CANCER ‘DIARY’
AFTER months of being shop ped around, Farrah Faw cett’s documentary chronicling her battle with cancer, tentatively called “A Wing and a Prayer,” has been picked up by NBC.
The film — which follows Fawcett as she receives experimental stem-cell cancer treatments in Germany, shuttling between doctors’ offices and run-ins with the paparazzi — promises to be an intense, intimate look into the star’s struggles with her illness.
The 62-year-old Fawcett, who reigned as a sex symbol in the ’70s and ’80s and is best known for starring in hit TV show “Charlie’s Angels,” was first diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2006.
She was declared cancer-free by her doctors in February 2007, only to have the disease return a few months later.
“A Wing and a Prayer” begins when Fawcett learns about the return of her cancer and decides to fly to Germany to receive a cancer treatment not available in the US.
Fawcett filmed much of it herself as a video diary talking into a mirror. But some of her close friends, including best friend Alana Stewart and long-time boyfriend Ryan O’Neal, pick up the camera to follow her as well.
The documentary also addresses Farrah’s fight for privacy in the face of heated media attention, particularly after a UCLA employee was found leaking her medical records to the National Enquirer.
No air date has been set, and the length of the program has not yet been determined.
“Her health and her message have remained their priority,” the film’s executive producer, Craig Nevius, said in an emailed statement. “instead of rushing the project to air or grabbing at headlines.
“From the beginning, the network has insisted that ‘A Wing and a Prayer’ will air when both it and Farrah are ready,” he wrote.

