J.J. Abrams Screens "Star Trek Into Darkness" For A Dying Fan

[insane]

Faith in humanity restored.
Some people are just awesome.

Here is the story...

It all started with a Reddit thread a few days ago when a user asked Redditors if there was any way his friend suffering from cancer could see the film.
Reddit user Ideeeyut's friend Dan suffers a very rare vascular tumor that is attacking his liver tissue. Dan was hoping to see the 10 minute preview of "Star Trek Into Darkness" before "The Hobbit," but his local theater did not have the preview.
Ideeeyut and Dan's wife went to Reddit hoping to find a way for Dan to see the 10 minute preview before his cancer became too aggressive. Dan's wife came back to Reddit with great news...
Not only had Dan seen the first 10 minutes, writer and director J.J. Abrams personally screened the whole movie for him. From Dan's wife:
Here is the thank you response from his wife.
Hi everyone, it's Daniel's wife, we are of course sworn to secrecy, BUT we are officially allowed to say we saw it and we enjoyed it IMMENSELY as a film and as a gesture.... However; Daniel 'hates' being an 'inspiring cancer story' we his friends and loved ones would prefer for the update to have more of a heartfelt message of giving, especially during this season: This is a story of us giving something to him, the 'internet' community giving something to him and ultimately being a heartwarming gift to our friends, family and so many others. This story of us (and of course JJAbrams & Bad Robot) being able to give this surprise gift of a screening to a huge movie buff like Daniel, especially a film made by a film maker who obviously makes movies with such care, with a fan like Daniel in mind (and a person like me who knows slightly less about these things).

Also, it was truely amazing that a film-maker so secretive as JJ Abrams was kind enough to show this to us.

It is also so wonderful for his friends & his family to finally hear some good news from us, they know how important film is to Daniel & could not think of a better way to please him. So this gesture really has brought a lot of smiles all around.
it was a wonderful thing to see with Daniel and a wonderful thing to see Daniel enjoy - Making someone as ill as he is smile for any length of time really makes a difference. (At this point making me smile is good too)

This is also so poignant as JJ Abrams took so much care in the first Star Trek movie to at least TRY to get everything 'right' for the fans and we were so touched when he was concerned that we wouldn't 100% enjoy the screening as it's still being worked on....... Be assured we enjoyed it 110%!

We are so grateful thank you, thank you, thank you.....

[holagatita]

That is a very cool thing to do. Saw the preview in 3D before The Hobbit, and MAN it looks awesome. Good Guy JJ Abrams.

[dirtymonkey22]

OLD !! but still very cool

[insane]

Shave your body hair Larry.

[dirtymonkey22]

be a man and grow some

[juggalogigolo]

burn!


shits like, a week old

[insane]

Its a very kind thing he did and I thought it should be mentioned.

[juggalogigolo]

twas nice