Ein Hauch von Glück (1982)

Ein Hauch von Glück: Directed by Tony Bill. With Dudley Moore, Mary Tyler Moore, Katherine Healy, Shannon Wilcox. A wealthy cosmetic tycoon and her 12-year-old daughter who’s dying from leukemia, strike up a sentimental friendship with a California politician. Since the girl has only six weeks or less to live, the trio fly to New York City where the daughter skates the ice rink at Rockefeller Center, assumes the lead in The Nutcracker ballet, and sight-sees most of the city.

“I was the same age as Katherine Healy when this film opened, I have life threatening disabilities from birth. At this movieu0026#39;s release, Iu0026#39;d lost two siblings during childhood to the same illness, so Six Weeks touched a serious cord in my heart.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSome critics resented this movieu0026#39;s heartfelt message as u0026#39;sappyu0026#39; but I felt this movie was realistic.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNowadays we have make a wish foundations for kids with terminal, critical, life threatening health conditions. I feel the message of the movie Six Weeks helped make these wish charities happen.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie was also a perk to the New York City tourists industry that was in the process of cleaning up times square etcetera for a retail and family friendly vacation location, (for example the Central Park horse carriage rides, skating, riding the subway) all showed viewers how great a New York City vacation could be instead of cinema examples like Midnight Cowboy.”