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My Name Is Bill W. [VHS]

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starring: James Woods, JoBeth Williams, James Garner, Gary Sinise, George Coe directed by: Daniel Petrie See Larger Image Price: $29.98 as of 03/12/2010 11:57 EST Used Price: $9.29 Collectible Price: $32.95 Third Party New Price: $29.98 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303101415 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6303101410 Label: Warner Home Video Languages: EnglishUnknown Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: September 02, 1997 Running Time: 100 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: April 30, 1989 Related Items: Clean and Sober Days of Wine and Roses My Name Is Bill: Bill Wilson--His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous 28 Days (Special Edition) When a Man Loves a Woman see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Here's another example of TV giving James Woods the chance to stretch out from the intense-psycho roles he seems restricted to in too many of his movies. In My Name Is Bill W. he plays Bill Wilson, the overreaching businessman from the Roaring '20s who went on to found Alcoholics Anonymous. Woods gets plenty of chances to stretch out here in Bill's headlong slide to the bottom, through the terrors of the Wall Street crash (which amplifies a two-fisted drinking problem) and into the loss of everything he holds dear. Yet Woods also is convincing as the man who understands just how insidious his disease is and learns to try to take everything one day at a time. He receives strong support from James Garner as the alcoholic physician who teams with Bill to make AA a viable proposition. --Marshall Fine Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Great AA history! I've been wanting to purchase this movie for a long time. It's great AA history & is very well made with some very good performances from the actors. I recommend it for all those in recovery or the families & friends. Rating: - Consistantly watched, and consistantly appreciated. My Name is Bill W. is in our film library at A Home Away Retreat. It is required watching for our guests as they begin to learn about the disease of alcoholism, and to learn about the solution to the disease. Like personal favorite family stories, or beloved stories from Scripture, the Bill W. story never seems to become stale. Although the co-founders of AA worked very hard to stay humble and anonymous, inevitably for people who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body, the ... Read More Rating: - Looking in the mirror I saw this movie for the first time a few weeks ago. Even though the movie is dated it was very inspiring. JoBeth Williams reminded me of myself. It was like looking into a mirror. The movie shows the struggles of Bill W. and the struggles of his wife. All the broken promises and false hope she felt until Bill changed the course of his life. What a great inspiration Bill W. has been to so many people. Rating: - AWESOME STORY! If you have read Bill's Story in the Big Book, you will see all the words come to life in this dvd. It draws you in & keeps your interest from start to finish. Very well done. Rating: - My Name is Bill W I have the blessing of working with people in various forms of recovery. My Name is Bill W is a very good example of facing personal struggles and the problems and challenges of change. This is, and has been, one of my tools of teaching and referencing how to build change. Gary see more

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