Doc Hollywood
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Doc Hollywood | |
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Directed by | Michael Caton-Jones |
Produced by | Deborah D. Johnson Marc Merson Neil B. Shulman Susan Solt |
Written by | Neil B. Shulman M.D. Laurian Leggett Jeffrey Price Peter S. Seaman Daniel Pyne |
Starring | Michael J. Fox Julie Warner Woody Harrelson Bridget Fonda David Ogden Stiers Roberts Blossom |
Music by | Carter Burwell |
Release date(s) | 1991 |
Running time | 104 min. |
Language | English |
IMDb profile |
Doc Hollywood is a 1991 comedy film based on the book "What? Dead again?" by Neil Shulman M.D. Doc Hollywood stars Michael J. Fox as Benjamin Stone, a hotshot young doctor, whose cross-country drive to become a Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon is interrupted when he crashes in the rural hamlet of Grady, South Carolina, and penalized to serve 32 hours of community service at the local hospital. Since their idiosyncratic local physician is retiring, Dr. Stone is urged by the folksy locals to stay--an offer made tempting by his romance with Vilula (Julie Warner), a law student. The film features popular song "Crazy" by Patsy Cline. The opening credits features "The One and Only" by Chesney Hawkes.
[edit] Trivia
- The plot of the 2006 Pixar film Cars bears strong resemblance to Doc Hollywood's plot.
- On a side note, it was during the shooting of this film when Michael J. Fox first noticed the symptoms of his impending Parkinson's Disease.
- This movie is similar in story, soundtrack and mood to the series Northern Exposure which was released around the same time.