A group of doctors in a veteran's hospital must contend with their hopeless situation: too many patients and not enough beds. The main cause of their problems is bureaucratic ...
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Title: Article 99 (1992)
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| 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 | |
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A group of doctors in a veteran's hospital must contend with their hopeless situation: too many patients and not enough beds. The main cause of their problems is bureaucratic belt-tightening by the hospital administrators. The doctors are determined to give the best service they can, even if that means defying the orders of management and performing unauthorized operations. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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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. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 March 1992 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
99-es paragrafus See more »Filming Locations:
Kansas City, Missouri, USAEdit
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$18,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$6,375,979Company Credits
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Keith David, Forest Whitaker, and John C. McGinley previously worked together in Platoon (1986). See more »Quotes
Luther Jermoe: Now you got one chance: the gospel according to Luther. Whatever you need, you ain't gonna get and whatever you get, it ain't worth shit.See more »
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Featured in Siskel & Ebert: My Cousin Vinny/Article 99/American Me/The Lawnmower Man/Shakes the Clown/Daughters of the Dust (1992) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Set in a VA hospital, this movie illustrates what happens when "red tape" gets in the way of helping people. An enjoyable mixture of comedy and drama, it is reminiscent of the Altman classic M*A*S*H, staring Sutherland's father Donald. In fact, there's a nice salute to the elder Sutherland, during a scene between Keifer and an older hospital patient.
Those who didn't "get" this movie were perhaps looking for the wrong things. I won't say this movie was meant to inform, though perhaps it was. But it definitely makes you think. Is a medical system where doctors have to steal supplies and schedule proxy operations really what our country's heroes deserve? Moving and entertaining, I would definitely recommend this movie.