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Boy Interrupted is a 2009 documentary film on the life and death of Evan Perry, who experienced bipolar depression from a young age.
Sep 5, 2009 · On the night of Oct. 2, 2005, Hart and Dana Perry's 15-year-old son Evan jumped to his death from his New York City bedroom window. This moving film is the story, told by his filmmaker parents and others who knew him, of Evan’s life and death, and his life-long struggle with bipolar disorder.
Directed by his mother, filmmaker Dana Heinz Perry, the film traces Evan's growing mental illness, including videotapes made throughout his short life and interviews with his friends and doctors.
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- Perry Films, Inc.
- Dana Heinz Perry
- Documentary
Oct 2, 2005 · On the night of Oct. 2, 2005, Hart and Dana Perry's 15-year-old son Evan jumped to his death from his New York City bedroom window. This moving film is the story, told by his filmmaker parents and others who knew him, of Evan’s life and death, and his life-long struggle with bipolar disorder.
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- Perry Films
- Dana Heinz Perry
Aug 17, 2009 · At the beginning of the film, you see Evan's family cutting down a tree and turning it into beams of wood. You don't find out until the end that these beams go into making a barn at Wellspring (the facility that his parents credit for keeping Evan alive for years).
How can a young boy end his life at the tender age of 15? This film seeks to find answers about what kind of life he led. What defines this film as a remarkably unique and truth-telling achievement is the way it explores how filmmaking can create closure for its creators as well as its audience.
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Oct 3, 2009 · Boy Interrupted is a 2009 documentary feature film about the suicide in 2005 of Evan Perry, a 15-year-old boy from New York. The title references the best-selling memoir Girl, Interrupted, also about mental illness.
