Make Me Young: Youth Knows No Pain
“What would you do to look young again?”
2009•1h 28m•6.7•Released
Documentary
An age-obsessed daughter of a plastic surgeon takes a journey through America's $60 Billion a year anti-aging world. In this Alice-in Wonderland tale, McCabe spends 2 years traveling across America visiting doctors, experts and lives with a cross-section of characters from Minnesota to Texas who've gone to varying lengths to "beat the clock", to paint a funny but troubling portrait of a country that desperately needs to stay young.
Director
Mitch McCabe
Writer
Mitch McCabe, Elena Parker
Languages
English
Studio
HBO
Cast
Norman Deesing
Self
Mark Delabarre
Animated Actor - Surgeon
John Bomier
Animated Actor - Father
Simon Doonan
Self
Joan Kron
Self
Erica Rose
Self
Production
Company
HBO
Company
HBO Documentary Films
Producer
Linda Sophie Chiu
Producer
Kathleen Rosenbloom
Producer
Mitch McCabe
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