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Coma is a 1978 American mystery thriller film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Robin Cook. The film rights were acquired by director Michael Crichton,who also wrote the screenplay, and the movie was produced by Martin Erlichmann for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Jan 6, 1978 · Coma: Directed by Michael Crichton. With Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn. When a young female doctor notices an unnatural amount of comas occurring in her hospital she uncovers a horrible conspiracy.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Michael Crichton
- 1978-01-06
When Dr. Susan Wheeler's (Bujold) best friend slips into a permanent coma during minor surgery, she discovers that healthy people are falling into comas--from which there is no recovery--during unnecessary operations at her hospital. And then she discovers the horrifying reason why.
- Geneviève Bujold
- January 10, 2024
Jan 23, 2003 · A clever hybrid combining the conspiracy thriller with a hospital soap opera, Coma (1978) plays like a contemporary Nancy Drew mystery with a distinctly feminist heroine, one who isn't afraid to challenge the male chain of command at her job or risk her life in physically perilous situations (like a daring escape on the top of a speeding ...
- Michael Crichton
- Geneviève Bujold
A young woman doctor discovers something sinister going on in her hospital. Relatively healthy patients are having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas. The patients are then shipped off to an institute that looks after them.
A young female doctor uncovers a dark secret in her hospital: some patients are being put into comas and transferred to a mysterious institute. Coma is a sci-fi thriller based on a novel by Robin Cook, directed and written by Michael Crichton.
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Boston medical resident Susan Wheeler (Geneviève Bujold) becomes suspicious when her friend (Lois Chiles) is left in an irreversible coma after a routine procedure.
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- Sci-Fi
- PG
