Young Doctors in Love (1982)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Garry Marshall

Writers:

Michael Elias (writer) and
Rich Eustis (writer)

Release Date:

16 July 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Warning: This Movie May Be Dangerous To Your Health. You May Never Stop Laughing.

Plot:

An 'Airplane'-style spoof of hospital soap operas: a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of...

Plot Keywords:

Spoof | Hospital | Beautiful Woman | Female Nudity | Drinking Urine

Cast

Sean Young	...	Dr. Stephanie Brody
Michael McKean	...	Dr. Simon August
Gary Friedkin	...	Dr. Milton Chamberlain
Kyle T. Heffner	...	Dr. Charles Litto
Rick Overton	...	Dr. Thurman Flicker
Crystal Bernard	...	Julie
Ted McGinley	...	Dr. Bucky DeVol
Saul Rubinek	...	Floyd Kurtzman
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Dr. Oliver Ludwig
Pamela Reed	...	Nurse Norine Sprockett
Taylor Negron	...	Dr. Phil Burns
Patrick Collins	...	Dr. Walter Rist
Dabney Coleman	...	Dr. Joseph Prang
Titos Vandis	...	Sal Bonafetti
Michael Richards	...	Malamud Callahan

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:L | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Spain:13 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

2nd Street Tunnel, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

ABC Motion Pictures

Trivia:

Feature film debut of Richard Dean Anderson.

Goofs:

Continuity: Malamud pushes an air conditioner out of the wall and there is a rope tied to his foot, but as he falls through the sky light in the next shot, there is no sign of either the air conditioner that he pushed out or the rope that was tied to his foot.

Quotes:

Dr. Oliver Ludwig: There are over twenty bodily fluids present in the human body and I am proud to say I have tasted all of them.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Pac-Man (1982) (VG)

Soundtrack:

GENERAL HOSPITALE

Everything but, "Don't call me Shirley!"

Why isn't this movie better known? I stumbled across it in a used video store and paid $2 for lack of anything else available. What a great surprise! It is the funniest movie I have ever seen. You can't take the world so seriously after watching "Young Doctors in Love."

All "Airplane-sque" films have to be extremely broad (but not vulgar) comedy that still somehow doesn't insult the viewer's intelligence. Such is a really tough combination (recall any of Leslie Neilson's attempts without the Zukers). Their audience is bright people who aren't embarrassed to laugh in the presence of other bright people. Young Doctors in Love is even better than Airplane. It is multilayered, and indeed does require several watchings to catch all its simultaneous hilarious flickers.

Nothing is sacred here. Dancing orphans, little people, egotistic surgeons, stroke victims with pointy tongues, balloon pregnancies (my personal favorite), (un?)requited transsexual love, nurses with pharmacy keys up for grabs, latino rumbra seducers, even vanilla ice cream. And poor "Kramer". Michael Richards fans must see this movie if for no other reason.

"Think fast!" and rent Young Doctors in Love today. You will be delighted. Guaranteed.