Liz Murray is one of my heroes, and I became interested in her life AFTER watching this movie HOMELESS TO HARVARD: The Liz Murray Story.
There were some changes. In real life, after their mother died, Liz and Lisa lived together in an apartment, and Liz almost missed her interview, but it wasn't because of her very talented artist friend named Chris(MAKYLA SMITH). It was because she and Lisa were at the Welfare office to get money for their apartment because Lisa lost her job. Thankfully, at the last minute, she chose to go to that interview at The New York Times office, and eventually, she was one of the recipients of that 12K a year scholarships.
THORA BIRCH did great as Liz. True, her character wasn't shown. She did not know how to communicate much with people back then, but now she's a motivational speaker. She was more of a writer than a speaker before, but she was definitely very, very smart.
Liz left Harvard in 2001 to take care of her ailing father. She transferred to Columbia University because of proximity. When he was getting worse, she took a leave of absence in 2002. She went back to Harvard after he died in 2006 then graduated in 2009 in Harvard with a Degree of Clinical Psychology. She also took graduate school courses at the Harvard Summer School, et cetera, et cetera.
I don't know how accurate her best friend's story is, but I guess the part of the abuse is real, because she went to group homes too.
Maybe this movie is about 90%. I am just guessing, but it is very believable to me.
I have yet to find out if Eva's, their upstairs neighbour, name was changed for her protection, or if that's really her name. It's because of her that Liz became learned, and was able to be promoted even if she just attended school sporadically.
KELLY LYNCH,MICHAEL RILEY, JENNIFER PISANA, Makyla Smith, CECIL WRIGHT, ARON TAGER, MARLA MCLEAN,MARGUERITTE MCNEIL et al were all immersed in their roles and did not give half-baked performances.
Maybe it's not the best movie ever produced, but it's great for a made for TV movie.
Ms. Murray is now pursuing a Masters Degree at Columbia University. She is married to James Scanlon, and is a mom to Maya Jean and Liam.
She also studied at Sarah Lawrence.
"Anything that is within someone else's reach is also within yours. Set your goals no matter how impossible they may seem. Then focus on what is between you and that goal. And then, simply take out the obstacles as they come."
-Liz Murray
Just before her dad passed on he wrote a card: "He wrote in the card, 'Lizzy, I left my dreams behind a long time ago. But I know now they're safe with you. Now we're a family again.'"
That's so touching.
There were some changes. In real life, after their mother died, Liz and Lisa lived together in an apartment, and Liz almost missed her interview, but it wasn't because of her very talented artist friend named Chris(MAKYLA SMITH). It was because she and Lisa were at the Welfare office to get money for their apartment because Lisa lost her job. Thankfully, at the last minute, she chose to go to that interview at The New York Times office, and eventually, she was one of the recipients of that 12K a year scholarships.
THORA BIRCH did great as Liz. True, her character wasn't shown. She did not know how to communicate much with people back then, but now she's a motivational speaker. She was more of a writer than a speaker before, but she was definitely very, very smart.
Liz left Harvard in 2001 to take care of her ailing father. She transferred to Columbia University because of proximity. When he was getting worse, she took a leave of absence in 2002. She went back to Harvard after he died in 2006 then graduated in 2009 in Harvard with a Degree of Clinical Psychology. She also took graduate school courses at the Harvard Summer School, et cetera, et cetera.
I don't know how accurate her best friend's story is, but I guess the part of the abuse is real, because she went to group homes too.
Maybe this movie is about 90%. I am just guessing, but it is very believable to me.
I have yet to find out if Eva's, their upstairs neighbour, name was changed for her protection, or if that's really her name. It's because of her that Liz became learned, and was able to be promoted even if she just attended school sporadically.
KELLY LYNCH,MICHAEL RILEY, JENNIFER PISANA, Makyla Smith, CECIL WRIGHT, ARON TAGER, MARLA MCLEAN,MARGUERITTE MCNEIL et al were all immersed in their roles and did not give half-baked performances.
Maybe it's not the best movie ever produced, but it's great for a made for TV movie.
Ms. Murray is now pursuing a Masters Degree at Columbia University. She is married to James Scanlon, and is a mom to Maya Jean and Liam.
She also studied at Sarah Lawrence.
"Anything that is within someone else's reach is also within yours. Set your goals no matter how impossible they may seem. Then focus on what is between you and that goal. And then, simply take out the obstacles as they come."
-Liz Murray
Just before her dad passed on he wrote a card: "He wrote in the card, 'Lizzy, I left my dreams behind a long time ago. But I know now they're safe with you. Now we're a family again.'"
That's so touching.