Living Proof (film)

Living Proof is a 2008 Lifetime Television film, directed by Dan Ireland, starring Harry Connick, Jr.

A red carpet premiere evening screening took place in New York on September 24, 2008, with a reception following with Harry Connick, Jr. and Bernadette Peters performing. Subsequent screenings took place in Washington, D.C September 25, Los Angeles October 7, and London October 9.The film follows the true story of Dr. Dennis Slamon played by Harry Connick, Jr., who helped develop the breast cancer drug Herceptin, over the course ofyears from 1988 to 1996. Dr. Slamon is a research doctor at UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, where he has developed the experimental drug Herceptin, which he believes will become a treatment for breast cancer. However, when the drug company stops funding for research, philanthropists, including Lilly Tartikoff Angie Harmon and Ronald Perelman help him continue tests of the drug. Funding was done with an initial donation from Perelmans Revlon charity, and continued over the years with the Fire and Ice Ball organized by Tartikoff. ........

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