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The House of God (1984)
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Samuel Shem (novel)
Donald Wrye (writer)
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Every year in July, 6,000 young Men and Women leave the comfort and safety of medical school confident in the knowledge that they will become interns in the greatest system of medical care in the History of the universe. Some actually survive.
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Follow a group of interns in a large teaching hospital. When Jo, Chief Resident, has a breakdown the... more | add synopsis
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tim Matheson | ... | Roy Basch |
 | Charles Haid | ... | Fats (The Fatman) |
| Michael Sacks | ... | Wayne Potts |
 | Lisa Pelikan | ... | Jo Miller |
 | Bess Armstrong | ... | Cissy Anderson |
| George Coe | ... | Dr. Leggo |
 | James Cromwell | ... | Officer Quick |
 | Ossie Davis | ... | Dr. Sanders |
| Richard Brestoff | ... | Howie Greenspoon |
| Leo Burmester | ... | Dr. Gath |
| Kathryn Dowling | ... | Molly |
 | Charles Fleischer | ... | Hyper Hooper |
| Malachy McCourt | ... | Officer Gillheeny |
 | Joe Piscopo | ... | Dr. Fishberg |
 | Michael Richards | ... | Dr. Pinkus |
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108 min
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Graduate Hosptal - 1800 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Interesting, honest, and incisive look at the inner workings of a average, everyday hospital. Here we have a group of interns fresh out of Med school who come face to face with the harsh realities of the hospital 'business'. Their youthful ideals and energy is soon stamped out and replaced by apathy and indifference. All because of the 'system'.
Even if you have no connection to the medical field you may still find this interesting and relatable. The hospital business really is just like the everyday business with the same politics and contrasting personalities. In particular there's the Jo character (well played by Lisa Pelikan). Called a 'slurpy' here she can best be described as a 'company person'. Someone with no outside life and thus becomes married to her job. She goes "all out" for every patient (even if they don't want it) simply to hide her own emptiness and need for approval. You can find one in any office as well as the administrator. He is the typical administrator who is completely oblivious to what is going on and tries to solve all issues by simply talking in circles.
The core group of interns is also very identifiable. They start out as one, but eventually break apart. Some adopt the system and even play into it. Others begrudgingly learn to accept it and work with it. Yet still others decide to simply drop out all together.
It is hard to put this film into any one type of category. It starts out as a sort of absurdist comedy, but then becomes much more realistic. There's moments of both satire and drama, sort of like a dramedy. However the second half becomes almost all drama.
There's no real style here and the overall visual quality can best be described as blah. The film can't really be described as entertaining either. It's more like an informative film by someone in the know. If you want to be 'educated' about what a hospital enviroment is really like than this needs watching. The Charles Haid "Fatman" character alone makes it worth it.