John Q

Give a father no options and you leave him no choice.

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Drama
Crime
Thriller

Overview

John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.

Keywords

kidnapping
parent child relationship
hospital
chicago
illinois
heart attack
heart disease
hostage-taking
chicago, illinois

Details

Status: Released
Release date: February 15, 2002
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America
Production: New Line Cinema,Evolution Entertainment,Burg/Koules Productions
Cast: Denzel Washington,James Woods,Kimberly Elise,Robert Duvall,Shawn Hatosy,Eddie Griffin,Kevin Connolly,Ethan Suplee,Ray Liotta,Anne Hecheand 53 more
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Writer: James Kearns
Producer: Michael De Luca,Avram Butch Kaplan,Mark Burg,Oren Koules,Richard Saperstein
Cinematography: Rogier Stoffers,Michael Kohnhorst
Music: Aaron Zigman
Budget: $36,000,000
Revenue: $102,244,770
IMDb: tt0251160