Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox remains the icon cut from a different cloth in this candid documentary on life after Parkinson's.

This is when he came clean and announced his diagnosis to the world, unable to maintain the subterfuge any longer. With a young family at home, endless job offers, and a degenerative disease taking away his motor skills, Fox had turned to alcohol on top of those prescription pills. First the pinkie finger on his left hand tremored, then that hand began to spasm, before finally his whole left arm would shake so much it would throw him off balance. Even more astonishing is the emergence of that same icon like a phoenix from his own fire, who would go on to be a figurehead and ardent campaigner for funding across the globe. Where it starts to get really interesting is after his initial diagnosis, when the actor began trying to hide his symptoms. With exclusive access to behind-the-scenes audition tapes and onset segues, this film pulls together strands of his story effortlessly.

At the Sundance Film Festival, the actor appeared with Guggenheim, Tracy Pollan, Will Cohen, Jonathan King, and Annetta Marion via a red carpet affair. The ...

Apple said that the film ‘will feel like a Michael J. ‘Still: A Michael J. The original film will be showing up on the Apple TV platform, but there’s no exact date at the moment.

After being diagnosed with the generative brain disorder, Fox says he used dopamine pills “like Halloween Smarties” while shooting film and TV projects to deal ...

“Some people would view the news of my disease as an ending,” Fox says in the documentary. The actor admits that he is in “intense pain” and is “injured multiple times while shooting the documentary,” according to USA Today. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research](https://www.michaeljfox.org/) to help fund [treatments for the disorder](https://fortune.com/2021/09/08/parkinsons-disease-lab-grown-mini-brains-treatments-drug-development/). After being diagnosed with the generative brain disorder, Fox says he used dopamine pills “like Halloween Smarties” while shooting film and TV projects to deal with his mental health and counter early symptoms of the disease, such as tremors, as reported in [USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/01/22/michael-j-fox-parkinsons-still-documentary/11101412002/). “I didn’t know what was happening. In the premiere for his new documentary, Still: A Michael J.

In the new Michael J. Fox documentary at Sundance, Still, the Back to the Future star reflects on his struggle with alcoholism following his Parkinson's ...

“I was just lying on the floor twisting, with an audience outside waiting for me to do a scene.” Fox finally went public with his diagnosis in 1998. I wanted to be out of the world, I wanted to be in another place, doing other things. “I didn’t know what was happening, and I didn’t know what was coming. As an example of his tenuous control over the situation, Fox recalls a time he got in a violent altercation with a stranger at a store. As Fox explains in the documentary, he began to abuse his medication, as well as alcohol, as a way to disassociate from his body. That was particularly true when it came time to discuss that devastating moment in his life: When Fox was told, at the age of 29, that he had Parkinson’s disease, and would only be able to work for a few more years.

The Back to the Future star gets an uplifting doc about his life and career, ranging from his quick rise to fame to his debilitating Parkinson's disease.

But Fox has taken the reins of this unpredictable and earth-shattering detour in life, and he continues to laugh and smile, even though Parkinson's disease has severely limited the spectrum of his facial expressions. When the documentary isn't recounting the ups and downs of Fox's career, it has Davis Guggenheim questioning the actor from behind the camera and following him as he deals with the physical struggles of Parkinson's disease. If there's one complaint I have about this documentary, and it's not one that is often made in this genre, it's that I wish it had a more robust runtime to dig even more into Fox's life and career. It's all done in such a finely tuned, kinetic fashion that it gives the movie such an energetic momentum, with an assist from a soundtrack featuring a variety of oldies hits. Along with being instantly recognizable thanks to his starring role in the iconic "Back to the Future" franchise, the actor's charming turns in film and television span include his breakthrough role in the classic sitcom "Family Ties," the hairy sports star of "Teen Wolf," a meteoric rise in "The Secret of My Success," his fast-talking, schmoozing performance in "Spin City," and an underrated leading turn in While it's true that this documentary has all that, it's the way Guggenheim and editor Michael Harte have stitched it together is nothing short of brilliant.

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie 4 out of 5 Stars Director: Davis Guggenheim Category: Premiere Genre: Documentary

His line reading was just perfect. Here's this guy, Alex P. Keaton, who keeps a framed photo of Richard Nixon in his bedroom, and we couldn't help but love him.

At the height of his powers, the foundation was made of paper. For instance, when Fox was struggling and couldn’t get a job, we see Fox begging for a job in The Secret of My Success. He filmed Family Ties and Back to the Future at the same time for three months. Fox in this doc says none of that was real. He could have passed on Back to the Future after they came back to him after Eric Stoltz didn’t work out. Fox Movie](https://uproxx.com/tag/still-a-michael-j-fox-movie/) (which premiered this week at [Sundance](https://uproxx.com/tag/sundance-2023/)) would deal with the status of Fox’s current health (we’ll get to that in a bit) but what I really wanted was for this movie to dive into the era when Michael J. Fox Movie, it’s not like I didn’t realize he was an important cultural figure for me – and a lot of us – but it made me realize just how much. And his last hope was Family Ties and NBC head Brandon Tartikoff wasn’t a fan of Fox and that’s kind of a problem. (I will say I was disappointed that at no time during this part of the movie is the cult favorite Midnight Madness mentioned.) As Fox put it, he still had a chip and a seat. He gets his Parkinson’s diagnosis, then uses pills and booze and work to try to escape his realities. Explaining as long as you still have a chair and one chip at a poker table, you’re not out of the game. He was getting small parts, but after selling off his furniture, he was basically down to spare change and thought he’d have to walk himself to the airport, then take a job back home picking up nails on construction sites.

Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim asks Fox how he does not tell his story as a sad one about an actor who had it all but was forced to give it up. Fox quips that story ...

It is as if Fox is providing commentary to the footage. It is this charm and sense of worth that makes Still succeed. Fox seems to be happiest when he is talking about his wife and kids. He and Tracy are clearly still very much in love and their interactions are a highlight of the film. When he became the hottest actor on the planet, he admittedly became a “dick”. The two are very candid with Guggenheim asking questions about everything and the actor providing open and honest answers.

The Back To The Future actor was in Park City, Utah on Friday (January 20) for the Sundance Film Festival premiere of his new documentary Still: A Michael J.

I became a virtuoso of manipulating drug intake so that I’d peak at exactly the right time and place.” “I didn’t know what was happening. I didn’t know what was coming. “Therapeutic value, comfort – none of these were the reason I took these pills,” he says. “That would be great. Fox Movie, which details his life, career and focus as an advocate for Parkinson’s research, following his own diagnosis in 1991.