Thanks for the link, GS. Unfortunately, it's not working. I suspect because the server at that site is overwhelmed by the traffic. The movie is also available at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Burzynski-Movie-Cancer-Serious-Business for $2.99 rental. I might watch it. The documentary has apparently received positive reviews from some significant sources like the New York Times and Variety.
Burzynski's antineoplastons initially sounded like another quack therapy, but the more I investigated, the more plausible it seemed. I haven't found any critic who have convincingly refuted the antineoplaston theory that Dr. Burzynski proposes, although Quackwatch attempted it in a way that comes across as not very thorough to me. If it were as nonsensical as his critics claim, it shouldn't be difficult to refute.
Interestingly, the FDA reportedly approved Phase III (the final phase) of the clinical trials for this therapy
http://www.cancerdecisions.com/content/view/172/2/lang,english/ and a research institute reportedly partnered with Burzynski to conduct the clinical trials
http://www.burzynskiresearch.com/assets/PressRelease_01262009_BZYR.pdf. So the FDA appears to take Dr. Burzynski's research much more seriously than his critics do.
I'm not a big fan of Dr. Oz (so far anyway, based on what little I've experienced of his TV and radio shows), but this interview is intriguing and Dr. Burzynski does not come across at all as a quack: Dr. Oz speaks to Dr. Burzynski & Eric Merola,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVejUrKnh6E&feature=youtu.beAccording to some of his critics, Burzynski already is rather wealthy from his therapy and presumably will become extraordinarily wealthy if his therapy passes phase III and receives final approval, which Eric Merola, the creator of the movie, said is highly likely.
Merola said that this book got him interested in Burzynski's work: The Cancer Industry: The Classic Expose on the Cancer Establishment, Updated Edition, by Ralph W. Moss.
Some other sources:
Thirty Years of Saving Lives:
Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski
by Julian Whittaker, MD
http://www.townsendletter.com/AugSept2008/thirtyyears0808.htmThe Burzynski Breakthrough
A book by Thomas Elias
Critical sources:
Cancer Doctor Stanislaw Burzynski Sees Himself as a Crusading Researcher, Not a Quack
He's treated thousands of people from all over the world, so why can't he get FDA approval?
By Craig Malisow
Wednesday, Dec 31 2008
http://www.houstonpress.com/2009-01-01/news/cancer-doctor-stanislaw-burzynski-sees-himself-as-a-crusading-researcher-not-a-quackStanislaw Burzynski and "Antineoplastons"
Saul Green, Ph.D.
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Cancer/burzynski1.htmlIf there is nothing to antineoplastons then this must be one of the biggest hoaxes ever. Either there is something to it or oncologists are terribly misdiagnosing a lot of people. Given that the FDA is still approving antineoplaston therapy 30 years after Burzynski started working on it and after initially trying to stop the research, the former seems more plausible. Does anyone have a refutation of the antineoplaston theory?