An Uplifting Story About Finding New Meaning In Life.
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
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“Is William Hurt the best thing in The Doctor?”
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“Would a little humor have helped?”
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“Would The Doctor hit harder if it came out today rather than in 1991?”
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Cast
- William HurtJack
- Christine LahtiAnne
- Elizabeth PerkinsJune
- Mandy PatinkinMurray
- Adam ArkinEli
- Charlie KorsmoNicky
- Wendy CrewsonLeslie Abbott
- Bill MacyAl Cade
- J.E. FreemanRalph
- William MarquezMr. Maris
Crew
- Randa HainesDirector
- Robert CaswellScreenplay
- Ed RosenbaumNovel
- John SealeDirector of Photography
- Michael ConvertinoOriginal Music Composer
- Lisa FruchtmanEditor
- Bruce GreenEditor
- Laura ZiskinProducer
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