The Waiting Room

"One Hospital, Hundreds of stories"

2012 1h 21m EN

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7.1

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★7.1TMDB · 17

Documentary

Synopsis

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The Waiting Room is a character-driven documentary film that uses extraordinary access to go behind the doors of an American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients. The film - using a blend of cinema verité and characters' voice over - offers a raw, intimate, and even uplifting look at how patients, executive staff and caregivers each cope with disease, bureaucracy and hard choices. It is a film about fighting for survival when the odds are stacked against you.

“One Hospital, Hundreds of stories”

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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peter Nicks

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RUNTIME

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81 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 6

ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "One Hospital, Hundreds of stories".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1618399 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Peter Nicks directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

181 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 14 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Marketing tagline: "One Hospital, Hundreds of stories".
5IMDB entry: tt1618399 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.