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Hear the Silence is a British film of genre Drama directed by Tim Fywell with Hugh Bonneville
Hear the Silence (2003)
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Add to a movie listHear the Silence is a 2003 TV documentary drama based on the MMR vaccine controversy, in which Andrew Wakefield published a paper claiming a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism. It debuted on December 15, 2003 at 9 PM on the British Channel Five. The film, produced at a cost of about 1 million pounds, stars Hugh Bonneville as Wakefield and Juliet Stevenson as Christine Shields, a mother who discovers the possible MMR-autism link when her son is diagnosed as autistic. After noticing this, Stevenson's character begins telling doctor after doctor that her son seemed to develop autism soon after he received the MMR vaccine, but she does not receive any sympathy from them, nor does she receive any from her boss, or even her husband. However, this all changes when she meets Dr. Wakefield, who believes her statements about the MMR vaccine causing her son's autism. The film then shows government officials "plotting" Wakefield's "demise", which they intend to bring about by portraying his research as flawed. Wakefield is then targeted by the government, who the film depicts wiretapping his phone and stealing his files. The film was watched by 1.2 million viewers on the night of its debut, which was considerably lower than usual for Channel Five's films that debut at 9 PM, which often get more than 2 million viewers.
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^ Deans, Jason (16 December 2003). "MMR row fails to stir audiences". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
Actors
Hugh Bonneville
(Dr. Andrew Wakefield)
Juliet Stevenson
(Christine Shields)
Andrew Woodall
(Martin Shields)
Todd Boyce
(Simonson)
Felicity Montagu
(Mary Watt)
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