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On May 4, Ryan, Murray, Couric and others, includingJoan Jett,Sharon Osbourneand Fox’s formerRescue MecostarDenis Leary, attended aspecial screening of the movieat Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York City.
He continues that “just the fact that they would want to” come, rather than out of a sense of obligation, was moving.
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And there’s no shortage of celebrity supporters: Stars likeBrad Paisleyshowed up to perform at “A Country Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson’s” benefitting the Michael J. Fox Foundation in Nashville the week prior to theStillscreening.
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The feedback he’s received aboutStillfrom loved ones who have seen it has been glowing. “All my friends and family, they recognize me in it, they recognize the kids in it, and they recognize Tracy in it and they love it,” he tells PEOPLE.
“It’s really an unusual film. It really brings people together in a way that I feel good about given how hard we’re pushing against each other and how furiously we’re pulling apart as a society,” he says.
The Emmy winner says he asked his family for their blessing to let cameras into their lives. “They all gave me their permission. And then, at various times, they retracted their permission.”
Pollan, he notes, “is a much more private person, so I think it’s difficult for her.” Even so, she’s happy with the finished documentary. “The most important thing is she thinks it’s a true reflection of our lives and of me, and I think she likes it a lot.”
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Later in the movie, the 5-foot-4 actor, who has recently broken several bones including his shoulder, elbow, arm and cheek, jokes, “Gravity is real, even if you’re only falling from my height.”
Scenes like that helps viewers understand what he’s really going through. “That’s my reality,” he says. “People always say to me, ‘Don’t fall down!’ Like it’s a choice. I just fall down! That’s my life. That’s my life in a nutshell.”
Fox says he gave the director full control over what to include. “I turned my life over to Davis Guggenheim. He picked the narrative he wanted to take.”
source: people.com
