John Q

2002 · 116 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 148,004 VOTES · DIR. Nick Cassavetes

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Overview

John Quincy Archibald is 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 donor's list.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,344 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:42 Come on.
00:07:08 - All right. - We can't know what you're saying.
00:12:22 Let's go, baby. Let's go, son. All right.
00:17:11 If his blood pressure drops, we're going to have to do something.
00:21:42 It's not so simple.
00:25:51 - Not enough. - What little we have is already used up.
00:31:22 Give me $100.
00:36:47 - Give me your gun. - I don't have a gun.
00:40:50 - I don't want to sit down! - What is wrong with you?
00:45:04 - He's at home. It's his day off. - Not anymore, it ain't. Get him here.
00:48:34 If you work with me, if you're reasonable
00:53:20 I don't know, but he's coming.
00:57:11 the HMO sends the doctor a fat-ass bonus cheque.
01:00:50 And Rosa. Vamos. Let's go.
01:04:48 There's a man threatening innocent people because you refused to help his son.
01:09:26 We go now to Hope Memorial Hospital. live... Tuck Lampley.
01:13:49 The air conditioning just turned off.
01:18:44 That's right, champ. You do.
01:24:14 Police Chief Moroe.
01:28:20 - You'll be dead. - And my son will live.
01:31:42 Doctor, Mr Maguire, let's get ready for surgery.
01:38:04 Right there.
01:44:46 Put these on for me, would you do that?
22:00:00 and I swear to God on my life

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,344
Dialogue density11.6 lines / min
First line00:01:42
Final line22:00:00

Production Record

DirectorNick Cassavetes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$36,000,000
Revenue$102,244,770
IMDb votes148,004