“There is an important story here, something bigger than either one of us alone.”
and I know how much he wanted the world to see it,” she said. “I know how passionate Chris was about this. As Reeve’s last film, it is receiving more attention now than it would have, and Ellison is taking on more of the scheduled interviews on her own. Starring Lacey Chabert as Brooke and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and John Slattery as her parents, it was already slated to air on A&E on Oct.
The movie is based on the book “Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey” by Ellison and her mother, Jean. As a director who understood his subject and a high-profile advocate for the disabled, Reeve had felt a heavy responsibility to get the story right, according to the producer. “No one was harder on Chris than Chris,” he said. Saturday was the first time since they started production last summer, Meltzer said, that he had heard a smile in Reeve’s voice.
