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The Doctor is a 1991 American drama film directed by Randa Haines. It is loosely based on Dr. Edward Rosenbaum 's 1988 memoir A Taste Of My Own Medicine . [ 1 ] The film stars William Hurt as Jack McKee, a doctor who undergoes a transformation in his views about life, illness and human relationships.
[5] Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 33% of six critics have given the film a positive review. [6] In her autobiography, Enter Whining, Fran Drescher commented that Doctor Detroit was expected to be a major hit for the summer of 1983 but fell short of expectations, grossing $10.8 million on a budget of $8 million. [citation needed]
The film was a success in the US, but not Britain. Bogarde later theorised this may have been due to the fact audiences were annoyed to discover the film was not one of the "Doctor" film series. [4] However according to Kinematograph Weekly the film performed "better than average" at the British box office in 1959. [5]
His life story is recounted in the new film “Sight,” which depicts how the Chinese immigrant survived his homeland's harsh Cultural Revolution to become a world renowned eye surgeon in the U.S.
Prompted by the plight of David Rivlin, a quadriplegic who litigated to be removed from his respirator so that he could die, [6] the sight of a dying woman in a hospital bed, and the memory of his mother Satenig's death more than two decades earlier, Jack Kevorkian builds his first "Mercitron" [7] from parts bought at a flea market.
The Doctors [2] (Korean: 닥터스; RR: Dakteoseu; lit. Doctors ) is a 2016 South Korean medical drama starring Kim Rae-won and Park Shin-hye . It aired on SBS TV from June 20 to August 23, 2016, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 ( KST ) for 20 episodes.
"Father Knows Best" wrapped in the late 1950s, but the cast would reunite two decades later for reunion specials in 1977. By that time, Donahue had appeared in dozens of programs — "Andy ...
The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 3/5 stars, writing: "Considering the notoriously sordid subject matter, director Robert Lynn's true-crime case history should have been a far more riveting affair than this so-so account. Donald Pleasence is at his sinister best playing the monstrous doctor who murders his persecuting wife in order ...