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Where Does It Hurt?
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Wikipedia article
'Where Does it Hurt?' is a 1972 American comedy film written and directed by Rod Amateau and starring Peter Sellers, Jo Ann Pflug, Rick Lenz, Pat Morita, and Harold Gould. The film is a darkly satirical look at capitalism in a hospital environment.WHERE DOES IT HURT?
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 39, Iss. 456, (Jan 1, 1972): 175.
Plot
Sellers plays hospital administrator Albert T. Hopfnagel, who oversees a facility that is more interested in generating revenue than it is in providing sound medical care.
When construction worker Lester Hammond (Lenz) shows up needing nothing more than a chest X-ray, he is immediately admitted and subjected to a battery of tests. Hopfnagel rides the staff to perform more unnecessary surgeries and pad patient bills, while making time with multiple female staff members. When Hopfnagel finally ends up in jail for his devious deeds, he plots a revenge in which he will return to the hospital as a patient and be given an unnecessary operation that he can then sue the hospital over. But the plan backfires.
Cast
* Peter Sellers as Hopfnagel
* Jo Ann Pflug as Alice Gilligan
* Rick Lenz as Lester Hammond
* Harold Gould as Dr. Zerny
* Pat Morita as Nishimoto
* Kathleen Freeman as Mrs. Mazzini
Production
The film was announced in June 1971.The 'Savages' Are Coming Up the Hudson: The 'Savages'
By A. H. WEILER. New York Times (20 June 1971: D15. Filming started in July 1971 in Los Angeles.Sellers Leaves 3rd Wife at Home
Los Angeles Times 8 July 1971: f11.
Reception
'TV Guide' describes the film by writing, The language is profane, the proceedings inane, and the story insaneIf you hate doctors, Mexicans, homosexuals, blacks, females, Catholics, Jews, Italians, Japanese, insurance companies, hospitals, Poles, and humanity, you'll love this movie. Nonetheless, the film holds a 64% fresh rating, based on 144 reviews, on Rotten Tomatoes.
See also
* List of American films of 1972
References
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