"ER" The Peace of Wild Things (1999)

Director:

Richard Thorpe

Writers:

Michael Crichton (creator) and
John Wells (writer)

TV Series:

"ER" (1994)

Original Air Date:

11 November 1999 (Season 6, Episode 6)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Benton struggles with the idea of taking a DNA test to determine whether or not Reese is actually his son...

Plot Keywords:

Reference To William Blake | Emergency Room | Medical | Death | Medical Drama

Cast

Anthony Edwards	...	Dr. Mark Greene
Noah Wyle	...	Dr. John Carter
Julianna Margulies	...	Nurse Carol Hathaway
Gloria Reuben	...	Jeanie Boulet
Laura Innes	...	Dr. Kerry Weaver
Alex Kingston	...	Dr. Elizabeth Corday
Kellie Martin	...	Lucy Knight
Paul McCrane	...	Dr. Robert Romano
Goran Visnjic	...	Dr. Luka Kovac
Michael Michele	...	Dr. Cleo Finch
Eriq La Salle	...	Dr. Peter Benton
Alan Alda	...	Dr. Gabriel Lawrence
Yvette Freeman	...	Nurse Haleh Adams
Gail Strickland	...	Dr. Renee Spielman
Andrew Bowen	...	Andrew
Conni Marie Brazelton	...	Nurse Connie Oligario
Laura Cerón	...	Nurse Chuny Marquez
Deezer D	...	Nurse Malik McGrath
Lily Mariye	...	Nurse Lily Jarvik
Kristin Minter	...	Randi Fronczak
Tom McGowan	...	Joe Bernero
Ania Suli	...	Brenda Brewer / 'Mrs. Karras'
Amzie Strickland	...	Jean Connelly
Gedde Watanabe	...	Nurse Yosh Takata
Khandi Alexander	...	Jackie Robbins
Lisa Nicole Carson	...	Carla Simmons
Erik Palladino	...	Dr. Dave Malucci
Martha Plimpton	...	Meg Corwin
Cress Williams	...	Officer Reggie Moore
Montae Russell	...	Dwight Zadro (as Monté Russell)
Danny Belrose	...	Joey
Michelle Bonilla	...	Christine Harms
Jen Bosworth-Ramirez	...	Cashier
Stephen Cinabro	...	Cop
Chimeka Crawford	...	Joanie
Sarah Denison	...	Jody
Kristy Nolen	...	Manager (as Kristen Entwistle)
Ben Hecht	...	Eddie Bernero
Lyn Alicia Henderson	...	Pamela Olbes (as Lynn A. Henderson)
Dain Kloner	...	Orderly
Brian Lester	...	Brian Dumar
Charles Tyner	...	Barry Connelly
Emily Wagner	...	Doris Pickman
Matthew Watkins	...	Reese Benton

Directed by
Richard Thorpe

Writing credits
Michael Crichton		(creator)
John Wells		writer

Produced by
Michael Crichton	....	executive producer
Patrick Harbinson	....	producer
Jonathan Kaplan	....	producer
John Wells	....	executive producer
Lydia Woodward	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Martin Davich

Film Editing by
Tim Tommasino

Casting by
John Frank Levey		(as John Levey)

Costume Design by
Lyn Paolo

Makeup Department
Rolf John Keppler	....	makeup effects co-department head

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Laura Bevis	....	second second assistant director
Michael Risner	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Jerome Johnson	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Kevin B. Barron	....	assistant sound editor (as Kevin Poor)
James Clark	....	boom operator
Damon Cohoon	....	assistant sound editor
Michael Crabtree	....	foley artist
Al Gomez	....	supervising foley mixer
Thomas A. Harris	....	supervising adr editor
Walter Newman	....	supervising sound editor
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Deron Street	....	sound assistant
James Bailey	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Scott Forbes	....	special effects coordinator
Bob Turk	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Scott Milne	....	visual effects supervisor
Dan Carrington	....	flame artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Amy H. Abrams	....	assistant camera
G. Smokey Campbell	....	lighting technician
Steve Robertson	....	dolly grip
Cary Sachs	....	electrician
Thomas Pugh	....	electrician (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lisa Eisler	....	costume supervisor
Radford Polinsky	....	set costumer

Music Department
James Newton Howard	....	composer: theme music

Other crew
Lonny Dubrofsky	....	production staff
Fred Einesman	....	medical supervisor
Anthony Figueroa	....	script coordinator
Linda Gase	....	story editor
Carrie Goodman	....	assistant location manager
Chris Hanson	....	nurse
Gina Hendrick	....	production estimator
Yuell Newsome	....	stock librarian
Amy D'Alessandro	....	titles (uncredited)
P.J. Palmer	....	technical assistant (uncredited)
Carina Rhea	....	stand-in: Alex Kingston (uncredited)
Käthe Walton	....	production accountant: Chicago (uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Michael Crichton		creator

Produced by
Tommy Burns	....	co-producer (2002)
Yahlin Chang	....	co-producer (2004)
Samantha Howard Corbin	....	co-producer
Michael Hissrich	....	associate producer
Dee Johnson	....	supervising producer (2000-2001)
Bruce Miller	....	producer (2003)
David Mills	....	co-producer
Tom Park	....	producer
Joe Sachs	....	co-producer (2000-2001)
Janine Sherman Barrois	....	co-executive producer (2005) (as Janine Sherman)
Vicki Voltarel	....	associate producer (1996-2000)
David Zabel	....	co-producer (2003)
Lisa Zwerling	....	co-producer (2005)

Original Music by
Christopher Neal Nelson

Cinematography by
Jamie Maxtone-Graham		(1 episode 2005-2006) (4 episodes 2004-2005)

Casting by
Mary V. Buck

Art Direction by
Stephanie Girard
John Hansen

Makeup Department
Rita Bellissimo	....	key hair stylist (2000-2001)
Chelo	....	hair stylist: Chicago
Chelo	....	makeup artist: Chicago
Jeanean-Lorrece Eldridge	....	key hair stylist
Tony Gardner	....	animatronic baby effects
Lee Grimes	....	special makeup effects artist: Florida
Jerry Gugliemotto	....	key hair stylist (1997-2001)
Rob Hinderstein	....	makeup artist
Lun Yé Hodges	....	key hair stylist: Chicago
Julie Kristy	....	key makeup artist
Lisa Meyers	....	key hair stylist (season 9)
Marsha Shearrill	....	makeup artist: Chicago
Mike Smithson	....	special makeup effects artist
Rick Stratton	....	makeup artist (1994-1995)
Brian A. Tunstall	....	key hair stylist (2002-)
Jamie Sue Weiss	....	key makeup artist: Chicago
Buffy Zerefski	....	assistant makeup artist (1995-1997)
Janice Zoladz	....	hair stylist
Leo Corey Castellano	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Steve LaPorte	....	makeup artist (2001-2002) (uncredited)

Production Management
Michael Attanasio	....	unit production manager (1999)
Jules Berk	....	post-production supervisor
Tommy Burns	....	unit production manager (2000-)
Cédric Fréni	....	assistant unit manager
Vicki Voltarel	....	post-production supervisor (1994-1996)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John P. Aguirre	....	assistant director
Hans Berggren	....	trainee assistant director
Jeanne Caliendo	....	first assistant director
Kelly Cantley	....	second assistant director
Vernon Davidson	....	dga trainee (2002)
Vernon Davidson	....	second second assistant director (2003)
Douglas Dean III	....	assistant director (as Doug Dean)
Seth Edelstein	....	second assistant director (two episodes)
Cort Hessler	....	second unit director (2003)
Kevin Barry Howe	....	assistant director: Chicago
Marla Hudnall	....	dga trainee
Michelle Jaeger	....	dga trainee
Traci M. Lewis	....	second second assistant director: Chicago
Rusty Mahmood	....	dga trainee
Jon Mallard	....	second second assistant director: Chicago
Mike Naylor	....	dga trainee
Yuko Ogata	....	dga trainee
Michelle Parvin	....	dga trainee
Joseph Payton	....	dga trainee day player
Normann Pokorny	....	first assistant director
Sarah Pryzibilla	....	dga trainee (as Sarah Blumenthal)
Molly Rodriguez	....	second assistant director (2002-2003)
Stacy Schrader	....	second assistant director: second unit
Jill Southern	....	second assistant director (as Jill Musser)
Carrie Specht	....	day player second assistant director: second unit (2003)
Carrie Specht	....	second unit director
Carrie Specht	....	trainee assistant director (2001)
Meta Valentic	....	second second assistant director (as Meta A. Puttkammer)
Susan E. Walter	....	dga trainee
Kea Watson	....	dga trainee (2003)
Maileen Williams	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Erin J. Beverly	....	art department assistant/coordinator
Mike Brooks	....	propmaker
J.C. Brown	....	concept art
Jim Gmuer	....	set dresser
Dorit Hurst	....	buyer (2002-2004) (as Dorit Oberman)
Joaquin Navarro	....	set designer
Harry Perry III	....	art department coordinator (2000-2002)
Timothy W. Tiedje	....	property master: Chicago

Sound Department
Dan Andresen	....	utility sound
John Voss Bonds Jr.	....	sound effects editor (as John Bonds)
Josh Bower	....	boom operator
Richard Brown	....	boom operator
Chuck Buch	....	sound mixer: second unit
Michael Bushner	....	utility sound
Marty Church	....	adr mixer
Ray Cymoszinski	....	sound mixer: Chicago
Kit Donovan	....	utility sound
Thomas Giordano	....	utility sound technician
Eric Gotthelf	....	adr mixer
Ed Greene	....	sound mixer
Scott Harmala	....	audio assist
Lowell Harris	....	sound mixer
Jason Johnston	....	boom operator: Chicago
Deborah Kelman	....	audio assist
Frank Linder	....	utility sound
Bob Maryon	....	utility sound
David Obermeyer	....	sound mixer: Chicago
John Pribilo	....	boom operator
Alex Riordan	....	utility sound: Chicago
Rob Scott	....	boom operator
Murray Siegel	....	boom operator
Carolyn Tapp	....	adr recordist (2002-)
Scott R. Thomson	....	utility sound
Ronald L. Wright	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Shea Clayton	....	special photographic effects
Andy Clement	....	surgeries and animatronic effects
Tony Gardner	....	animatronics

Visual Effects by
Louis Bravo	....	visual effects editor
Patrick M.J. Finerty	....	model maker
Darren Frankel	....	VP, post production: Stargate Digital
Eric Grenaudier	....	visual effects supervisor
Martin Halle	....	visual effects
Josh Hatton	....	CG supervisor
Kyle J. Healey	....	visual effects supervisor (season 10)
Sid Jayakar	....	digital compositor
Kent Johnson	....	visual effects producer (season 10)
Steve Kullback	....	visual effects producer (episode 8 & 10, 2000, 2001)
Kurt McKeever	....	digital effects artist
Sean Mullen	....	digital rotoscoping
Anthony Ocampo	....	digital artist
Victor Scalise	....	visual effects editor
Jaison Stritch	....	3D visual effects supervisor
Cedric Tomacruz	....	matte painter
John Vassallo	....	digital effects artist (multiple episodes)
Peter V. Ware	....	visual effects producer
Peter V. Ware	....	visual effects supervisor
Doug Witsken	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Dan Brown	....	stunt rigger
Chris Carnel	....	stunt double: Noah Wiley
Jonathan Erickson Eisley	....	stunt performer (multiple episodes) (as Jonathan Eisley)
Mark Harper	....	stunts
Toby Holguin	....	stunts
Zach Hudson	....	stunt double: Shane West
Cinda-Lin James	....	stunt double
Kim Robert Koscki	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes)
Krista Lewis	....	stunt double
Tina Mahler	....	stunt double
Gloria O'Brien	....	stunt double: Alex Kingston
Chris O'Hara	....	stunt performer
Heidi Pascoe	....	utility stunts
Nicole Randall	....	stunts
Christie Sanders	....	stunt double: Linda Cardellini
Rick Sawaya	....	stunts
Tony Snegoff	....	stunts (multiple episodes)
Katie Winslow	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Debbie Arrowood	....	second assistant camera (1995-1996)
Tim Bellen	....	camera operator
Bill Brummond	....	Steadicam operator
Paolo Cascio	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, Chicago
Gayle Dembski	....	vtr operator
Dan Duffy	....	generator operator
Thomas H. Frederick	....	film loader
Hank Geving	....	camera operator: hand held camera
John Gooch	....	video tape operator
Larry Heider	....	remote camera operator
Bob Highton	....	camera operator: hand held camera
Charles S. Hodes	....	still photographer
Paul Horn	....	daily first assistant camera
Mark Hryma	....	camera oparator: Wescam, Chicago (2000)
Lawrence Karman	....	Steadicam operator
Bill Kaye	....	still photographer: UK
Dan Kneece	....	Steadicam operator
Dan Kneece	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Don Lenzer	....	camera operator: hand held camera
Justin M. Lubin	....	still photographer (2002)
Jeff Manimbo	....	gaffer
Damon Marcellino	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Damon Marcellino	....	lighting technician
Jacobus Marcus	....	assistant camera
Jeffrey D. McCoy	....	camera production assistant
Peter Morenz	....	camera loader
Peter Morenz	....	second assistant camera: Chicago
Michael Nie	....	crane operator: Technocrane
Charles Papert	....	Steadicam operator
Charles Papert	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Dave Perkal	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Bill Philbin	....	camera operator: hand held camera
Chuck Reilly	....	video controller
Darren Ryan	....	24 frame video operator
Michael Witczak	....	electrician (2005)

Animation Department
Brian Bero	....	animatronic baby effects
Mark Rappaport	....	animatronic baby effects

Casting Department
Clint Alexander	....	casting assistant: New York (season 11)
Gretchen Husting	....	extras casting assistant: Chicago
Scout Masterson	....	casting associate (2000-) (as Mike Wallock)
Joan Philo	....	extras casting: Chicago
Mark A. Ridge	....	extras casting: Chicago
Nadia Lubbe Simon	....	casting associate: New York (as Nadia Lubbe)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gloria Coffey-Sharrieff	....	wardrobe supervisor: Chicago
Shanna Fleishman	....	costumer (2000-) (as Shanna Gold)
Gina Marie Ome	....	on-set costumer: Chicago (1998-2005)
Gina Marie Ome	....	set costumer: Chicago

Editorial Department
Joseph Braun	....	post-production intern
Stacy Chess	....	post-production intern (last two seasons)
Tricia Fass	....	assistant editor (2002) (as Tricia Holly Fass)
Mitchell Ferm	....	post-production assistant
Tamara Isaac	....	post-production coordinator
Robin Maybin Hensley	....	post-production coordinator
Aimee Roth	....	post-production assistant (season 10)

Music Department
John Cevetello	....	music mixer
Mike Deasy	....	musician
Georg Brandl Egloff	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Michael Dawes	....	driver
George A. Miki	....	driver
Leroy Reed	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Peter Baird	....	sub mixer
Roberta Brown	....	sword master
Beth Caldarello	....	assistant production coordinator
Zoanne Clack	....	medical supervisor (2004-) (as Zoanne Clack)
Shawn Clark	....	production assistant
Samantha Howard Corbin	....	story editor
Gene Crowe	....	technical director
Gary DeGalla	....	location manager (as Gary De Galla)
Jon Donahue	....	additional set production assistant
Leslie Anne Engel	....	assistant production coordinator: Chicago
Andrew Fash	....	production assistant (2000-2002)
Fred Fein	....	stand-in
Michael Franks	....	helicopter pilot: Chicago (2000)
Maria Fredriksson	....	assistant to co-producer
Giovanni Giacomo Galassi	....	voice director: Italian (as Gianni G. Galassi)
Philippe Gallichet	....	chef
Robert Gary	....	script supervisor
Patrick Lee Gibson	....	production assistant (2004-2005)
Willie Goldman	....	assistant to producer
Vicki Goldsmith	....	set production assistant
Daniel T. Green	....	production assistant (1994-1997)
Shaun Greenspan	....	production assistant
Keith Hall	....	pl technician
Jeremy Jed Hammel	....	production assistant (2005)
Cicely D. Harris	....	extras set coordinator: Chicago
Troy Hartman	....	stand-in: Mr. Clooney (1994-1999)
Clayton Hauck	....	production assistant: Chicago
Hugh Healey	....	audio maintenance
Yashar Hedayat	....	production assistant: Chicago
Shari Lynn Himes	....	production coordinator (1999-)
Jean Hodges	....	food stylist
Don J. Hug	....	location manager
Scott Jager	....	production assistant
Mike Jones	....	technical supervisor
Suzanne Kiley	....	principal title design
Tim Kubit	....	maintenance
Ove Langevei	....	production assistant (2003)
Angela Laprete	....	production coordinator
Mareo-Ahmir Lawson	....	photo double
Darren P. Leis	....	technical assistant
David Leonard	....	production assistant
Ed Lippman	....	location manager (1997)
Jeff Lovely	....	location coordinator
Hobart Lundt	....	coordinator
Paul Manning	....	executive consultant
Nancy S. Marshall	....	production secretary: Chicago
John Mayon	....	head utility
Pat McCarthy	....	production coordinator: Chicago (1994-1997)
Kathy McCurdy	....	key assistant location manager
Maureen McEvoy	....	set production assistant
Ian McRae	....	production assistant
Gary Mednick	....	publicist (2003)
Chris Miller	....	technical consultant
Dency Nelson	....	stage manager
Courtney Pakiz	....	stand-in: Kellie Martin
Martin Pasetta	....	associate director
Karin Pattengill	....	assistant to executive producer (2004-2005)
Karin Pattengill	....	production assistant (2003-2004)
Eric Persons	....	location manager
Benjamin Petuchowski	....	location intern: Chicago (2002-2003)
Billy Pittard	....	senior title designer
Alicia Portales	....	photo double
Vince Poxon	....	stage manager
Stefan Rand	....	production assistant
Jonathan Ratliff	....	production assistant
Tyhler Michelle Raye	....	assistant: R. Scott Gemmill and Joe Sachs
Jason Ruffolo	....	set production assistant: Chicago (2005-2006)
Nikki Scavo	....	production assistant
Ericka N. Shane	....	payroll accountant: Chicago
Risé Stefani	....	assistant technical advisor (1994-2005)
Risé Stefani	....	utility stand-in
Paula Stier	....	production assistant: Chicago
Kym Stys	....	set production assistant
Sam Sullivan III	....	script supervisor
Candy Tjarks	....	stand-in: Hawaii
Bekki Vallin	....	production coordinator: Chicago
Bill Vergos	....	set production assistant: second unit
David Wader	....	stage manager
Troy Waters	....	marine coordinator
Heather White	....	production assistant: Chicago
Debbie Williams	....	stage manager
Lynnanne Zager	....	adr loop group
Victoria A. Zamora	....	production accountant
Ian Zander	....	set production assistant
Winter Zemans	....	office production assistant

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1999) (USA) (TV)

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Stage 1, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Trivia:

This episode is Gloria Reuben's final appearance. However, she returned for a guest appearance in the 14th season.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Gabriel Lawrence says that the poem "The Peace of Wild Things" was written by William Blake. It was actually written by Wendell Berry. (It is possible that this is a subtle indication of his failing memory.)

Quotes:

[Dr. Lawrence comes face-to-face with his Alzhiemer's diagnosis]
Dr. Gabe Lawrence:I was thinking of committing suicide, but I wasn't sure when I should do it. If I did it too early, I'd miss out on what little life I had left. If I waited too long, I wouldn't remember to do it.

Movie Connections:

References Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)