You Don't Know Jack (2010)

Directors

Barry Levinson

Cast

Al Pacino, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Danny Huston, Brenda Vaccaro

The story

Prompted by the plight of David Rivlin, a quadriplegic who litigated to be removed from his respirator so that he could die, the sight of a dying woman in a hospital bed, and the memory of his mother Satenig's death more than two decades ago, Jack Kevorkian builds his first "Mercitron" from parts bought at a flea market. He meets with Rivlin and presents his device. Kevorkian explains that through an intravenous line, Rivlin can first self-administer a harmless saline solution, to be followed by Sodium thiopental that will cause him to fall into a coma, lastly potassium chloride that will stop his heart, causing death.

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