

## Cast

* Nick Nolte as Augusto Odone
* Susan Sarandon as Michaela Odone
* Zack O'Malley Greenburg as Lorenzo Odone
* Peter Ustinov as Professor Gus Nikolais
* Kathleen Wilhoite as Deirdre Murphy
* Gerry Bamman as Doctor Judalon
* Margo Martindale as Wendy Gimble
* James Rebhorn as Ellard Muscatine
* Ann Hearn as Loretta Muscatine
* Carmen Piccini as Cristina Odone
* Maduka Steady as Omouri
* Mary Wakio as Comorian Teacher
* Don Suddaby as himself
* Colin Ward as Jake Gimble
* La Tanya Richardson as Nurse Ruth
* Jennifer Dundas as Nurse Nancy Jo
* William Cameron as Pellerman
* Peter Mackenzie as Immunosuppression Doctor
* Laura Linney as Young Teacher
* Elizabeth Daily as vocal effects for Lorenzo
* Eliot Brinton as William B. Rizzo, original discoverer of Lorenzo's oil

## Credits

Universal Pictures Presents

A Kennedy Miller Film

Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon and Peter Ustinov in

Lorenzo’s Oil

Kathleen Wilhoite, Gerry Bamman, Margo Martindale, James Rebhorn, Ann Hearn

With Muduka Steady as Omouri, Don Suddaby as Himself

And Zack O’Malley Greenburg as Lorenzo

Executive Producer Arnold Burk

Costume Designer Colleen Atwood

Edited By Richard Francis-Bruce, Marcus D’Arcy

Casting By John Lyons

Production Designer Krista Zea

Director Of Photography John Seale, A.C.S.

Screenplay By George Miller, Nick Enright

Produced By Doug Mitchell, George Miller

Directed By George Miller

## Opening (Rental 1993 Re-release)

* Video Piracy Warning (CIC Video) [announced by Mark Roman]
* CIC Video Warning Screen (1991-1996)
* CIC Future Video Releases
* Splitting Heirs trailer [announced by Ward Saxton]
* Crisis in the Kremlin trailer [announced by Brian Cummings]
* Out on a Limb trailer [announced by Dave Benson Phillips]
* Scent of a Woman trailer [announced by Ringo Starr]
* Mr. Baseball trailer [announced by John Leader]
* Lorenzo's Oil Soundtrack Promo
* The Myelin Project PIF (starring Peter Ustinov)
* Presented In Dolby Surround Ident (Long Version)
* Lorenzo's Oil title card with BBFC 15 card (1985-1997)
* Universal Pictures Ident (1990-1997)
* Start of Lorenzo's Oil (1992)

## Closing (Rental 1993 Re-release)

* End of Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
* Closing Credits Film
* CIC Video Warning Scroll

## Trailers and info

### Rental 1993 Re-release

1. Video Piracy Warning (CIC Video)
2. Splitting Heirs
3. Crisis in the Kremlin
4. Out on a Limb
5. Scent of a Woman
6. Mr. Baseball
7. Lorenzo's Oil Soundtrack Promo
8. The Myelin Project PIF (starring Peter Ustinov)

### Original 1994 release

1. The Universal Classics trailer from 1993 with clips of "All Quiet on the Western Front", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Spartacus", "Phantom of the Opera", "The Birds" and "The Glenn Miller Story".