VHS : Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (P&S)
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starring: Thora Birch, Michael Riley, Robert Bockstael, Makyla Smith, Kelly Lynchdirected by: Peter Levin
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790799063
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0790799065
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: September 07, 2004
Running Time: 104 minutes
Sales Rank: 39235
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: April 07, 2003
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Thora Birch (American Beauty) is Liz Murray: homeless at 15, Harvard undergrad at 19. Based on a true story, the Lifetime movie begins when her mother, Jean (Kelly Lynch), a schizophrenic with a substance abuse problem, is placed in a mental institution. Liz and her sister are left with their father, Peter, who is also a drug addict. When Jean returns two years later, she's clean, but has AIDS (and will soon start drinking again). When Peter falls behind on the rent, they lose their apartment. He moves into a shelter, the rest move in with Jean's abusive father. Liz hits the streets soon afterwards. Once on her own, she gets serious about her studies and her hard work eventually pays off. Homeless to Harvard earned three Emmy nominations, including one for Birch, while Lynch (Drugstore Cowboy) is just as believable as her kindhearted mess of a mother. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Inspiration
Never despair. No matter how bad things get, hang on in. To survive you must believe in yourself, and learn to trust.
Rating: - Phenomenal!
This is one of the most inspirational and truly miraculous stories I have ever heard. The story is very well portrayed by the actors in this film. It was also very well produced and I felt as though each scene gave a vivid interpretation of the factual events. This is one of the most outstanding films I have ever seen and I highly recommend it.
Rating:  - Strength and perseverance
This is a good movie. Thora Birch is convincing. The story is incredible. Sometimes it is a little slow but it's worth the time one takes to see it. It's inspirational.
Rating: - Strength
I switched on the television to catch the initial third of the film, 'Homeless to Harvard'. I could not move after that, because I felt that what the protagonist of the story was so fascinating in, was her moving in a simple kind of way in a complicated pattern of life, in a simple world of her own, yet knowing only the kind of homes she did, of extreme poverty. Underneath the simple story told, there were these other layers of life, and of 'connections'.
After the end of the film, I went ... Read More
Rating: - An immeasurably uplifting story !
I've always been inclined to see motivational movies -- Patch Adams, The Big fish, Good Will Hunting, etc, but this just went over my expectations. A jewel, now one of my favorites. I'm happy to its addition to my collection of films. Thanks to Liz Murray for sharing her life with us.
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