Cultural Depictions
The Odone's story was made into the 1992 film Lorenzo's Oil, in which Augusto was played by Nick Nolte and Michaela by Susan Sarandon, who through her involvement with the movie, became the spokesperson of the Myelin Project.
The 1994 episode of The Critic entitled "Dr. Jay", in which the main character Jay Sherman works to discover a cure for his boss' terminal disease was a send up of the story.
A poem Michaela wrote about Lorenzo was set to music by Phil Collins. Titled "Lorenzo", it was featured on his 1996 album Dance into the Light.
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