John Q.

Theatrical Release Date: 2002 02 15 (USA)

UPC: 794043546822

Studio: New Line Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language]

Summary: A national health care crisis in the United States yields this tense drama from screenwriter James Kearns and director Nick Cassavetes, who experienced a real-life dilemma with his daughter's congenital heart disease that mirrors the one in this film. Denzel Washington stars as John Q. Archibald, a factory worker facing financial hardship as a result of reduced hours in his workplace. When his young son, Michael (Daniel E. Smith), is stricken during a baseball game, John and his wife, Denise (Kimberly Elise), discover that their child is in need of an emergency heart transplant. Although the Archibalds have health insurance, they are informed by hospital administrator Rebecca Payne (Anne Heche) that their policy doesn't cover such an expensive procedure. Unable to raise the money himself, John persuades the hospital's compassionate cardiac surgeon, Dr. Raymond Turner (James Woods), to waive his lofty fee, but is still left with too much of a financial burden to bear. 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. John is soon a media hero, the focus of intense news coverage, even as police chief Gus Monroe (Ray Liotta) and hostage negotiator Frank Grimes (Robert Duvall) try to resolve the situation before it leads to bloodshed. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Category: Drama

Features: ccOriginal documentary: "Fighting for Care": an in-depth look into the health care crisis stemming from an organ donor shortage
Trivia subtitle track with direct access to additional features
Commentary by director Nick Cassavetes, screenwriter James Kearns, producer Mark Burg, and director of photography Roger Stoffers
Original documentary: "Behind the Scenes of John Q"
Deleted scenes with optional director commentary
Theatrical trailer
Theatrical press kit
DVD-ROM content:
Script-to-screen access to the film
Original website
Exclusive access to online Infinifilm features

John Q.

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 07/16/2002

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS Dolby Digital Surround, DTS Digital Theater Systems

Runtime: 112 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Main Titles
2. One Family
3. Overqualified
4. Fateful Sunday
5. Diagnosis
6. Runaround
7. A Little Help
8. "Do Something!"
9. Tension and Trauma
10. Demands
11. Chiefly Concerns
12. HMOs and Oaths
13. Payback and Releases
14. Waiting on a Miracle
15. An Open Shot
16. The Public Eye
17. "Take Mine."
18. A Last Message
19. "Let's Do It."
20. Surrender
21. Three Months Later
22. End Credits

Cast and Crew: Shera Danese  Actor 
Scott Bloom  Actor 
Keram Malicki Sanchez  Actor 
Vanessa Branch  Actor 
Nick Cassavetes  Director 
Mark Burg  Producer 
Michael De Luca  Executive Producer 
Avram "Butch" Kaplan  Executive Producer 
Richard Saperstein  Executive Producer 
Oren Koules  Producer 
Howard Burkons  Executive Producer 
Dale de la Torre  Executive Producer 
James Kearns  Screenwriter 
Aaron Zigman  Composer (Music Score) 
Denzel Washington  Actor 
Robert Duvall  Actor 
James Woods  Actor 
Kimberly Elise  Actor 
Daniel E. Smith  Actor 
Anne Heche  Actor 
Ray Liotta  Actor 
Eddie Griffin  Actor 
Shawn Hatosy  Actor 
Paul Johansson  Actor 
David Thornton  Actor 
Kevin Connolly  Actor 
Ethan Suplee  Actor 
Heather Wahlquist  Actor 
Troy Beyer  Actor 
Obba Babatunde  Actor 
Troy Winbush  Actor 
Laura Elena Harring  Actor 
Larissa Laskin  Actor 
Dina Waters  Actor 
Martha Chaves  Actor 

Country: USA