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Al Pacino to assist as Kevorkian

By Adnan Tezer May 26, 2009, 23:17 GMT

Al Pacino will be playing the controversial Dr. Jack Kevorkian in "You Don't Know Jack," an HBO Films biopic about Dr. Kevorkian that Barry Levinson will direct. Kevorkian, infamously known as Dr. Death, assisted in more than 150 cases of suicide and had beaten the state court system in Michigan numerous times. He was finally convicted after he sent a videotape of himself euthanizing a terminally ill man to "60 Minutes." He was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999. Dr. Kevorkian was released from prison on June 1, 2007 after 8 1/2 years in prison and has been on parole which terminates on June 1, 2009.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film will follow Dr. Kevorkian’s rise as he builds his infamous "Mercy Machine," conducts his first assisted suicide, and starts a media frenzy with his epic legal battles defending a patient's right to die.Adam Mazer ("Breach") wrote the script, which is based on "Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Assisted Suicide Machine and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia" by Neal Nicol.Levinson will be executive producing along with Steven L. Jones, Lydia Dean Pilcher and Glenn Rigberg.

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