The Doctor is a 1991 American film directed by Randa Haines and starring William Hurt as a doctor who undergoes a transformation in his views about life, illness and human relationships.
A surrealist exploration of life dealing with a psychologist inhabiting a world full of colorful characters. He ponders life, visits cafes and vaudeville acts, and monologues to the mute ghost of a deceased child patient, as well as a mysterious griffin, while coming to terms with the death of his young wife, struggling to experience the finer things in life, and trying to figure out what it all means. Written by mw
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions. Written by Murray Chapman
