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Dying Young

Dying YoungPromotional poster

Directed by Joel Schumacher

Produced by Sally FieldKevin McCormick

Written by Marti LeimbachRichard Friedenberg

Starring Julia RobertsCampbell ScottVincent D'OnofrioColleen DewhurstDavid Selby

Music by James Newton-Howard

Cinematography Juan Ruiz Archia

Editing by Robert BrownJim Prior

Distributed by 20th Century Fox

Release dates June21,1991

Running time 114 minutes

Country United States

Language English

Budget $26 million

Box office $82,264,675

Dying Young is a 1991 American romance film, directed by Joel Schumacher. It is based on a novel of the samename by Marti Leimbach, and stars Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott with Vincent D'Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst,David Selby, and Ellen Burstyn. The original music score was composed by James Newton-Howard.

PlotHilary O'Neil (Julia Roberts) is a pretty, outgoing yet cautious young woman who has had little luck in work or love.After recently parting ways with her boyfriend when she caught him cheating, Hilary finds herself living with hereccentric mother (Ellen Burstyn).One day, Hilary answers an ad in a newspaper for a nurse only to find herself being escorted out before the interviewstarts.Victor Geddes (Campbell Scott) is a well-educated, rich, and shy 28 year-old. As the film progresses, Victor's healthworsens progressively, due to leukemia. Despite his father's protests, Victor hires Hilary to be his live-in caretakerwhile he undergoes a traumatic course of chemotherapy. Hillary becomes insecure of her ability to care for Victorafter her first exposure to the side effects of his chemotherapy treatment. She studies about leukemia and stockshealthier food in the kitchen.He is "finished" with his chemotherapy and suggests they take a vacation to the coast. They rent a house and shebegins to feel that she's no longer needed to care for him. They fall in love and continue living at the coast.

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He's hiding his use of morphine to kill the pain. During dinner with one of the friends they made there Victor startsacting aggressively and irrationally. Victor collapses and is helped to bed. She searches the garbage and discovers hisused syringes. She confronts him and he admits he wasn't finished with his chemotherapy. He explains that he wantsquality in his life and she says that he's been lying to her.She calls his Father and he comes to take him home but he wants to stay for one last (Christmas) party. Hilary andVictor reconnect at the party and he tells her that he is leaving with his father to go back to the hospital in themorning. After speaking with Victor's father who says Victor wants to spend one night alone before leaving, Hilarygoes back to the house they rented only to find Victor packing clothes, ready to run away and not go with his fatherto the hospital. Hilary confronts him about running away and Victor admits that he's afraid of hoping. At thisconfession, Hilary finally tells Victor she loves him and they then decide to go back to the hospital where he willfight for his life with Hilary. The last frame of the movie shows Victor and Hilary leaving the house, which has asmall picture of Gustav Klimt's "Adam and Eve" (the first painting Victor shows Hilary) in the window.

ReceptionPrior to its original 1991 release, Premiere magazine predicted the film to be the highest grossing movie thatsummer.The film earned mainly negative reviews from critics, currently holding a 23% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on39 reviews. Dying Young grossed $33.6 million domestically and $48.6 million overseas to a grand total of $82.2million worldwide.Because of the bad reviews and reception, the movie was mocked in pop-culture. In a season seven episode of TheGolden Girls called "Hey, Look Me Over," Sophia says during the movie she "laughed until [she] peed," despite themovie not being a comedy.

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