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The Doctor (1991)
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer... See full summary » Director:Randa Haines |
122 min - 
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Cast
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| Christine Lahti | ... | ||
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| Mandy Patinkin | ... | ||
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| Wendy Crewson | ... | ||
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Dr. Al Cade
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J.E. Freeman | ... |
Ralph
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Mr. Maris
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Alan
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Nicole Orth-Pallavicini | ... |
Sarah
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Ping Wu | ... |
Jay-Jay
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Tony Fields | ... |
Roger
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Michael
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Storyline
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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Cancer | Hospital | Medical School | Doctor Patient Relationship | Surgeon | See more »Taglines:
He was a doctor who thought he knew it all... until he became a patient. See more »Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
24 July 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Le docteur See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$165,392 (USA) (28 July 1991) (6 Screens)Gross:
$38,120,905 (USA)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
122 minSound Mix:
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1.85 : 1
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Dr. Jack MacKee: Where E.N.T. meets E.S.P.!
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Written and Performed by Laurie Anderson
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Fun Facts
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This movie is based on the real life story of Ed Rosenbaum, M.D. Dr. Rosenbaum wrote an autobiography entitled "A Taste of My Own Medicine: When the Doctor Becomes the Patient". This book formed the basis for the movie and is presently out-of-print. See more »Quotes
[regarding Dr. Blumfield, who believes unconscious patients can still hear]Dr. Jack MacKee: Where E.N.T. meets E.S.P.!
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Connections
Referenced in "Animaniacs: Video Review/When Mice Ruled the Earth (#1.47)" (0000) See more »Soundtracks
"Strange Angels"Written and Performed by Laurie Anderson
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The Doctor is a film that really touches you without being too weepy. It's the way doctors along the world think until... something happens and they find themselves on the other side. William Hurt is great as The Doctor. The desperation on his face when he finds out that from now on he'll be a cancer patient is unique and authenticque. But the film is not only for this doctor. It's about the community of doctors. It's about a closed profession that will hardly accept anyone else. Doctors have their own way of seeing things and that's obvious in the film. They are those who know what comes next and that's even more frightening for them. Dr. Blumfield is someone who's been banished from that special community for "daring" to see the side of a patient. The transformation of Dr. Jack McKee is a miracle that rises through his own sickness and his "patient-mate" is an angel in disguise to help him through. The whole story verifies what people say:"doctors are the worst patients ever" and that's because they experience the ultimate fear, considering that they have the knowledge. The film illustrates all of the concerns of The Doctor so beautifully and with such realism that's hard not to like it. I don't know about the general audience, but I do strongly believe that every Medical Doctor should see it.