"Burzynski, the Movie" is the story of Dr. Stanislaw R. Burzynski, a physician/scientist who has baffled--and apparently terrified--the American cancer industry by his ability to cure "incurable" cancers consistently, inspiring the FDA's 14-year campaign of harassment against him, and the bizarre, ethically compromised actions of the National Cancer Institute, resulting in the theft of his patent.

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Burzynski, the Movie , directed and produced by Eric Merola, is the story of Stanislaw R. Burzynski, MD, Ph.D, an internationally recognized physician and scientist who has baffled--and apparently terrified--the American cancer industry by his ability to successfully treat "incurable" cancers with stunning consistency.

Dr. Burzynski has a clinic in Texas, and has treated thousands of cancer patients from all parts of the world for over 40 years. A pioneer in cancer research, he is known worldwide for discovering Antineoplastons, which target cancer cells without destroying normal cells.

These Antineoplastons are responsible for curing some of the most "incurable" forms of terminal cancer, and are responsible for the first recorded cures in medical history within any FDA - approved clinical trial for inoperable brainstem gliomas in children, having a nearly 30%-50% cure rate for a segment of cancer patients who previously were left without hope.

In 1967, after obtaining his medical degree, and while completing his PhD in biochemistry, Burzynski discovered a strain of peptides that had never been recorded in biomedical research.

As Dr. Julian Whitaker stated in the film, "discovering something in the urine (and blood) at that time, that had never been discovered before--is like finding a whole bunch of new islands ten miles off the coast of Miami, it came as a big surprise."

Dr. Burzynski did not realize what this discovery meant at that time. However, he and his colleagues were extremely excited, and he continued to explore it.

After testing human blood he found that these newly discovered peptides were either absent, or nearly so, in the blood of individuals with cancer.

Dr. Burzynski hypothesized that the administration of these peptides to cancer patients might be helpful in treating the disease. He conducted his initial work by extracting these peptides from human blood or urine, but by the early 1980's began to synthesize the chemicals needed to help the body naturally produce the peptides.  

This movie features Dr. Burzynski's miraculous achievements and his appreciative patients, as well as the FDA's 14-year campaign of harassment against him, the bizarre and ethically compromised actions of the National Cancer Institute, which resulted in the eventual theft of Dr. Burzynski's patent.

The NY Times calls Burzynski "a stoic victim of patent fraud, government harassment and scientific sabotage."

Burzynski's unprecedented cures inspired numerous investigations by the Texas Medical Board, who relentlessly took Dr. Burzynski as high as the state supreme court in their many failed attempts to halt his successful practices.

Dr. Whitaker notes that, "True progress in medicine has always, without exception, been violently resisted by medical authorities who cling to the beliefs of their times."  

Merola says the story "makes the "Watergate scandal' look like a kindergarten pottery class."

This movie won the Humanitarian Vision Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival, 2010.

Variety calls "Burzynski, The Movie" "a dramatic expose of the FDA and its incestuous relationship with Big Pharma as it seeks to first discredit, then co-opt Burzynski's discovery."

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This documentary may be viewed free until June 20th at http://vimeo.com/24821365

A fully interactive transcript of this film that discloses all of its original documentation and other related sources for this project is publicly available for free at http://www.burzynskimovie.com

Upcoming Screenings:

June 26, 2011 - Ridgfield, CT--Ridgefield Playhouse (+ Q&A with Eric Merola and cancer survivors) --

June 26, 2011 - Frankfort, Michigan (Free!)--Frankfort Garden Theater

REFERENCE

Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, MD, PhD: Discoverer of Antineoplastons; Founder of the Burzynski Clinic; Founder of The Burzynski Research Institute, Inc. -- (Houston, TX) www.burzynskiclinic.com

Julian Whitaker, MD: Founder of the Whitaker Wellness Institute (Newport Beach, CA) www.whitakerwellness.com

Dr. Oz speaks to Dr. Burzynski & Eric Merola http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVejUrKnh6E&feature=youtu.be

The Burzynski Patient Group website: http://www.burzynskipatientgroup.org/

NOTE: In inoperable brainstem gliomas in children, a "cure" is defined as a 5 year survival.

Some info in this article is from press releases and material from burzynskimovie.com

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Authors Bio:

Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, 2013. In June, 2015, the combined views on her articles, diaries and quick link contributions topped one million. She was particularly happy that her article about Bree Newsome removing the Confederate flag was the one that put her past the million mark.

Her art in a wide variety of media can be seen on her YouTube video, "Visionary Artist Meryl Ann Butler on Creativity and Joy" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcGs2r_66QE

A NYC native, her response to 9-11 was to pen an invitation to healing through creativity, entitled, "90-Minute Quilts: 15+ Projects You Can Stitch in an Afternoon" (Krause 2006), which is a bestseller in the craft field. The sequel, MORE 90-Minute Quilts: 20+ Quick and Easy Projects With Triangles and Squares was released in April, 2011. Her popular video, How to Stitch a Quilt in 90 Minutes with Meryl Ann Butler can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrShGOQaJQ8

She has been active in a number of international, arts-related projects as a citizen diplomat, and was arts advisor to Baltimore's CIUSSR (Center for Improving US-Soviet Relations), 1987-89. She made two trips to the former USSR in 1987 and 1988 to speak to artists, craftpeople and fashion designers on the topic of utilizing the arts as a tool for global wellbeing. She created the historical "First US-Soviet Children's Peace Quilt Exchange Project" in 1987-88, which was the first time a reciprocal quilt was given to the US from the former USSR.

Her artwork is in collections across the globe.

Meryl Ann is a founding member of The Labyrinth Society and has been building labyrinths since 1992. She publishes an annual article about the topic on OpEdNews on World Labyrinth Day, the first Saturday in May.

OpEdNews Senior Editor Joan Brunwasser interviewed Meryl Ann in "Beyond Surviving: How to Thrive in Challenging Times" at https://www.opednews.com/articles/Beyond-Surviving--How-to-by-Joan-Brunwasser-Anxiety_Appreciation_Coronavirus_Creativity-200318-988.html

Find out more about Meryl Ann's artistic life in "OEN Managing Ed, Meryl Ann Butler, Featured on the Other Side of the Byline" at https://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/OEN-Managing-Ed-Meryl-Ann-in-Life_Arts-Artistic_Artists_Quilt-170917-615.html

On Feb 11, 2017, Senior Editor Joan Brunwasser interviewed Meryl Ann in Pink Power: Sister March, Norfolk, VA at http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pink-Power-Sister-March--by-Joan-Brunwasser-Pussy-Hats-170212-681.html

"Creativity and Healing: The Work of Meryl Ann Butler" by Burl Hall is at
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Creativity-and-Healing--T-by-Burl-Hall-130414-18.html

Burl and Merry Hall interviewed Meryl Ann on their BlogTalk radio show, "Envision This," at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/envision-this/2013/04/11/meryl-ann-butler-art-as-a-medicine-for-the-soul

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