Al Pacino is in close to starring in the Jack Kevorkian biopic "You Don't Know Jack" says The Hollywood Reporter.Kevorkian, known as Dr. Death, assisted in more than 150 cases of suicide and had beaten the state court system in Michigan numerous times, but was finally convicted after he willingly sent a videotape of himself euthanizing a terminally ill man to TV news show "60 Minutes."
He was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999 and he served eight years of a 10-to-25 year sentence before being released on parole for good behavior and his own declining health
The film will trace him as he conducts his first assisted suicide, and starts a national debate defending a patient's right to die.
Barry Levinson calls action on the film, from a script by Adam Mazer (Breach) taken from Neil Nicol and Harry Wylie's book "Between the Dying and the Dead ".
Mr. Pacino is perfect for the role....
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