Coma (1978)

Imagine your life hangs by a thread. Imagine your body hangs by a wire. Imagine you're not imagining.

When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas, a concerned doctor defies her male superiors when she suspects a secret plot.

Directed by: Michael Crichton

Written by: Robin Cook, Michael Crichton

Music by: Jerry Goldsmith

Starring: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn, Richard Widmark, Lois Chiles, Lance LeGault, Hari Rhodes, Gary Barton, Frank Downing

Genre: Thriller, Mystery

Released: 1978-01-06

Runtime: 113 minutes

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Coma (1978): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• Tom Selleck was cast in the film for his appearances in Salem cigarette advertisements.
• Crichton said he found it easier to adapt someone else's work than to adapt his own novels.
• Michael Crichton was told about Robin Cook's novel by agent Bob Bookman.
• In December 1976, prior to the novel being published, it was announced Crichton would write and direct the film adaptation.
• Despite Crichton's intentions against scaring audiences from hospitals, many physicians and hospital administrators claimed this occurred.
• 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.
• The cast includes Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Richard Widmark, and Rip Torn.
• Among the actors in smaller roles are Tom Selleck, Lois Chiles, and Ed Harris.
• The story was adapted again into a two-part television miniseries broadcast in September 2012 on A&E television network.

Source: Wikipedia

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