John Q, New Line Cinema presents a Burg/Koules production ; produced by Mark Burg, Oren Koules ; written by James Kearns ; directed by Nick Cassavetes
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John Q, New Line Cinema presents a Burg/Koules production ; produced by Mark Burg, Oren Koules ; written by James Kearns ; directed by Nick Cassavetes
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Canadian home video rating: 14A
Main title
John Q
Medium
videorecording DVD
Oclc number
416299467
Responsibility statement
New Line Cinema presents a Burg/Koules production ; produced by Mark Burg, Oren Koules ; written by James Kearns ; directed by Nick Cassavetes
Runtime
116
Series statement
Infinifilm
Summary
John Q. is a factory worker facing financial hardship as a result of reduced hours in his workplace. He and his wife soon discover that their child is in need of an emergency heart transplant. Although they have an HMO, they are informed that their policy doesn't cover such an expensive procedure. Unable to raise the money for the surgury himself and 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
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
Subject
- Health maintenance organization patients
- Health maintenance organization patients -- Drama
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Hostages -- United States -- Drama
- Drama
- Hostages
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- United States
- Health maintenance organizations -- Drama
- Health maintenance organizations
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- Genre4
- Subject13
- Health maintenance organization patients
- Health maintenance organization patients -- Drama
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Hostages -- United States -- Drama
- Drama
- Hostages
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- United States
- Health maintenance organizations -- Drama
- Health maintenance organizations
- resource.originPlace1
- Actor9
- Composer1
- Director1
- Is Part Of1
- Producer2
- resource.screenwriter1
- Mapped to1