John Q is a 2002 American film directed by Nick Cassavetes. The film follows John Quincy Archibald , 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 recipient's list. The film also stars Robert Duvall, Anne Heche, James Woods, Ray Liotta and Eddie Griffin, among others. The film was shot in Toronto, Hamilton, Ontario , and Canmore, Alberta, although the story takes place in... Chicago. As the film opens a young woman is recklessly driving a white BMW down a mountain highway. A slow-moving truck impedes her progress, and as she attempts to pass it on a blind curve a second truck looms in the oncoming lane and clips the woman's rear fender. The woman spins and comes to a stop in front of the first truck which broadsides her car and she dies . John Quincy Archibald is with his wife Denise at his son's baseball game.
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| Release date: | February 15, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Nick Cassavetes |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 116 Minutes |
| Producer: | Oren Koules, Mark Burg |
| Editor: | Dede Allen |
| Music by: | Aaron Zigman, Stevie Wonder |
| Cinematography: | Rogier Stoffers |
| Screenplay by: | James Kearns |
| Estimated budget: | $36,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller |