Wit (HBO)

Two-time Oscar(R)-winner Emma Thompson ('Howards End,' 'Sense and Sensibility') stars as Vivian Bearing, a single-minded professor, who in the face of imminent death learns the power and importance of simple acts of human kindness. Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald, Jonathan M. Woodward and Harold Pinter round out a first-rate cast in this Emmy(R)-winning film.