The Hospital 1971 123movies

Watch: The Hospital 1971 123movies, Full Movie Online – Dr. Herbert Bock (George C. Scott), the chief of medicine in a New York City teaching hospital, is contemplating suicide. He’s impotent, his wife has left him, and his children aren’t speaking to him. His hospital is also suffering from a recent spate of inexplicable deaths. In the midst of these setbacks, Bock is romantically drawn to the much younger Barbara Drummond (Dame Diana Rigg), whose father is a patient. As Barbara restores Bock’s will to live, it turns out that the hospital deaths are murders..
Plot: Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospital bed, it appears to Bock to be a case of unforgivable malpractice. Hours later, another doctor, who happens to be responsible for another case of malpractice, is found dead. Despondent, Bock finds himself drawn to Barbara, the daughter of a comatose missionary.
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	7.1/10 Votes: 6,610
	100% | RottenTomatoes
	72/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 75 Popularity: 5.501 | TMDB

Reviews:

Taking Your Life In Your Hands
Anybody who goes to the Manhattan Hospital Center is taking his life in his hands. That includes the staff of The Hospital.

I had never seen The Hospital before and I was intrigued at how similar the characters and situations of the plot were to that other Paddy Chayefsky masterpiece, Network. There are elements in George C. Scott’s character that have both Al Schumacher’s and Howard Beale’s.

He’s the administrator of The Hospital and he’s mad as hell and not going to take it any more. He’s completely estranged from his wife and kids. It takes a Faye Dunaway type character in the person of Diana Rigg to make him snap out of it. One roll in the hay with her and he’s shocked back to reality and the fact he still can contribute in the world.

But first he’s got a real problem. Someone is out killing hospital staff, four of them in a 48 hour period. And the nice part is their deaths can be attributed to in large part to the general incompetence of a medical bureaucracy. That’s where the comedy comes in.

There is an actual Howard Beale type character in the person of Barnard Hughes, Diana Rigg’s father. His end is not quite as dramatic as Beale’s though.

Back in my working days it was part of my job to pay medical suppliers. Some of them could be as big creeps as you’ll find portrayed in The Hospital. The black comedy satire had some real bite to it for me.

George C. Scott was nominated for Best Actor, but having won and refused to accept the previous year’s Oscar for Patton, he wasn’t about to get a second chance. He lost to Gene Hackman for The French Connection. Still his handling of the role is unforgettable.

Try viewing The Hospital back to back with Network and see how many similarities you spot.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 43 min (103 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Director Arthur Hiller
Writer Paddy Chayefsky
Actors George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes
Country United States
Awards Won 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 5 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panavision Camera and Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 2,805 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm