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My Name Is Bill W. is a film of genre Drama directed by Daniel Petrie released in USA on 30 april 1989 with James Woods
My Name Is Bill W. (1989)
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Add to a movie listMy Name Is Bill W. is a 1989 CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie directed by Daniel Petrie, starring James Woods, JoBeth Williams and James Garner. William G. Borchert, who wrote the film for television, based it on the true story of William Griffith Wilson and Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith, M.D. (the men respectively called "Bill W." and "Dr. Bob"), the co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. James Woods won an Emmy for his portrayal of Wilson.
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Bill Wilson avait tout, lorsque survint la dépression et qu'il se mit à boire dangereusement. Mais il eut la chance de rencontrer Lois Wilon et Bob Smith qui cherchaient à résoudre leur problème d'alcool. Ensemble, ils vont partager leurs expériences et leurs témoignages, et fonder le mouvement des Alcooliques Anonymes.Actors
James Woods
(Bill Wilson)
James Garner
(Dr. Robert Smith)
JoBeth Williams
(Lois Wilson)
Gary Sinise
(Ebby)
George Coe
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