Michael J. Fox is grateful for friends’ support of ‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’

Michael J. Fox was joined by a number of his celebrity friends for a special screening of his upcoming documentary, ‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’.

The actor found himself in the company of Joan Jett, Sharon Osbourne, Meg Ryan, Bill Murray, Katie Couric, and many more to celebrate the actor.

Fox was ecstatic to see everyone show up for the screening of his Apple TV+ documentary.

“Especially if you can get Bill to come, you’ve done something. You’ve moved mountains!” he exclaimed to People. “And Meg, Joan was there. So many people. It means a lot to me because friendship means a lot.”

What is ‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ about?

‘Still’ is directed by Davis Guggenheim, who directed the Oscar-winning documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ in 2006, and chronicles Fox’s life, from growing up in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, to his big break in ‘Family Ties’, and his breakout role in ‘Back to the Future’.

The documentary features plenty of behind-the-scenes clips of Fox early in his career, as well as at-home family moments with his wife, Tracy Pollan, and their four kids, which include their son Sam, 33, twin daughters Aquinnah Kathleen and Schuyler Frances, 28, and daughter Esmé Annabelle, 22.

Fox has already received rave reviews from loved ones.

“All my friends and family, they recognize me in it, they recognize the kids in it, and they recognize Tracy in it and they love it,” the actor said. “It’s really an unusual film. It really brings people together in a way that I feel good about given how hard we’re pushing against each other and how furiously we’re pulling apart as a society.”

He said that he received his family’s permission to include them in the movie, although there were moments where the family had difficulty with having a close look at their personal life.

“[Tracy] is a much more private person, so I think it’s difficult for her,” he said of his wife of 35 years. “The most important thing is she thinks it’s a true reflection of our lives and of me, and I think she likes it a lot.”

A realistic look at Michael J. Fox’s life with Parkinson’s

And the documentary does give viewers a closer look at Fox’s life, particularly the struggles he faces with his Parkinson’s diagnosis.

“I turned my life over to Davis Guggenheim. He picked the narrative he wanted to take,” Fox explained of the movie, in which there is a scene where the actor falls outside his apartment.

Fox has been open about the number of injuries he’s sustained as a result of losing his sense of balance, a symptom of Parkinson’s.

Fox was diagnosed with the disease in 1991, at the height of his career, prompting him to keep his diagnosis secret at the time. Since then, the actor has been more vocal about the illness, as well as his insistence on staying optimistic.

“I can be optimistic as long as I’m grateful,” he told Entertainment Weekly.

“And I can be grateful if I really think about it because I wouldn’t have had the rest of my life if it weren’t for so many things that Tracy [Pollan, his wife], chief among them, came in and intervened in. And it sounds hokey, but to this day, if I can find one little thing to be grateful for, I can be optimistic about it.”