Themes: Work Ethics, Fighting the System, Doctors and Patients
Main Cast: Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Lea Thompson, Kathy Baker, John C. McGinley
Release Year: 1992
Country: US
Run Time: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
The title Article 99 refers to a fictional legal loophole which states that American veterans cannot be treated in VA hospitals unless their illnesses are related to their military service. The pinchpenny administrator of a Kansas City hospital intends to follow this proviso to the letter, while his irreverent staff does everything it can to circumvent rules and red tape. When freewheeling surgeon Ray Liotta is fired for exhibiting traces of humanity, the patients stage a revolt. Playing a new medico, Kiefer Sutherland also stars. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
John Mahoney - Dr. Henry Dreyfoos; Eli Wallach - Sam Abrams; Keith David - Luther Jerome; Noble Willingham - Inspector General; Julie Bovasso - Amelia Sturdeyvant; Troy Evans - Pat Travis; Lynne Thigpen - Nurse White; Jeffrey Tambor - Dr. Leo Krutz; Leo Burmeister - Shooter Polaski; Rutanya Alda - Ann Travis; Erik Holland - Gomer Ward Patient; John La Fayette - Neurologist; Joe Lerer - Reporter; Michelle Little - Nurse Pierce; Mark Lowenthal - Dr. Wolin; Davenia McFadden - Clerk; James Medina - Puzzled Intern; Vince Melocchi - Tense Patient; Jophery Brown - Admitting Guard; Douglas Dirkson - Freaked Patient; Ernest Abuba - Ikiro Tenabe; Karen Rea; Donald Bishop - New Director; Brenda Varda - Nurse Nichols; Timothy Graham - Captain
Credit
Roger Joseph Pugliese - Associate Producer, Elena Spiotta - Associate Producer, Rudy Dillon - Costume Designer, Howard Deutch - Director, Richard Halsey - Editor, Danny Elfman - Composer (Music Score), Christa Reusch - Makeup, Virginia Randolph - Production Designer, Marc Fisichella - Production Designer, Richard Bowen - Cinematographer, Michael Levy - Producer, Michael Gruskoff - Producer, Charles D. Knight - Sound/Sound Designer, Ron Cutler - Screenwriter
