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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Richard Dooling (novel)
Steven Schwartz (screenplay)
Release Date:
31 October 1997 (USA) more
Tagline:
At Memorial Hospital no one ever dies... Until their insurance runs out.
Plot:
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Lumet Film To Open Chicago Festival
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 1 October 1997)
User Comments:
An amazing bittersweet film that went undetected and unnoticed...........why? more (10 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Spader | ... | Dr. Werner Ernst |
 | Kyra Sedgwick | ... | Felicia Potter |
 | Helen Mirren | ... | Stella |
 | Anne Bancroft | ... | Nun |
 | Albert Brooks | ... | Dr. Butz |
 | Jeffrey Wright | ... | Bed Two |
 | Margo Martindale | ... | Constance 'Connie' Potter |
 | Wallace Shawn | ... | Furnaceman |
| Philip Bosco | ... | Dr. Hofstader |
 | Colm Feore | ... | Richard Wilson |
 | Edward Herrmann | ... | Robert Payne |
| James Lally | ... | Poindexter |
| Harvey Atkin | ... | Judge Fatale |
| Al Waxman | ... | Sheldon Hatchett (a Lawyer) |
| Hamish McEwan | ... | Dr. Hansen |
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Rated R for language and a scene of sexuality.
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107 min
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Australia:M | Iceland:L | USA:R | Spain:13
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Dr. Hofstader: Seeing patients is a waste of time. more
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References The Terminator (1984) more
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Quintet in G Minor, K516 more
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It is hard to say HOW this film escaped my radar..... Just saw it in IFC and was amazed at the breadth of talent on it along with the wonderful ideas.
Would like to see it a couple of more times just to digest it.
Don't own a TV - my girlfriend does; I only watch it when I see her.
Why on earth this movie did not get proper distribution ?
Strongly recommend.
Wallace Shawn's character made me think of All that Jazz - don't ask me why. Maybe due to their life/death discussions.
Ed Hermann was really astonishing as a lawyer.Kira Sedgwick and James Spader were
truly wonderful together.
Hope to hear some feedback.