Article 99 (1992)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Howard Deutch

Writer (WGA):

Ron Cutler (written by)

Release Date:

13 March 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Tagline:

When the heroes are forgotten. When the stakes are life and death. There's one stand you've got to take. There's one rule you've got to break.

Plot:

A group of doctors in a veteran's hospital must contend with their hopeless situation: too many patients and not enough beds...

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Patient | Rage | Post War | Psychiatrist

Cast

Ray Liotta	...	Dr. Richard Sturgess
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Dr. Peter Morgan
Forest Whitaker	...	Dr. Sid Handleman
Lea Thompson	...	Dr. Robin Van Dorn
John C. McGinley	...	Dr. Rudy Bobrick
John Mahoney	...	Dr. Henry Dreyfoos
Keith David	...	Luther Jermoe
Kathy Baker	...	Dr. Diana Walton
Eli Wallach	...	Sam Abrams
Noble Willingham	...	Inspector General
Julie Bovasso	...	Amelia Sturdeyvant
Troy Evans	...	Pat Travis
Lynne Thigpen	...	Nurse White
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Dr. Leo Krutz
Leo Burmester	...	Shooter Polaski

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:16 | UK:15 | Australia:M | Iceland:L | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | USA:R | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Company:

Orion Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

In one scene, Kiefer Sutherland wears glasses and a fisherman's cap pulled over his eyes. This is a tribute to his father, Donald Sutherland, who sported this look in the film MASH (1970).

Movie Connections:

References Catch-22 (1970)

Article 99 a Classic!

I wish that I could agree with the above poster, but unfortunately I can't. First of all Article 99 was a great movie, great cast, and an overall great attempt to put a face on the plight of all our veterans that are in need of medical care. The only flaw in the movie is that there is usually no one that will take a stand and fight for our veterans. From overcrowded hospitals, to canceled benefits, fraud and abuse from a system that is flawed and useless. I watched my grandfather go through the agonies of slowly dying from lack of care, without any dignity, my friends and now myself. I wish that I could say that it is an isolated case, and/or an isolated hospital, but since I have been to 4 VA Hospitals in three different states, it is not an isolated case and/or an isolate hospital. I know we hear it all the time, another veteran crying that he is not being taken care of…my only question is when is someone going to listen and change the system that created the word "red tape."