John Q: John Quincy Archibald
June 14th, 2009 - 9:04 pm ICT by GD ( 6 comments )People who have watched the movie “John Q” have often wondered if it is based on a real life story. The antagonizing drama did provoke such strong reactions from its viewers as to make people wonder about the fictitious Archibald’s character’s relation to reality.
Denzel Washington portrayed the character of John Quincy Archibald in “John Q” which was released in the year 2002. . In the movie, the Archibald is shown to take over an entire hospital and hold them as hostage, to put his son’s name on the transplant recipient’s list. John Q was not a criminal, just a desperate dad, trying to save his son’s life.
John Quincy’s son suffers from an enlarged heart. Transplantation is denied to him because HMO insurance will not be covering it. This triggers John to get into a frenzied state and in his desperation, he steps into the shady world of crime by taking over the hospital.
The director of the movie, Nick Cassavetes and producer Mark Burg have finally shed some light on the whole affair. Their answer is a clear ‘no’. The plot of the movie is not based on any real life incident or character. It is simply a fictional derivation of theirs through which they had wanted to show a dramatic twist of events in people’s lives.
The situation that John Q is faced with is one that is encountered by quite a lot of people in America. Drove to the brink of desperation, what dramatic turns their lives can lead to, is the story of “John Q”. The movie starred Kimberly Elise, James Woods, Ray Liotta, Robert Duvall, Eddie Griffin and Anne Hache besides.
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Tags: anne hache, denzel washington, derivation, desperation, dramatic twist, eddie griffin, enlarged heart, frenzied state, heart transplantation, james woods, john q, john quincy archibald, kimberly elise, mark burg, nick cassavetes, ray liotta, robert duvall, shady world, world of crime, year 2002
July 26th, 2010 at 9:21 am
As a transplant recipient myself, does a donor not have to be declared clinically brain dead and on life support before organs can be retrieved for transplant? Maybe I am wrong but by the father ’shooting’ himself (not literally) and the actual donor being killed in a car accident, doesn’t this portray untrue information about transplants??
December 27th, 2010 at 8:26 am
each day people come and every min.people goes, yes we all want to stay on earth for a while but it don’t work that way.Q want to take his life so that his son could have one.who to say if after he did that to him self that somethime thing dont work out the way u want and both son and father life end.
May 30th, 2011 at 6:04 am
Yes Rae, absolutely right!
June 27th, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Why cant all of you just think that the movie is trying to show the love that the father had for his son?? He was willing to give up his life for him. I know most of you would not do that not even for your own child
June 29th, 2011 at 3:34 am
dang IS IT A REAL STORY
September 28th, 2011 at 1:54 pm
i agree with kay. .