Coma (1978) DVD - Widescreen & Full Screen - Dolby Digital Mono Retail
 

Coma (1978) DVD - Widescreen & Full Screen - Dolby Digital Mono Retail
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Something eerie is going on at Boston Memorial--patients with minor problems are slipping into irreversible comas, and a doctor is targeted when she suspects her colleagues of foul play.

Based on the best-selling novel by Robin Cook, COMA is a taught paranoid thriller and a dramatically apt metaphor for the corruption and fraud in the modern American health-care industry. Dr.Susan Wheeler (Genevieve Bujold) suspects her colleagues of foul play when her closest friend lapses into a coma following a routine operation. When Wheeler discovers a suspiciously frequent pattern of unexplained comas in her hospital, she becomes obsessed with finding an answer, even when it puts her own career and life in danger. Her lover, Dr. Bellows (Michael Douglas), admits there is a mystery but doubts there is a conspiracy and even suspects Wheeler of suffering from a nervous breakdown. The tension builds as Wheeler's investigation leads her to a secret corporation specializing in organ transplant experimentation and sale for profit, and she soon witnesses the defining image of the film: comatose bodies suspended on wires in a computer-controlled environment. With its suspensful plot, dramatic editing, and conspiratorial terror, COMA is a precursor to many paranoid dramas such as THE FIRM and THE PELICAN BRIEF, establishing a defined style that may yet become a genre unto itself.

Filmed in Boston, Boston City Hospital, and MA General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts!!

    
Features/Specifications
  • Attractive Retail Box
  • Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Suspense, Thriller, Murder, Deception
  • Rating: 14A (Canadian Home Video Rating)
  • Starring: Elizabeth Ashley, Gary Barton, Geneviève Bujold, Genevieve Bujold, Lois Chiles, Michael Douglas, Frank Downing, Richard Doyle, Hari Rhodes, Tom Selleck, Rip Torn, Elmore Rual Torn, Richard Widmark
  • Directed By: Michael Crichton
  • Release Information:
  • Studio: Warner Studios
  • Theatrical Release Date: January 6, 1978
  • DVD Release Date: February 3, 2004
  • Run Time: 113 minutes
  • Production Company: Warner Home Video
  • Package Type: Snap Case
  • DVD Features:
  • Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only). This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries.
  • Aspect Ratio(s):
  • Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1
  • Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
  • Available Audio Tracks:
  • English (Dolby Digital Mono)
  • French (Dolby Digital Mono)
  • Available Subtitles: English and French
  • Closed Captioned: Yes
  • Bonus Features:
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Interactive Features:
  • Scene Access
  • Interactive  Menus
Product Requirements
  • DVD Player
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