A new Sundance documentary about Fox’s career and how his battle against Parkinson’s affects his outlook on life crackles with humor, emotion, and an invigorating human spirit.
) convey his megawatt appeal. Guggenheim’s documentary, however, reveals that Fox’s stardom was not always a sure thing.
earned him laughs from creator Gary David Goldberg and, consequently, the part of Alex P. Keaton . That led to an offer to replace Eric Stoltz in Robert Zemeckis’, which immediately turned him into the next big thing, propelling him onto magazine covers and talk shows, and reconfiguring his reality into a hedonistic fantasyland.
Fox doesn’t shy away from his negative and destructive impulses, be it his workaholic ambition or the ceaseless drinking that was his response to his Parkinson’s diagnosis and the stress of concealing his symptoms. Throughout, Guggenheim allows Fox to relay his own autobiographical odyssey via on-camera chats and narration .
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