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John Q. (Blu-ray) (Widescreen)
- Starring: Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, James Woods
- Director: Nick Cassavetes
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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. Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Features
- Genre: Drama
- Category: Crime Drama, Medical Drama
- Theme: Class Differences, Doctors and Patients, Down on Their Luck, Fathers and Sons, Hostage Situations, Race Against Time
- Release Date: April 07, 2009
- Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)Rating Opens in New Window - Adult Language, Adult Situations, Violence
- Studio: New Line Home Video
- Lead Actors: Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, James Woods, Kimberly Elise, Daniel E. Smith
- Supporting Actors: Shera Danese, Scott Bloom, 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: Nick Cassavetes
- Picture Format: Widescreen
- Run Time: 1 hr 56 min
- Language: English, German, Spanish
- Subtitle Language: English, German, Spanish
- Format: Blu-ray
Additional Information
- DPCI: 058-32-0061
- ASIN: B002FO6N64
- Catalog #: 11298848
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 6.66 inches length x 5.27 inches width x 0.48 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.19 pound.
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