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October 20, 2009 - 8:23am
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Movie on Crowley's life to open in January

"Extraordinary Measures," a movie based on the life of New Jerseyan John Crowley, is set to open in theaters on January 22, 2010.  Crowley came close to entering the race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in 2008, and is considered a possible candidate against incumbent Robert Menendez in 2012.  The movie stars Brendan Fraser (as Crowley), Harrison Ford and Keri Russell.

Crowley, 41, was a Bristol-Myers Squibb executive twelve years ago when he found out his 15-month-old daughter and four-month-old son had a rare and fatal neuromuscular disease. He wound up leaving to head up a series of biotech firms and has raised a reported $200 million for research of genetic diseases.

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March 27, 2008 - 8:22am

The John Crowley Story

Biotech millionaire John Crowley, the 40-year-old Princeton resident who is reportedly mulling a bid for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination, has a story that is so potentially compelling that Harrison Ford may be playing him in a movie based on his life.

From The Cure: How A Father, John Crowley, Raised $100 Million -- and Bucked the Medical Establishment -- in a Quest to Save His Children, a book written by Wall Street Journal Pulitzer Prize winner Getta Anand:

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