The Hospital is a 1971 black comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring George C. Scott as Dr. Herbert Bock. The screenplay was written by Paddy Chayefsky. 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Black comedy, also known as black humor, is a subgenre of comedy and satire where topics and events normally treated seriously – death, mass murder, sickness, madness, terror, drug abuse, et cetera – are treated in a humorous or satirical manner. ... Arthur Hiller (born November 22, Canadian film maker. ... George C. Scott George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927–September 22, 1999) was a film/stage actor, director, and producer. ... Sidney Paddy Chayefsky (January 29, 1923 - August 1, 1981) was an acclaimed dramatist who transitioned from the golden age of American live television in the 1950s to have a successful career as a playwright and screenwriter for Hollywood. ...

The film tells the story of approximately 24 hours in the life of Dr. Bock, the Chief of Medicine at a large Manhattan teaching hospital. Bock is suffering from a midlife crisis which has him on the brink of suicide, but is diverted from trying to solve the conundrum of how to make it look accidental (for insurance purposes) by a series of bizarre deaths among the doctors and staff of the hospital. The supporting cast includes Diana Rigg (Barbara), Barnard Hughes (Patient Drummond), Richard A. Dysart (Dr. Welbeck), Stephen Elliott (Dr. Sundstrom), Nancy Marchand (Mrs. Christie), Roberts Blossom (Patient Guernsey) and Stockard Channing in her (uncredited) feature film debut as an emergency room nurse. Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. ... Diana Rigg in her most famous role as Emma Peel. ... Richard Dysart is a film and television actor. ... Stephen Elliott (November 27, 1918 - May 21, 2005) was an American actor and comedian from New York City. ... Nancy Marchand (June 19, 1928 - June 18, 2000) was best known for her Emmy award-winning role on the HBO series, The Sopranos as Soprano family matriarch Livia Soprano, the mother of Tony Soprano. ... Roberts Blossom (b. ... Stockard Channing press kit photo Stockard Channing (born February 13, 1944) is an American actress. ...

The film should not be confused with a 1970 documentary called Hospital. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Hospital is a 1970 cinema verite documentary film made for television which explores the daily activities of the people at a large-city hospital, with emphasis on its emergency ward and outpatient clinics. ...

It won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay (Paddy Chayefsky). Scott, notwithstanding his rejection of the Oscar he was voted the previous year for Patton, was nominated for Best Actor, but the gold statuette went to Gene Hackman for The French Connection. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Gene Hackman Eugene Alden Hackman (born 30 January 1930) is an American actor. ... The French Connection is a 1971 Hollywood film directed by William Friedkin which tells the story of two New York City policemen who are trying to intercept a heroin shipment coming in from France, based on the actual, infamous French Connection trafficking scheme. ...

The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ...

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