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Plot

Dr. Ben Stone (Michael J. Fox) is a hotshot young doctor who longs to leave the drudgery of the emergency room and finally leaps at his chance at more money and less work on the West Coast. On his last day, Ben's relationship with his co-workers is presumed to be anything but a warm one, as none of his colleagues will join him for a drink afterwards, and a celebratory cake in his honor has an iced portion of the phrase "Good riddance, asshole" sliced out of it. For other persons named Michael Fox, see Michael Fox (disambiguation). ...

Ben's cross-country drive to become a Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon is interrupted when he crashes in the rural hamlet of Grady, South Carolina, and is penalized to serve 32 hours of community service at the local hospital. Unfortunately for Ben, he's crashed through the fence of the local judge, who hands him the sentence. Though Ben offers to pay the judge for the fence in lieu of jail time, the stern judge increases his jail time for each time he talks back. Defeated, he reports to the hospital, where the stern Nurse Packer (Eyde Byrde) humbles him by ordering him to clock in and out each time he enters and leaves the hospital, as would a factory worker. For other uses, see: Beverly Hills (disambiguation). ... This article is about the medical specialty. ...

Though upset at his situation, Ben finds that his work at the clinic is much more laid-back than his time in the E/R, working on simple cases such as spots before the eyes (from an elderly patient not cleaning her glasses), fishing hook impalings, and even reading mail for a young illiterate couple, whose baby he delivers later. The experience also humbles Ben for a moment, when he misdiagnoses a case of diarrhea in a child as a serious heart ailment. The town's elderly and idiosyncratic doctor, Aurelius Hogue, orders Ben to give the boy a Coca-Cola. Dismissing Hogue's treatment as quackery, Ben calls to order a chopper to transport the boy to another facility to perform surgery. Hogue arrives in time to stop them, telling Stone that the boy ingested too much homemade antacid, which the Coca-Cola in turn, neutralized and cured him. The incident erupts into a confrontation between the younger, more recently educated Stone and the curmudgeonly yet more experienced Hogue. The two doctors finally bond after Ben saves Hogue after he suffers a near-fatal heart attack. The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ...

Since Hogue is retiring, Dr. Stone is urged by the folksy locals to stay - an offer (paying only $35,000 a year, but still a fair amount of money by the presumed low cost of living) made tempting by his budding romance with the tomboyish ambulance driver, Viloula "Lou" (Julie Warner), also a law student who ventured to New York but wishes to practice in Grady upon graduation. She is also the single mother of a four-year old girl, the product of a relationship she had with a former husband while in New York. Julie Warner (born February 9, 1965 in Manhattan, New York) is an American actress from the Upper West Side of Manhattan. ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ...

Ben first sees Lou as a possible bedroom conquest when he wakes up one morning and spies her swimming nude at the local lake, but is taken aback when she resists his advances. The two eventually become friends, and one day Lou asks why Ben is so eager to get out of Grady. Ben tells her that though he's a city doctor, he grew up in a small town in rural Indiana, where his parents lived and died, and doesn't ever want to see himself as never leaving the confines of a small town or the usual mentality that he believes go with it.

Lou is also the object of Hank Gordon's (Woody Harrelson) affections. Hank is a local insurance salesman, who sees the handsome young doctor as a possible romantic rival. Knowing that he can't compete with Ben in terms of station or prestige, Hank waits for Ben at the mayor's lakeside lodge, where Ben has been staying. Ben, expecting Hank to challenge him to a fight, picks up a baseball bat, ready to do battle, but finds that all Hank wants to do is talk. Hank explains that though he can't give Lou what Ben can, he's still a better man for her. Ben comes to realize he's not selfless enough for a life with Lou and plans to not see her anymore, but Lou lets him go first. Woodrow Woody Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American Emmy Award winning and Academy Award nominated actor. ...

Ben actually manages to buy enough time to finish his community service and go to California after his car is fixed, though he has shown signs of maturity from his experience in Grady and has found himself becoming emotionally attached to his patients. Putting career first, he decides against staying and leaves.

His new boss (George Hamilton) hires him at the interview, but Ben quickly tires of the superficiality of Beverly Hills. He's suddenly surprised by the appearance of Nancy Lee and Hank, who have fled Grady to come to California. Hank tells Ben he took his own advice to "do what a man's gotta do." Ben, seeing an opportunity at true happiness, returns to Grady, hoping to patch things up with Lou, who takes him back after a brief resistance. George Hamilton may refer to: George Hamilton (actor) (born 1939) His father, a bandleader George Hamilton, IV (born 1937), country music performer George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (1666-1737) George Hamilton (commentator), gaffe-prone football (soccer) commentator. ...

The animated Disney/Pixar movie "Cars" released in 2006 has been noted to have a similar story line as Doc Hollywood.

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Main cast

• Michael J. Fox ... Dr. Benjamin Stone
• Julie Warner ... Vialula/'Lou'
• Barnard Hughes ... Dr. Aurelius Hogue
• Woody Harrelson ... Hank Gordon
• George Hamilton ... Doctor Halberstrom
• David Ogden Stiers ... Mayor Nick Nicholson
• Frances Sternhagen... Lillian
• Bridget Fonda ... Nancy Lee Nicholson

For other persons named Michael Fox, see Michael Fox (disambiguation). ... Julie Warner (born February 9, 1965 in Manhattan, New York) is an American actress from the Upper West Side of Manhattan. ... Barnard Hughes (July 16, 1915 – July 11, 2006), born Bernard Aloysius Kiernan Hughes[1], was an American character actor of theater and film. ... Woodrow Woody Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American Emmy Award winning and Academy Award nominated actor. ... George Hamilton may refer to: George Hamilton (actor) (born 1939) His father, a bandleader George Hamilton, IV (born 1937), country music performer George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (1666-1737) George Hamilton (commentator), gaffe-prone football (soccer) commentator. ... ... Frances Sternhagen (born January 13, 1930) is an American actress. ... Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, 1964) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-award nominated American actress. ...

External links

• Doc Hollywood at the Internet Movie Database