{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Dear Jack | image = Dear_Jack_movie_poster.jpg | director = Joshua Morrisroe and Corey Moss | producer = Holly Adams | starring = Andrew McMahon | narrator = Tommy Lee | music = | cinematography = Joshua Morrisroe | editing = Joshua Morrisroe | distributor = Sire Records | released = {{Film date|2009|10|08}} | runtime = 67 min. | country = United States | language = English | budget = $50,000 }} '''''Dear Jack''''' is a 2009 American documentary film starring Andrew McMahon, the vocalist, pianist and primary songwriter for the bands Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin. The documentary chronicles McMahon on a rollercoaster year, through the highs of recording and releasing a solo album and the lows of being diagnosed with leukemia and breaking up with his girlfriend.
==Synopsis== On May 27, 2005, McMahon was forced to cancel all of his upcoming concerts <ref>{{cite web|url=http://jacksmannequin.blogs.com/jacksmannequin/2006/05/a_past_thats_ha.html|title=jacksmannequin: A Past That's Hard to Shake|author=Andrew McMahon|accessdate=June 6, 2006| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060618033512/http://jacksmannequin.blogs.com/jacksmannequin/2006/05/a_past_thats_ha.html| archivedate= 18 June 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref> after a medical examination in connection with a relentless case of laryngitis forced him into being admitted into a hospital in New York City. On June 1, 2005, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the same day he finished recording his debut album under the Jack's Mannequin moniker, Everything in Transit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jacksmannequin.blogs.com/jacksmannequin/2005/06/and_suddenly_ev.html|title=jacksmannequin: And suddenly, everything had changed...again|author=Andrew McMahon|accessdate=September 13, 2006}}</ref> Since the illness was diagnosed in its early stages, McMahon's doctors had high hopes for a full recovery.<ref>Valby, Karen. "Amazing Grace." Entertainment Weekly 837 (2005): 80. Music Index. EBSCO. Web. 23 Oct. 2011.</ref>
Using a handheld video camera that his record label gave to him initially to document the process of recording his album, McMahon recorded everything from inside his hospital room and onward, from spinal taps to radiation and commentary on his deteriorating physical and mental state. The film follows him from diagnoses to recovery, including the stem cell transplant that saved his life and the first show he performed after being well again.
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