Originally produced as a documentary in 2006.

Title from opening and closing credits.

Special features: Disc 1. Outtakes & bloopers; Interview with Directors Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert -- Filmmaker bios. Disc 2. Making A Lion in the House; Lions on the road.

Editors, Steven Bognar, Kevin Jones, James Klein, Mary Lampson, Jaime Meyers ; composer, Charles Engstrom.

No credits available.

Chronicles the lives of five American families who each have a child battling cancer, following them through years of treatment and uncertainty. The film documents the daily realities of the children and their families through hospital meetings, counseling sessions, personal interviews, and numerous encounters between parents and doctors, offering an acutely intimate glimpse into the long-term struggles of both patient and caregivers. It captures the agonizing decision-making processes that surround experimental treatments, the challenges of reclaiming life and normalcy in the aftermath of the disease, and, most difficult of all, the moral and emotional turmoil of determining how far one can go in fighting for a child's life when there is little chance of survival.

DVD, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1); Dolby digital stereo.

In English.

Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking.

Independent Spirit Awards Best Documentary nominee.

Sundance Film Festival official selection.

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