Wednesday, August 09, 2006
my first true-story movie recommendation
ive always loved watchin movies made tt were based on true stories. its always been inspiring when u watch these unbelievable success stories unfold. to watch something "tt happens onli in movies" n link tt to an actual blooded person juz makes e whole movie all e more close to heart.at e same time it will set me thinkin bout my own life.wat hav i really done tt is so extraordinary tt can be made into a movie. til today. nothin i guess.
i always cant seem to rem e titles of e fact-based movies ive watched. next time i will.
anws.
"Homeless to Harvard" is a MUST CATCH movie that i think ive watched like 5 times. caught it again on Hallmark earlier today.
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
In this fact-based cable TV drama, Thora Birch stars as Liz Murray, the daughter of a loving but extremely dysfunctional Bronx family. Weighed down with a coke-addict father and an HIV-infected mother, Liz spends her early years shuttling from squalid apartment to public shelter and back again. At 15, she breaks away from her home life (what there is of it) and takes to the streets. Only after the death of her mother does Liz develop the determination to better her lot in life. Virtually begging her way back into high school, she becomes a superb student, and at 19, with funding from a scholarship and a part-time job with the New York Public Interest Group, "born loser" Liz enters Harvard University. The real Liz Murray co-produced the film and plays a cameo role as a social worker. Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story premiered April 7, 2003, on the Lifetime network.
the original Liz Murray
ALSO,
check out my ex classmate soh n juz ONE of his crazy antics at work.
"Adventures of Freshman"
n yet another crazy ass antic during e jc days
MUZ WATCH! i was at the live recording!
"kikkoman soy sauce"
minahlian
- 12:17 AM
In this fact-based cable TV drama, Thora Birch stars as Liz Murray, the daughter of a loving but extremely dysfunctional Bronx family. Weighed down with a coke-addict father and an HIV-infected mother, Liz spends her early years shuttling from squalid apartment to public shelter and back again. At 15, she breaks away from her home life (what there is of it) and takes to the streets. Only after the death of her mother does Liz develop the determination to better her lot in life. Virtually begging her way back into high school, she becomes a superb student, and at 19, with funding from a scholarship and a part-time job with the New York Public Interest Group, "born loser" Liz enters Harvard University. The real Liz Murray co-produced the film and plays a cameo role as a social worker. Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story premiered April 7, 2003, on the Lifetime network.
the original Liz Murray