Kingdom Hospital
| Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital | |
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Opening title
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| Based on |
The Kingdom by Lars von Trier |
| Developed by | Stephen King |
| Directed by | Craig R. Baxley |
| Starring |
Andrew McCarthy Bruce Davison Jack Coleman Diane Ladd Jodelle Micah Ferland Ed Begley, Jr. Jamie Harrold Sherry Miller Allison Hossack William Wise Julian Richings |
| Opening theme | "Worry About You" |
| Composer(s) | Ivy |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Stephen King Mark Carliner Robert F. Phillips Lars von Trier |
| Running time | 15 hours |
| Production company(s) |
Touchstone Television Sony Pictures Television Hospital Productions Mark Carliner Productions |
| Distributor | Buena Vista Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | March 3 – July 15, 2004 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Kingdom |
Kingdom Hospital (sometimes known as Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital) is a thirteen-episode television series based on Lars von Trier's The Kingdom (Danish title: Riget), which was developed by horror writer Stephen King in 2004 for American television. While initially conceived as a mini-series, it was later changed into a regular television series (albeit one that only lasted one season). It was first aired on ABC on March 3 and concluded on July 15, 2004 after being put on hold during NBA playoffs.
The story tells of the fictional Kingdom Hospital located in Lewiston, Maine, built on the site of a mill that manufactured military uniforms during the American Civil War. Previously, a hospital known as the "Old Kingdom" had been built on the site, but it burned down. The current hospital is known as the "New Kingdom". The hospital's "turbulent" nature seems to reflect its ominous logo, a crimson stylized dagger, predicting what will come.
A psychic named Mrs. Druse has checked into the hospital numerous times and is taken by the staff to be a hypochondriac. She asks for the assistance of the cynical yet compassionate Dr. Hook to uncover the truth about the hospital and the mysterious spirits who haunt it - including a young girl, killed after the original fire, a sinister teenage boy, and a strange animal that follows and protects the young girl, who calls it Antubis (it is similar to a giant anteater, but whose long snout opens up to a horrifying set of jagged teeth).
Elsewhere, Peter Rickman, a painter who is admitted to the hospital following a road accident (with severe injuries to his skull and spine) begins to discover the ghastly goings-on while he lies comatose in room 426.
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