Give a father no options and you leave him no choice.
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
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Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Denzel WashingtonJohn Quincy Archibald
- James WoodsDr. Raymond Turner
- Kimberly EliseDenise Archibald
- Robert DuvallLt. Frank Grimes
- Shawn HatosyMitch Quigley
- Eddie GriffinLester Matthews
- Kevin ConnollySteve Maguire
- Ethan SupleeGuard Max Conlin
- Ray LiottaChief Gus Monroe
- Anne HecheRebecca Payne
Crew
- Nick CassavetesDirector
- James KearnsScreenplay
- James KearnsWriter
- Rogier StoffersDirector of Photography
- Michael KohnhorstDirector of Photography
- Aaron ZigmanOriginal Music Composer
- Dede AllenEditor
- Mark BurgProducer
- Oren KoulesProducer
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