John Q.
John Q. is a 2002 American thriller drama film starring Denzel Washington, with co-stars Robert Duvall, Kimberly Elise, Anne Heche, James Woods, and Ray Liotta, directed by Nick Cassavetes. The film tells the story of John Quincy Archibald (Denzel Washington), a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and who finds out he is unable to receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. He holds hostages at the hospital to force them to perform the operation.
Plot
A young woman driving recklessly on a freeway is killed in a collision with a truck. Weeks earlier in Chicago, factory worker John Quincy Archibald and his wife Denise are behind with their house and car payments. One day after church, they rush their young son Michael to the hospital after he collapses at his baseball game, and are told by cardiologist Dr. Raymond Turner and administrator Rebecca Payne that Michael needs a heart transplant or he will die. John and Denise have only $1,000 in savings, and they are informed that the hospital requires a $75,000 down payment of the procedure's $250,000 cost simply to place Michael on the organ transplant list. To make matters worse, John discovers that his work's health insurance will not cover the surgery.
Awards
Cast
- Anne Heche
- Bill Maher
- Carlos Díaz
- Claire Rankin
- David Thornton
- Denzel Washington
- Dina Spybey
- Eddie Griffin
- Ethan Suplee
- Heather Wahlquist
- James Woods
- Keram Malicki-Sánchez
- Kevin Connolly
- Kimberly Elise
- Larissa Laskin
- Larry King
- Laura Harring
- Noam Jenkins
- Obba Babatundé
- Paul Johansson
- Philip Craig
- Ray Liotta
- Robert Duvall
- Scott Bloom
- Shawn Hatosy
- Shera Danese
- Stephanie Moore
- Ted Demme
- Troy Beyer
- Troy Winbush
- Vanessa Branch