Gleason Page #3

Synopsis: At the age of 34, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS. Doctors gave the former NFL defensive back and New Orleans hero two to five years to live. So that is what Steve chose to do - LIVE: with purpose, for his newborn son, for his wife, and to help others with his disease.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Clay Tweel
Production: Dear Rivers Production
  10 wins & 19 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.4
Metacritic:
80
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
R
Year:
2016
110 min
$576,589
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321 Views


just because it meant that

I'd have to help

take care of him.

It wasn't a big enough reason

not to have a baby with him

and have all the beautiful

things that having a baby,

you know, bring to a family

and a couple.

Here you go, Steve-O.

It's definitely in there.

What is this all about?

I am making a video blog

of myself.

This is intended to be

a gift for you,

my child

who I have not yet met.

MICHEL:

Do you think it already has

a hard head?

WOMAN:
It could.

That comes from his dad's side.

My intention is to pass on

as much of who I am

as possibly can to you.

And I think if I can do that

in a good way,

it can be even more meaningful

than having

a father who's around

for 30 or 50 or 60 years

of your life.

Now, I hope that happens too,

but this is a nice little

backup insurance plan.

For me, the weird thing is--

The scary thing is, like,

every week or so

there's a new thing

where I'm like,

"Oh, I can't do that."

I'm losing that.

I lost that, just lost that."

[MAN SHOUTING]

We have to have

a pregnant woman to start us.

Is there any pregnant women

in the house?

We got one pregnant woman!

Well, get in, girl,

you're the starter.

On your marks.

MAN:
Here we go.

Get set.

We're set!

Go! Go, go, go.

Not everybody knew

that Steve had ALS.

They were treating him

like was still a healthy

ex-football player.

I hadn't cried, I think,

in a long time.

It's just kind of like,

this is gonna be okay.

But seeing that kind of,

like, awkward gait,

it crushed me.

[PEOPLE SHOUTING]

Yeah, buddy!

You did it!

Stretch! Stretch.

Stretch.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Good job, dude.

No one knows what

I'm feeling right now.

I don't want want him

to go through this.

I don't want to deal with this.

For the first time,

you don't want to realize

that this is the truth.

And in those moments

you realize it's the truth,

and, like, this is f***ing

happening to my husband.

This is happening.

STEVE:

I think the big question is,

"Why is this happening?"

You know, me and Michel

are so good together.

We're so perfect,

being really good people.

So I kept asking

over and over again,

"God, if you have some

control over this universe,

"why would this happen to me?

"If you have control over this,

"then save me, you know.

Help heal me.

Because I don't want Michel

to be here by herself."

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

I'm sure there are people

that get this diagnosis

and just kind of shut down,

whereas it's kind of ignited

a fire in me

where I'm not gonna shut down.

Not only am I not

gonna shut down,

I'm gonna go a little bit

further, you know?

Push the envelope a little bit.

[WHOOPING]

Yes, I understand

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