Netflix pick for 2/12/13 – ‘The Hospital’

Conceived and shepherded by much acclaimed writer Paddy Chayefsky, “The Hospital” is a 1971 satirical black comedy about a lost and suicidal doctor, played by George C. Scott, who laments the deplorable conditions of his hospital and who finds himself butting up against more and more health insurance related garbage, when all of a sudden people start turning up dead all around the hospital, including nurses and doctors, which of course complicates matters further. Naturally this is where they inserted a dame into the equation, here the daughter of a patient, played by Diana Rigg, and the pot is now a-boilin’.

Since it’s Chayefsky, this movie is loaded with great rants and speeches and monologues, and of course Mr. Scott brought all the sound and fury necessary for the role, and Chayefsky won an Academy Award for best screenplay for this movie, so there’s that.

So watch “The Hospital.” Cause it’s awesome.

Watch it instantly right here on Netflix!