Doc Hollywood (1991)

A young doctor causes a traffic accident in a small town and is sentenced to work for some days at the town hospital.

Director:

Michael Caton-Jones

Writers:

Neil B. Shulman (book), Laurian Leggett (adaptation),

Stars:

Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner, Barnard Hughes

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael J. Fox	...	Dr. Benjamin Stone
Julie Warner	...	Vialula / 'Lou'
Barnard Hughes	...	Dr. Aurelius Hogue
Woody Harrelson	...	Hank Gordon
David Ogden Stiers	...	Mayor Nick Nicholson
Frances Sternhagen	...	Lillian, Welcoming Committee
George Hamilton	...	Doctor Halberstrom
Bridget Fonda	...	Nancy Lee Nicholson
Mel Winkler	...	Melvin the Mechanic
Helen Martin	...	Maddie, Welcoming Committee
Roberts Blossom	...	Judge Evans
Tom Lacy	...	Deputy Cotton
Macon McCalman	...	Aubrey Draper
Raye Birk	...	Simon Tidwell, First Patient
Eyde Byrde	...	Nurse Packer

Storyline

Benjamin Stone is a young doctor driving to L.A where he was offered a new job as a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills. He gets off the highway to avoid a traffic jam, but gets lost and ends up crashing into a fence in the small town of Grady. He is sentenced to 32 hrs of community service at the local hospital. All he wants is to serve the sentence and get moving, but gradually the locals become attached to the new doctor, and he falls for the pretty ambulance driver, Lou. Will he leave?

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Plot Keywords:

doctor | small town | hospital | accident | community service | 

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Taglines:

He's a big city plastic surgeon... in a small town that doesn't take plastic.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 August 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Doc Hollywood - Dottore in carriera

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$54,830,779 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie was filmed in Micanopy, Florida. A small town of 650 people just south of Gainesville.

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Goofs

When Lou drives Ben to his house call, she steps out of the ambulance and a cushion (from where the accelerator and brake pedals would be) falls out of the door.

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Quotes

Lillian, Welcoming Committee: [the welcoming committee is discussing Ben's love life] Maybe he's engaging in the love that dare not speak it's name.
Dr. Benjamin Stone: Will I go blind?
[Clarifying, holding up his glass]
Dr. Benjamin Stone: This is moonshine, right?

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Connections

Features It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

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Soundtracks

"CONCERTO FOR JEW'S HARP, MANDORA AND ORCHESTRA IN E MAJOR"
Written by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
Performed by Münchener Kammerorchester (as Munich Chamber Orchestra)
Courtesy of Orfeo International Music GmbH

User Reviews

All the Good Things Michael J. Fox Represents.

Entertaining little film that has Michael J. Fox on his way to Hollywood to take a job as a plastic surgeon. However, a freak accident causes his car to be wrecked in a small country town that he just cannot seem to get out of. Naturally his very expensive car needs special parts that are not available. Thus the townspeople try to get Fox to stay as the community doctor to take the place of the elderly acid-mouthed Barnard Hughes. While in town Fox locks horns with Woody Harrelson, becomes friends with the priceless Bridget Fonda (who has her eyes on Fox) and falls in love with ambulance driver Julie Warner. George Hamilton is also a real scene-stealer as the all-world plastic surgeon that Fox should be working with. A really good over-achiever that represents all the things that make Fox a likeable screen presence. Far from excellent, but a charming little production nonetheless. 3.5 out of 5 stars.