Saving Milly

Saving Milly is a 2005 American drama television film that stars Madeleine Stowe and Bruce Greenwood, which first aired on CBS on March 13, 2005. It is an adaptation of Morton Kondrackes nonfiction book of the same name.

As a young journalist in Chicago in the 60s, Mort Kondracke envisioned marrying a Vassar graduate whose status would facilitate his goal of becoming a top Washington journalist. His calculated plans go awry when he meets and marries Milly Martinez, a brash partMexican, partCatholic, partJewish liberal activist who captures his heart. In Washington, D.C., the loving, strongwilled partners build a passionate and volatile marriage while debating everything from politics to how to raise their two daughters as well as her insatiable, allconsuming desire to save the world by championing a neverending list of causesall overshadowed by Morts struggle with alcoholism.In 1987, their lives take a dramatic turn when Milly notices a change in her handwriting and a numbness in her fingers. After a series of tests, her worst fears are confirmed and, at the age of 47, Milly is diagnosed with Parkinsons disease. ........

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