'You Don't Know Jack,' Producer Says 'Set Him Free'

'You Don't Know Jack,' Producer Says 'Set Him Free'

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- When Hollywood producer Steve Jones was informed that attorney Mayer Morgan Roth has filed papers asking Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to immediately release Dr. Jack Kevorkian from prison, he was excited.

"I'm ecstatic that Dr. Jack Kevorkian may finally be free," Jones said. "Six and a half years is long enough to be punished, especially since Dr. Jack has made it very clear that he will not break the law again. There is no reason to continue to punish, maybe even kill him by keeping him in prison."

Jones, whose Bee Holder Productions banner is bringing the life story of Dr. Kevorkian to a global screen, said the "eyes of the world are on this story." He cited a recent MSNBC national poll where 88 percent of those participating said Kevorkian should be freed.

"I'm hopeful that Governor Granholm will, this time, be courageous enough to refuse to be threatened by political enemies. She's made it clear she is opposed to assisted suicide," Jones said. "Now, she can make it clear she also has compassion."

A remarkably talented team has come together to tell this story, Jones explained. Highly respected longtime Hollywood screenwriter Barbara Turner (Georgia, Pollack) is writing the script, and two-time Academy Award winner, Barbara Koppel will direct. LA rumblings are that Academy Award winning actor Ben Kingsley could play Dr. Kevorkian. Daniel Day Lewis, an Academy Award winning actor, is also being talked about.

"It's very important that people understand this is the story in the vein of 'A Beautiful Mind,'" Jones said. "'You don't Know Jack' is not an endorsement of assisted suicide or a condemnation of it. Dr. Kevorkian is a man who walks in the footsteps of Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela and we're going to tell his story, his struggle, and let the audience decide how they feel about any of the issues that he has taken on."

A book that reveals the many facets of Jack Kevorkian: artist, writer, pianist, and composer, has been snapped up by publishers domestically and abroad, and will be released early next year.

Source: Bee Holder Productions

CONTACT: Steve Jones of Bee Holder Productions, +1-310-281-0755; or
Jerry Stanecki Productions, +1-248-646-1234

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