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John Q.

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Released: 2002-07-16

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John Q. DVD Cast & Features Cast:
Shera Danese, Scott Bloom, Keram Malicki Sanchez, Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, James Woods, Kimberly Elise, Daniel E. Smith, Anne Heche, Ray Liotta, Eddie Griffin, Shawn Hatosy, Paul Johansson, David Thornton, Kevin Connolly, Ethan Suplee, Heather Wahlquist, Troy Beyer, Obba Babatunde, Troy Winbush, Laura Elena Harring, Larissa Laskin, Dina Waters, Martha Chaves

Director(s): Nick Cassavetes

Features:
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Original documentary: "Fighting for Care": an in-depth look into the health care crisis stemming from an organ donor shortage
Trivia subtitle track with direct access to additional features
Commentary by director Nick Cassavetes, screenwriter James Kearns, producer Mark Burg, and director of photography Roger Stoffers
Original documentary: "Behind the Scenes of John Q"
Deleted scenes with optional director commentary
Theatrical trailer
Theatrical press kit
DVD-ROM content:
Script-to-screen access to the film
Original website
Exclusive access to online Infinifilm features

John Q. DVD Details

Video:
Theatre Wide-Screen
Audio:
Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel
Dolby Digital Surround
Digital Theater Systems (akin to 5.1)
Language:
English
Subtitles:
English

Running Time: 112
Genre: Drama
Item Weight: 1
UPC: 794043546822
Product Code: NEWL5468DVD
Format: DVD
Year:2002
Studio: New Line Home Video

John Q. DVD Summary A national health care crisis in the United States yields this tense drama from screenwriter James Kearns and director Nick Cassavetes, who experienced a real-life dilemma with his daughter's congenital heart disease that mirrors the one in this film.

Denzel Washington stars as John Q.

Archibald, a factory worker facing financial hardship as a result of reduced hours in his workplace.

When his young son, Michael (Daniel E.

Smith), is stricken during a baseball game, John and his wife, Denise (Kimberly Elise), discover that their child is in need of an emergency heart transplant.

Although the Archibalds have health insurance, they are informed by hospital administrator Rebecca Payne (Anne Heche) that their policy doesn't cover such an expensive procedure.

Unable to raise the money himself, John persuades the hospital's compassionate cardiac surgeon, Dr.

Raymond Turner (James Woods), to waive his lofty fee, but is still left with too much of a financial burden to bear.

With no recourse but to take his son home to die, John snaps and holds the staff and patients of the hospital's emergency room hostage at gunpoint.

John is soon a media hero, the focus of intense news coverage, even as police chief Gus Monroe (Ray Liotta) and hostage negotiator Frank Grimes (Robert Duvall) try to resolve the situation before it leads to bloodshed.