In this trailer for the new documentary Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, the Back to the Future actor reflects on what’s kept him active and fighting years after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. “I’m a tough son of a bitch,” he says to the camera.
Directed by Davis Guggenheim, Still, from Apple Original Films, which premiered recently to good reviews at the Sundance Film Festival, incorporates documentary, archival and scripted elements to recount Fox’s story in his own words. “I was bigger than bubble gum,” the actor says of his post-Family Ties breakthrough into stardom in the 1980s.
The film recounts both his career and his never-before-seen private journey with Parkinson’s disease, including the years that followed his diagnosis at twenty-nine.
Produced with unprecedented access to Fox and his family, the film explores what happens “when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease.” In the trailer, Fox addresses what’s kept him going: “I’m a tough son of a bitch,” he answers.
Read more on deadline.com