It’s almost exactly six years since the comedy of the day Robin Williams died. Last month he would have celebrated his 69th birthday, and you just know he had some kind of rough joke about it. Instead, fans will get a new documentary with the full support of his wife, Susan Schneider Williams, that will chronicle the last days of the cabaret.
Robin’s Wish will attempt to set the record straight on the many rumors surrounding Williams’ tragic suicide. There have been discussions about various health battles, demons from the past, drug use, and some nasty rumors about his personal life, but this film by director Tylor Norwood dives into what really happened to Williams and why no one could fully grasp the worrying changes he went through in the time leading up to his death. Look at the Robin’s Wish trailer below.
Robin’s Wish Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT7fqJbvE4M
Robin’s Wish turns out Williams was struggling with a deadly neurodegenerative disorder known as Lewy Body Dementia. Some of the issues that arise from this illness have only been briefly addressed in various media to look at the life of the actor / cabaret artist, including the recent documentary Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind. His wife hopes this documentary will enlighten more people about the disease and help people understand why her husband was so upset. In an official statement, she said:
‘In the last year of his life, Robin was confronted with fear, paranoia, insomnia, frightened changing realities and a rollercoaster of hope and despair. With the care of our medical team, we pursued an engaging parade of symptoms but with very little gain. It was not until after Robin’s death, in autopsy, that the source of his terror was revealed: he had diffuse Lewy body disease. It was one of the worst cases that medical professionals saw.
Armed with the name of a brain disease I had never heard of, I embarked on a mission to understand it, and that led me down to my unchecked paths of pleading. With valuable help from leading medical experts, I saw that what Robin and I went through finally made sense – our experience matched that of science. And what I discovered along the way was bigger than me, and bigger than Robin. The full story was revealed while making this movie and it contains the truth that Robin and I were looking for.
Robin’s wish is Robin’s story, it’s our story, and somehow it’s a universal one – because we all understand what it means to seek answers, to experience love and loss, and the power of healers passing on to us. “
The title is a reflection of Robin Williams’ desire to help everyone be a little less scared, and that’s especially true with regard to this medical disorder. And it sounds like this will help realize that wish, in addition to giving fans who still miss the comedian some peace of mind about its passing.
Robin’s Wish features appear by collaborators such as Tonight at the museum franchise director Shawn Levy, The Crazy Ones executive producers David E. Kelly en John R. Montgomery, and fellow actor and friend Rick Overton, which makes a brief appearance in Mrs. Doubtfire and has starred in several movies and TV shows as a character actress.
Here is the official synopsis for the movie coming to VOD on September 1st, 2020.
Robin’s Wish tells the powerful true story of the last days of actor / cabaret artist Robin Williams. For the first time, Robin’s fight against a deadly neurodegenerative disorder known as Lewy Body Dementia is shown in great detail. Through a gripping journalistic lens, this incredible story sheds a whole new light on the tragedy, beauty and power behind the mind of one of the greatest entertainers of all time.
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