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This chapter discusses the film Article 99v (1999), which tells the story of veterans at a fictitious government veteran's hospital unable to receive needed medical care because of funding cutbacks and an arcane, bureaucratic regulation known as “Article 99.” This regulation states that, even though a veteran is eligible for “full medical ...
Article 99 is a 1992 American comedy-drama film directed by Howard Deutch and written by Ron Cutler. It was produced by Orion Pictures , and starring Kiefer Sutherland , Ray Liotta , Forest Whitaker , John C. McGinley , Rutanya Alda and Lea Thompson .
The movie's title refers to a fictitious VA regulation (an obvious spin on "Catch-22") that allows medical benefits for veterans but frequently disqualifies them because "their diagnosed condition ...
- Howard Deutch
Mar 13, 1992 · "Article 99," which wants to be the "MASH" of veteran's hospitals, filled me with a great unease as I was watching it. The filmmakers have obviously studied not only "MASH" (the movie) but also such quip-a-minit TV shows as "Hill Street Blues" and "St. Elsewhere," and they have taken those formulas and mixed them up with some social outrage. They want to make a comedy with a heart, but it just ...
Mar 13, 1992 · Article 99: Directed by Howard Deutch. With Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Lea Thompson. Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Howard Deutch
- 1992-03-13
Jan 1, 2015 · This chapter discusses the film Article 99v (1999), which tells the story of veterans at a fictitious government veteran's hospital unable to receive needed medical care because of funding ...
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A doctor (Ray Liotta) defies regulations at a VA hospital. Kiefer Sutherland. Dr. Handleman: Forest Whitaker. Dr. Van Dorn: Lea Thompson. Dr. Bobrick: John McGinley.
