The Hospital
1971, PG, 103 min.
Directed by Arthur Hiller, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes, Nancy Marchand, Richard A. Dysart, Stephen Elliott, Stockard Channing, Katherine Helmond.

Paddy Chayevsky’s Oscar-winning screenplay is the basis for this black comedy about a disillusioned doctor and the institution for which he works. Even before HMOs and full computerization, hospitals provided ample material for wild ñ but all too real ñ humor.

This article appears in July 21 • 2000.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.