As they enter their third year of medical school, a group of young students must prepare to decide what they intend to specialize in. Somehow, they must impress the Chief of Surgery while learning how to survive the life-and-death area of medicine and the complexity of their everyday lives.
Acting
Lane and San Giacomo elevate thin material considerably.
Direction
Silver brings indie intimacy to studio medical melodrama.
Director
Marisa Silver
Adrian Pasdar
Michael Chatham
Diane Lane
Gina Wyler
Laura San Giacomo
Lauren Rose
Jack Gwaltney
Kenny Rose
Jane Adams
Suzanne Maloney
Tim Ransom
Bobby Hayes
Bradley Whitford
Dr. Donald Ballentine
Lisa Jane Persky
Bobby
William Devane
Dr. Chatham
Norma Aleandro
Henrietta Walker
Jimmy Smits
Dr. David Redding
Wallace Langham
Gant
James Karen
Dean of Students
Enid Kent
Vivian
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marisa Silver directed this between Permanent Record and her acclaimed short films, making it a rare studio gig for an indie voice.
Released months before the first ER novel and years before the NBC juggernaut, this quietly predicted the medical drama explosion—then got buried by it.
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