John Q(Movie, 2002)

Name: John Q
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: 2002
Duration: T01:56:00
Rating: 3.6

PG-13

| 1h 56min | Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 1,032 votes)

John Q. is a 2002 American thriller drama film written by James Kearns and directed by Nick Cassavetes. It stars Denzel Washington as the title character, a man who is forced to take a hospital emergency room hostage in order for his son to receive a heart transplant. Robert Duvall, James Woods, Anne Heche, Kimberly Elise, and Ray Liotta appear in supporting roles. The film was shot in Toronto, Hamilton, Ontario, and Canmore, Alberta, although the story takes place in Chicago. Shooting took place for 60 days from August 8 to November 3, 2000, and the film was released on February 15, 2002. It received generally negative reviews from critics, but was a commercial success, grossing $102 million on a $36 million budget. ()

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Awards & Nominations for John Q

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture nominated for: BET Award for Best Actor nominated for: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture nominated for: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture nominated for: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture

About John Q

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Toronto, Montreal, Hamilton, Chicago (Illinois)

Plays in: Chicago (Illinois)

Made by: New Line Cinema, Evolution Entertainment, Burg/Koules Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)

Translated into 29 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 02/15/2002

Cast: Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, James Woods, Anne Heche, Kimberly Elise, Ray Liotta, Eddie Griffin, Kevin Connolly, Shawn Hatosy, Heather Wahlquist, Troy Winbush, Dina Spybey, David Thornton, Laura Harring, Ethan Suplee, Larry King, Troy Beyer, Vanessa Branch, Paul Johansson, Keram Malicki-Sánchez, Stephanie Moore, Obba Babatundé, Larissa Laskin, Scott Bloom, Bill Maher, Shera Danese, Ted Demme, Noam Jenkins, Claire Rankin, Carlos Díaz, Philip Craig

Director: Nick Cassavetes

Producer: Mark Burg, Oren Koules

Screenwriter: James Kearns

Executive Producer: Michael De Luca

Film Editor: Dede Allen

Director of Photography: Rogier Stoffers

Composer: Aaron Zigman, Stevie Wonder

Production Designer: Stefania Cella

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Dzhon Kyu"

"Situación extrema"

"Dzhon K'yu"

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

Budget: 36,000,000 USD

Revenue: 102,244,770 USD (= 284%)

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John Q(Movie, 2002)

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