

Stuart: A Life Backwards(2007)
Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.



Movie: Stuart: A Life Backwards
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James Gibbons
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