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The Doctor | 
 enlarge | Director: Randa Haines
Actors: William Hurt, Christine Lahti, Elizabeth Perkins, Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 3240
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 123 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD29277D
UPC: 786936209754
EAN: 0786936209754
ASIN: B00008L3U4
Theatrical Release Date: July 24, 1991
Release Date: April 6, 2004
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Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 06/07/2005 Rating: Pg13
Amazon.com
William Hurt is perfectly cast as an arrogant surgeon who treats patients like interchangeable cogs in the machinery of his medical practice. Then he is diagnosed with throat cancer and, as the title of the memoir on which it is based tells us, he gets a taste of his own medicine. The subplot involves the solidarity between doctors, which is shattered when the newly conscious physician discovers that one of his partners (Mandy Patinkin) is trying to cover up a case of malpractice. Hurt is solid, as is Wendy Crewson as the doctor who treats him and Elizabeth Perkins as a fellow cancer patient. Interestingly, Hurt's fellow actors Patinkin, Adam Arkin, and Christine Lahti all wound up playing doctors on TV's iChicago Hope/i. I--Marshall Fine/I
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A must see for all medical personnel December 22, 2008
Sonia (Sausalito, CA)
If you work in the medical field you have to give yourself the opportunity to see one of the best movies made starring William Hurt. A doctor who is good at what he does, surgery, but is flippant and unattentive to his patients. He does not treat them like people just as objects to talk over and around but never to. br / br /This successful doctor gets sick and the shoe is on the other foot and he has to deal with the paperwork involved in being a patient, he has to deal with a distant and efficient doctor. He is demanding and rude to the staff. br / br /He meets June who is a terminal cancer patient and she teaches him some of life's lessons. br / br /A heart warming excellent story done with taste and grace. br / br / br /
A must see December 3, 2008
J. Morris (Palmdale, California)
If you have epilepsy or no anyone with it you need to look at this movie it will help you so much
The Doctor August 27, 2008
Anne Stepien (NY, USA)
Having had health problems and dealing with a plethora of Drs, nurses and health care "professionals" and ancillary staff, it is my personal opinion that many of them have never been ill and/or in need of hospitalization. This movie should be required viewing for everyone that earns a paycheck in any aspect of health care, from Drs to housekeeping to the switchboard operator.
dr. dr. August 7, 2008
Kathy Cragun
This should be required viewing for ALL doctors . . .on a regular recurring basis.
Harrowing and Touching May 17, 2008
Chris Cade (Vancouver, WA)
Yes, it's another cancer movie. This one has an interesting twist, though: this time it's about a doctor. Picture your typical Western doctor: all business, no muss, no fuss. br / br /He has no compassion for his patients and even makes jokes of their illnesses. Then karma catches up with him and he is struck like a lightning bolt with the awareness of what it's like to be a patient in his own hospital. You will undoubtedly be amazed at the transformation of this man's surprisingly gentle and caring soul. br / br /Chris Cade br /[...]
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