The film's soundtrack features the Chesney Hawkes song " The One and Only", which reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Further filming took place in Los Angeles. The story location was moved from Georgia to South Carolina but filmed on location in Florida in the towns of Micanopy and McIntosh, south of Gainesville. He was an associate producer on the film. Shulman, about his time as a doctor in rural Georgia. The film is based on the book What? Dead…Again? by Neil B. Shulman posing in front of a Doc Hollywood poster.
Roberts Blossom as Judge Evans, the judge who sentences Ben to community service.Bridget Fonda as Nancy Lee Nicholson, the daughter of Nick Nicholson.Frances Sternhagen as Lillian, a member of Grady's welcoming committee.David Ogden Stiers as Mayor Nick Nicholson, the mayor of Grady who is also the owner of the town's café.Woody Harrelson as Hank Gordon, Grady's local insurance salesman.Aurelius Hogue, an elderly curmudgeon doctor in Grady.
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Julie Warner as Vialula/"Lou", a tomboyish ambulance driver living in Grady who is a single mother and is a law student.Benjamin "Ben" Stone, an aspiring surgeon. After Hank tells Ben that he and Lou broke off their engagement, Ben returns to Grady and reconciles with her. A few weeks later, Hank and Nancy Lee arrive in Los Angeles, bringing Ben's repaired car with them. Beverly Hills' superficiality soon leaves Ben, who grew up in a small town, feeling depressed and isolated. Halberstrom hires Ben based on Hogue's recommendation. Lou, not wanting Ben to waste his talents in a small town, hides her feelings for him, and says she is marrying Hank.ĭr. The community has chipped in and bought him a plane ticket to Los Angeles. During the delivery, Ben's Porsche is once again damaged when a fatigued carnival truck driver knocks into it.īen prepares to leave the next day. After a short hesitation, he stops to help. Near the town's reservoir, Ben happens upon a local man whose wife is in labor inside their car. Unwilling to exploit the situation or incite Hank's jealousy, Ben secretly leaves town at night. On the eve of Ben's departure, he shares an intimate evening with Lou. Grateful, Hogue privately calls Halberstrom explaining Ben's delay due to his enforced community service (which he explains as being "volunteer work"), while Judge Evans releases Ben from his remaining sentence. Hogue, initially dismissive of Ben as being too young and too inexperienced, changes his mind when he has a heart attack and Ben saves his life. The town's residents begin to warm to Ben, and he in turn starts to enjoy small-town life. Local insurance agent Hank Gordon also courts Lou, while Nancy Lee, the mayor's daughter, pursues Ben. While his 1956 Porsche Speedster is being repaired, Ben tends to patients and flirts with ambulance driver Vialula (better known as "Lou"), a single mother of a four-year-old daughter. Aurelius Hogue, who is planning to retire. Mayor Nick Nicholson and the town's reception committee meet Ben, hoping to hire him to replace Dr. Unfortunately, the fence belongs to Judge Evans, who then sentences him to 32 hours of community service at the town's medical clinic. While passing through the small town of Grady, South Carolina, Ben crashes into a fence whilst trying to avoid hitting a cow. Benjamin "Ben" Stone begins driving to Beverly Hills for a job interview with noted plastic surgeon Dr. Having completed his medical residency in a Washington, D.C. The film was shot on location in Micanopy, Florida. Fox, Julie Warner, Barnard Hughes, Woody Harrelson, David Ogden Stiers, Frances Sternhagen, and Bridget Fonda.
Shulman's book What? Dead.Again? The film stars Michael J. Doc Hollywood is a 1991 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Caton-Jones and written by Daniel Pyne along with Jeffrey Price and Peter S.
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