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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303101415 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6303101410 Label: Warner Home Video Languages: Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: September 02, 1997 Running Time: 100 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: April 30, 1989 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Here's another example of TV giving James Woods the chance to stretch out from the intense-psycho roles he seems restricted to in too many of his movies. In My Name Is Bill W. he plays Bill Wilson, the overreaching businessman from the Roaring '20s who went on to found Alcoholics Anonymous. Woods gets plenty of chances to stretch out here in Bill's headlong slide to the bottom, through the terrors of the Wall Street crash (which amplifies a two-fisted drinking problem) and into the loss of everything he holds dear. Yet Woods also is convincing as the man who understands just how insidious his disease is and learns to try to take everything one day at a time. He receives strong support from James Garner as the alcoholic physician who teams with Bill to make AA a viable proposition. --Marshall Fine Average Rating:
 Rating:  - AASome AA members consider this movie a valuable asset. I found it shallow. It was a pathetic Hollywood attempt to review the lives of those who began the search for an alternative to hospitalization and death for alcoholics. It was a nice try, but it didn't work, and the way it ended was like diving off a board into a dry pool. Rating:  - Not Only a Great Film, But a Story of an Important Spiritual MovementJames Woods won the 1989 best-actor Emmy for his performance in this film about the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous. The film received six other nominations, as well. So, beyond its value as a fascinating look at the origins of one of the most important spiritual movements of the 20th Century -- it's simply good movie making! But there's a lot more to learn in exploring the roots of Alcoholics Anonymous. Once thought of as isolated from the realm of religion -- scholars of religious ... Read More Rating: - A classicThis movie is one of the best representations of how Bill W. and Dr. Bob met, thus forming what is now Alcoholics Anonymous. The movie takes place around the 1930's and gives you a glimpse into the world of Bill Wilson, an alcoholic, and the struggles that him and his wife went through as his disease progressed. Not much could be done for an alcoholic in those days. Today, there are many 12-step programs and treatment centers that are able to offer hope to the suffering alcoholic or addict. This ... Read More Rating: - Insight into AlcoholismJames Woods portrays the alcoholic very well and I would recommend anyone with an alcohol problem to watch this movie. The sheer pain that he inflicts emotionally on his wife and the people around him is frightening. As an alcoholic myself I could feel his desperation. Rating: - A great movie about the beginnings of AAI first saw this movie on TV 12 or 15 years ago. It's well played, although a little corny in some spots, and I feel that it moves along too quickly in other places to get the real feel for what was going on at the time. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie as a whole and as I am 20 years sober this year, I am quite glad to find a better copy than my recorded one. Garner plays a great Doctor Bob and Woods an ambitious Bill W. The scenes at the hospital show how important the doctor there was to the ... Read More |
