The hospital
The hospital - 1971 - Color - 103 mn
Original version with French subtitles - USA
Comedy, Satire
- Direction
Arthur Hiller - Production
Howard Gottfried - Screenplay
Paddy Chayefsky - Editing
Eric Albertson - Photography
Victor J. Kemper - Music by
Morris Surdin - With
George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes
Thursday 6 September 2018 - 14:45 - Showroom 100
Sunday 16 September 2018 - 15:15 - Showroom 300
Suicidal Doctor Bock, the medical director of a big New York hospital suffers from depression, made worse by a imploding family and alcohol problems. While accidents mysteriously multiply, he will meet Barbara, a patient's daughter.
After the antimilitarist satire The Americanization of Emily, also directed by Arthur Hiller and Sidney Lumet's visionary Network, The Hospital closes the acid trilogy written by Paddy Chayefsky. Supported by the talents of George C. Scott (Docteur Strangelove, Hardcore) and Diana Rigg (The Avengers), The Hospital pokes fun at this chaotic and ebullient microcosm with causticity and glee.