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Synopsis
A big city doctor is stranded in a small rural town, where he finds love, professional challenges, and a pet pig, in this comedy. Fresh out of residence at a Washington D.C. hospital, hot-shot plastic surgeon Ben Stone (Michael J. Fox) hops in his Porsche and is headed for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. However, Ben accidentally plows into a fence in Grady, South Carolina; the wreck puts Ben's car out of commission, and the town's mayor, Nick Nicholson (David Ogden Stiers), sees to it that Ben is sentenced to perform community service while he's waiting to get his car back on the road. For a week, Ben will serve as the community's general practitioner, filling in for the aging Dr. Hogue (Barnard Hughes). Many of the locals go out of their way to make Ben feel welcome, since they need a new full-time doctor and hope he'd be interested in staying on a permanent basis. Ben isn't especially interested until he meets Lou (Julie Warner), a beautiful, intelligent, and feisty local woman he first meets as she's enjoying a morning skinny-dip. Ben now finds himself wondering what the odds are of winning her away from her less-than-brilliant boyfriend Hank (Woody Harrelson). Bridget Fonda has a memorable supporting role as Nancy Lee, who doesn't make much of a secret of her attraction to Ben. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Raye Birk Simon Tidwell
Roberts Blossom Judge Evans
Edye Byrde Nurse Packer
Bridget Fonda Nancy Lee
Michael J. Fox Ben Stone
George Hamilton Dr. Halberstrom
Woody Harrelson Hank
Barnard Hughes Dr. Hogue
Tom Lacy Cotton
Macon McCalman Aubrey Draper
Frances Sternhagen Lillian
David Ogden Stiers Nick Nicholson
Julie Warner Lou
Mel Winkler Melvin

Production Crew

Eva Anna Bohn Art Director
Neil B. Shulman Associate Producer
Neil B. Shulman Book Author
Michael Chapman Cinematographer
Carter Burwell Composer (Music Score)
Richard Hornung Costume Designer
Michael Caton-Jones Director
Gregg London Editor
Priscilla Nedd-Friendly Editor
Marc Merson Executive Producer
Deborah D. Johnson Producer
Susan Solt Producer
Dale Allan Pelton Production Designer
Lawrence Miller Production Designer
Robert P. Cohen Production Designer
Daniel Pyne Screenwriter
Jeffrey Price Screenwriter
Peter S. Seaman Screenwriter
Claudia Rebar Set Designer
Year: 1991
Runtime: 110
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy
Romance

Sound
Dolby

Produced by
Warner Brothers

Release
August 02, 1991 (USA)
by Warner Brothers