Doc Hollywood
| Doc Hollywood | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Michael Caton-Jones |
| Produced by | Deborah D. Johnson Susan Solt |
| Written by |
Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman Daniel Pyne |
| Based on |
What? Dead...Again? by Neil B. Shulman |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography | Michael Chapman |
| Edited by | Priscilla Nedd-Friendly |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Release date
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August 2, 1991 |
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Running time
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104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $17 million |
| Box office | $54,830,779 |
Doc Hollywood is a 1991 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Caton-Jones, and written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman, based on Neil B. Shulman's book, What? Dead...Again?. The film stars Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner, and Woody Harrelson, with Bridget Fonda, David Ogden Stiers, Frances Sternhagen, Roberts Blossom, and Barnard Hughes appearing in supporting roles.
The film was shot on location in Micanopy, Florida.
Dr. Benjamin Stone is a promising young surgeon working in Washington, D.C. with plans of making more money working for a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon. On his last day, he realizes that none of his colleagues care enough about him to say good-bye to him, instead leaving him a cake with an insult made out of icing.
Driving out west in a 1956 Porsche 356 Speedster, Stone swerves to miss a cow on the highway and crashes uncontrollably into the fence of a local resident in the rural hamlet of Grady, South Carolina. The resident is local Judge Evans, who sentences him to community service at the nearby hospital as punishment rather than allow Stone pay for the fence with cash. Defeated and stranded due to the damage to his car, Ben reports to the local clinic, where Nurse Packer further humbles him by recording his community service hours by clocking him in and out, like a factory worker.
Though upset, Ben makes friends with Mayor Nick Nicholson, who is also the owner of the town's cafe, and Melvin, the local mechanic tasked with repairing his car. Ben soon finds the clinic work is more laid-back than the emergency room to which he is used with simple cases, such as spots before the eyes of an elderly patient not cleaning her glasses, fishing hook impaling and even reading mail for a young illiterate couple, Kyle and Mary Owens, whose baby he later delivers.
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