Immortalists

This sly documentary...show[s] the very human, and very mortal, sides of these would-be warriors of eternity.
-- Nicolas Rapold, New York Times

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The Immortalists

The Immortalists is the story of two eccentric scientists struggling to discover medical breakthroughs to create eternal youth. And yet they fight to gain support for their cause in our world, which they call a world “blind to the tragedy of old age.” Bill Andrews is a lab biologist and famed long-distance runner racing against the ultimate clock. Aubrey de Grey is a genius theoretical biologist who conducts his research with a beer in hand. They differ in style and substance, but are united in their common crusade: to cure aging or die trying. They publicly brawl with the old guard of biology who argue that curing aging is neither possible nor desirable. As Andrews and de Grey battle their own aging and suffer the loss of loved ones, their journeys toward life without end ultimately become personal.
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary, Drama
Runtime
78
Language
English
Director
David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg
FEATURED REVIEW
Beth Hanna, Indiewire

At an early point in David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg’s absorbing documentary 'The Immortalists,' theoretical biologist Aubrey de Grey, who sports a beard of wizardly proportions, says, “I don’t want to end up here.” The “here” he speaks of so dismissively is a graveyard.

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