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Sex, Catholicism and Disability: Making 'The Sessions'
Sex, catholicism and disability: the filmmakers on how they made 'The Sessions'
By Kim Masters • • 28m ListenFilmmaker Ben Lewin and his wife, producer Judi Levine, tell the improbable story of how they made the new movie, The Sessions. It's based on a true story and stars John Hawkes as a man with polio who lives in an iron lung and Helen Hunt as his sex surrogate who helped him lose his virginity.
Banner image: Helen Hunt and John Hawkes in The Sessions. Image courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures
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Read the story6 minMaking 'The Sessions'
When Ben Lewin discovered Mark O'Brien's article, " On Seeing a Sex Surrogate ," he was at an all time low in his film career. Judi Levine, his wife and producer, had taken a job outside of the business to pay the bills. In fact, they were thinking about leaving LA and moving back to Australia.
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