Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Oct. 30, 2012
Price: DVD $38.99
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Lauren Ambrose (TV’s Six Feet Under) has a series medical quandry in the 2012 TV mini-series Coma.
Bsaed on the book by Robin Cook and the successor of the 1987 movie of the same name written and directed by Michael Crichton, the new film stars Ambrose as Dr. Susan Wheeler, a medical student who notices that seemingly healthy people are falling into comas after routine surgeries. Her investigation into the problem puts her career in jeopardy, but she finds an ally in a young surgeon (Steven Pasquale, TV’s Rescue Me).
As more and more patients fall into comas, Wheeler traces the victims to a futuristic facility where she uncovers high-tech medical experiments underway. She escapes but is hunted by a crazed psychopath.
The science-fiction thriller miniseries also stars Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist), Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise), Richard Dreyfuss...
Price: DVD $38.99
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Lauren Ambrose (TV’s Six Feet Under) has a series medical quandry in the 2012 TV mini-series Coma.
Bsaed on the book by Robin Cook and the successor of the 1987 movie of the same name written and directed by Michael Crichton, the new film stars Ambrose as Dr. Susan Wheeler, a medical student who notices that seemingly healthy people are falling into comas after routine surgeries. Her investigation into the problem puts her career in jeopardy, but she finds an ally in a young surgeon (Steven Pasquale, TV’s Rescue Me).
As more and more patients fall into comas, Wheeler traces the victims to a futuristic facility where she uncovers high-tech medical experiments underway. She escapes but is hunted by a crazed psychopath.
The science-fiction thriller miniseries also stars Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist), Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise), Richard Dreyfuss...
- 9/6/2012
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Susan Wheeler nearly joined the comatose "patients" at the Jefferson Institute on the finale of the two-part "Coma" event. She was simply getting too close to uncovering the truth about what went on there, so the (very corrupt) powers that be decided to eliminate her as a threat.
But as she's young and healthy, there's no reason to just kill her. Not when Ellen Burstyn's cold and evil Mrs. Emerson could just make her part of the farm system there at the Institute. Maybe impregnate her for embryonic stem cells, or harvest her body parts for research, or other means.
While Susan proved pretty capable on her own, she would have never escaped had Dr. Bellows not managed to find enough police officers who weren't in on the whole cover-up to storm the Institute. While they took down Susan's professor, Susan took care of Mrs. Emerson herself.
But she'd already been drugged pretty heavily,...
But as she's young and healthy, there's no reason to just kill her. Not when Ellen Burstyn's cold and evil Mrs. Emerson could just make her part of the farm system there at the Institute. Maybe impregnate her for embryonic stem cells, or harvest her body parts for research, or other means.
While Susan proved pretty capable on her own, she would have never escaped had Dr. Bellows not managed to find enough police officers who weren't in on the whole cover-up to storm the Institute. While they took down Susan's professor, Susan took care of Mrs. Emerson herself.
But she'd already been drugged pretty heavily,...
- 9/5/2012
- by Jason Hughes
- Huffington Post
The late Tony Scott developed the latest adaptation of Robin Cook's novel "Coma" with his brother Ridley Scott. The four-hour mini-series premiered on A&E on Labor Day with the first of two parts. In it, Lauren Ambrose plays Susan Wheeler, a medical student who starts to uncover some shocking information at the hospital.
It starts when she notices patients who are otherwise healthy slipping into unexplained comas. All of them are being transferred to the Jefferson Institute. But the further she dug, the more the people around her started to suffer. Were it not for the timely intervention of the Chief of Suregery, played by James Woods, Susan would have likely been shut down next.
Instead, he got her into a tour group to the Jefferson Institute, where she promptly broke from the group and started to uncover what was really going on. Disturbing things like coma patients...
It starts when she notices patients who are otherwise healthy slipping into unexplained comas. All of them are being transferred to the Jefferson Institute. But the further she dug, the more the people around her started to suffer. Were it not for the timely intervention of the Chief of Suregery, played by James Woods, Susan would have likely been shut down next.
Instead, he got her into a tour group to the Jefferson Institute, where she promptly broke from the group and started to uncover what was really going on. Disturbing things like coma patients...
- 9/4/2012
- by Jason Hughes
- Huffington Post
The late Tony Scott developed the latest adaptation of Robin Cook's novel "Coma" with his brother Ridley Scott. The four-hour mini-series premiered on A&E on Labor Day with the first of two parts. In it, Lauren Ambrose plays Susan Wheeler, a medical student who starts to uncover some shocking information at the hospital.
It starts when she notices patients who are otherwise healthy slipping into unexplained comas. All of them are being transferred to the Jefferson Institute. But the further she dug, the more the people around her started to suffer. Were it not for the timely intervention of the Chief of Suregery, played by James Woods, Susan would have likely been shut down next.
Instead, he got her into a tour group to the Jefferson Institute, where she promptly broke from the group and started to uncover what was really going on. Disturbing things like coma patients...
It starts when she notices patients who are otherwise healthy slipping into unexplained comas. All of them are being transferred to the Jefferson Institute. But the further she dug, the more the people around her started to suffer. Were it not for the timely intervention of the Chief of Suregery, played by James Woods, Susan would have likely been shut down next.
Instead, he got her into a tour group to the Jefferson Institute, where she promptly broke from the group and started to uncover what was really going on. Disturbing things like coma patients...
- 9/4/2012
- by Jason Hughes
- Aol TV.
On a chilly Friday night last January, lights are blazing inside Glenridge Hall, a stunning but secluded mansion in the suburbs of Atlanta. The location frequently is in demand for weddings and parties, but tonight it's standing in as the home of Dr. Theodore Stark (James Woods), chief of staff at fictional Peachtree Memorial Hospital, in a TV remake of the 1978 medical thriller "Coma." The new two-part movie premieres Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 3 and 4, on A&E Network.
In the glittering party scene being filmed, Oscar winner Geena Davis is playing Dr. Agnetta Lindquist, the chilly head of psychiatry at the hospital, as she meets new medical student Susan Wheeler (Lauren Ambrose, "Six Feet Under"), the heroine of the piece, who sets the drama into motion when she notices that an improbable number of the hospital's patients are lapsing into comas.
When her scene wraps, Davis gapes at her surroundings...
In the glittering party scene being filmed, Oscar winner Geena Davis is playing Dr. Agnetta Lindquist, the chilly head of psychiatry at the hospital, as she meets new medical student Susan Wheeler (Lauren Ambrose, "Six Feet Under"), the heroine of the piece, who sets the drama into motion when she notices that an improbable number of the hospital's patients are lapsing into comas.
When her scene wraps, Davis gapes at her surroundings...
- 9/3/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Coma is a two-part miniseries that starts tonight on A&E and we’ve had a chance to check it out ahead of its premiere this evening. Continue reading for impressions, a photo gallery, and a trailer:
Directed by Mikael Salomon, and produced by Ridley and Tony Scott, Coma is based on the Robin Cook novel and 1978 Michael Crichton movie. The story centers on Susan Wheeler (Lauren Ambrose), a medical student who discovers that patients are being put into a coma and killed for medical experiments.
As I’ve mentioned before, TV miniseries are starting to become obsolete. In the past, they were big events because they had a larger budget and better actors than you’d traditionally see on TV. Things have changed over the past 10-15 years and the quality of TV is higher than ever. When that is the case, it really takes something special to stand out as a TV minseries.
Directed by Mikael Salomon, and produced by Ridley and Tony Scott, Coma is based on the Robin Cook novel and 1978 Michael Crichton movie. The story centers on Susan Wheeler (Lauren Ambrose), a medical student who discovers that patients are being put into a coma and killed for medical experiments.
As I’ve mentioned before, TV miniseries are starting to become obsolete. In the past, they were big events because they had a larger budget and better actors than you’d traditionally see on TV. Things have changed over the past 10-15 years and the quality of TV is higher than ever. When that is the case, it really takes something special to stand out as a TV minseries.
- 9/3/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Usually a fish-out-of-water set-up spells comedy, but that couldn’t be further from the truth for the new miniseries Coma, which airs tonight and tomorrow on A&E. Based on Robin Cook’s 1977 medical thriller of the same name (which was adapted into a 1978 film starring Geneviève Bujold and Michael Douglas), Coma sees med student Susan Wheeler (Lauren Ambrose) relocate from New York to the South. Despite the reputation that everyone’s friendlier down South, Wheeler notices an alarmingly high coma rate in her new hospital and begins to suspect her colleagues might be involved.
Ambrose, 34, remembers Cook’s skin-crawling...
Ambrose, 34, remembers Cook’s skin-crawling...
- 9/3/2012
- by Lanford Beard
- EW - Inside TV
Chicago – When I heard that A&E was airing a remake of Michael Crichton’s wonderful slice of ’70s health care paranoia “Coma” (based on the book by Robin Cook), I thought, “That makes perfect sense.” With our current national focus on what’s going to happen to us when we get sick along with the continued health issues of the aging Baby Boomer generation, a “Coma” remake was a great idea. There are plenty of reasons to do another “Coma.” It’s just too bad that the producers of this turgid mess never stumbled upon any of them.
Television Rating: 2.0/5.0
It’s truly maddening to see so many talented people sucked into a morass of bad writing, lazy direction, and personality-free filmmaking as they are in “Coma.” Leading lady Lauren Ambrose (“Six Feet Under,” “Torchwood: Miracle”) proves to be a capable lead and Steven Pasquale breaks out of...
Television Rating: 2.0/5.0
It’s truly maddening to see so many talented people sucked into a morass of bad writing, lazy direction, and personality-free filmmaking as they are in “Coma.” Leading lady Lauren Ambrose (“Six Feet Under,” “Torchwood: Miracle”) proves to be a capable lead and Steven Pasquale breaks out of...
- 9/3/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"Please don't take me to Memorial," gasps a bloodied patient in Coma, right after sinister orderlies load him into the back of an ambulance. They don't listen. This is horror, and in horror, what you fear most is what happens to you. This A&E miniseries is exuberantly batty. Loosely based on Robin Cook's 1977 novel and the Michael Crichton film that followed (and produced by director Ridley Scott and his late brother Tony), it's about an intern named Susan Wheeler (Lauren Ambrose) and a surgical resident named Mark Burroughs (Steven Pasquale) who think it’s weird that so many Peachtree Memorial patients end in comas and decide to poke around. Each new scrap of data ramps up their paranoia. Why did that doctor hang himself after one of his patients went comatose? Who paid off that malpractice plaintiff with nearly half a million dollars? Is the ebullient Professor Hillside...
- 8/31/2012
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
A&E's "Coma" (Mon., Sept. 3 and Tues., Sept. 4 at 9 p.m. Et) is a modern-day retelling of Robin Cook's bestselling novel, a true thriller that fans might also remember from Michael Crichton's 1978 film starring Michael Douglas.
This two-night, four-hour TV movie follows Susan Wheeler ("Six Feet Under" alum Lauren Ambrose in yet another role that finds her surrounded by lifeless bodies). She's a med student who begins to realize that something's very wrong at her hospital when otherwise healthy surgical patients start slipping into comas at an alarming rate.
We've got an exclusive sneak peek at the star-studded TV event (above) with plenty of never-before-seen footage featuring Ambrose and co-stars Steven Pasquale, Geena Davis, James Woods, Ellen Burstyn and Richard Dreyfuss.
Watch and tell us: Will you tune in for "Coma"?
"Coma" airs Mon., Sept. 3 and Tues., Sept. 4 at 9 p.m. Et on A&E.
This two-night, four-hour TV movie follows Susan Wheeler ("Six Feet Under" alum Lauren Ambrose in yet another role that finds her surrounded by lifeless bodies). She's a med student who begins to realize that something's very wrong at her hospital when otherwise healthy surgical patients start slipping into comas at an alarming rate.
We've got an exclusive sneak peek at the star-studded TV event (above) with plenty of never-before-seen footage featuring Ambrose and co-stars Steven Pasquale, Geena Davis, James Woods, Ellen Burstyn and Richard Dreyfuss.
Watch and tell us: Will you tune in for "Coma"?
"Coma" airs Mon., Sept. 3 and Tues., Sept. 4 at 9 p.m. Et on A&E.
- 8/23/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Updated from the novel by John J. McLaughlin (one of the co-writers of Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan), "Coma" stars Lauren Ambrose as Susan Wheeler, a young med student completing her first surgical rotation at a hospital her grandfather helped found. The caring your woman, a bit too friendly for her co-workers and superiors, gets caught up in a web of mystery when two patients in as many days don't wake from their minor surgeries. Concerned that something strange is going on, Wheeler employs the help of her boss Dr. Bellows to help her uncover the mystery. As details begin to surface, arrows point towards the Jefferson Institute, a high-tech facility where coma patients are cared for. [Continued ...]...
- 8/22/2012
- QuietEarth.us
When strange boxes arrive from networks or studios, I know something strange is afoot. This morning, a delivery arrived from A&E.
Knowing they had the two-part TV movie Coma airing soon, I figured it was a promotion for that title.
Based on the novel by Robin Cook, adapted once before by Michael Crichton and brought back to the screen with the help of producers Ridley and Tony Scott, Coma stars Lauren Ambrose as Dr. Susan Wheeler in this thriller about a medical student who discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table. Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Burstyn, James Woods, Geena Davis and Steven Pasquale co-star.
The box we received alerted us that there were perishable items inside. What it creatively contained was a bag for organ delivery, alas, there were no...
Knowing they had the two-part TV movie Coma airing soon, I figured it was a promotion for that title.
Based on the novel by Robin Cook, adapted once before by Michael Crichton and brought back to the screen with the help of producers Ridley and Tony Scott, Coma stars Lauren Ambrose as Dr. Susan Wheeler in this thriller about a medical student who discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table. Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Burstyn, James Woods, Geena Davis and Steven Pasquale co-star.
The box we received alerted us that there were perishable items inside. What it creatively contained was a bag for organ delivery, alas, there were no...
- 8/9/2012
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Fashions and special effects might be the tell-tale item that makes you recognize Coma is a film from years past. However, the storyline, thrills, and acting are top notch enough to make you forget those items and get caught up in the suspense. Susan Wheeler (Genevieve Bujold) and Mark Bellows (Michael Douglas) is not only a couple but they.re residents at Boston General Hospital. Mark is jostling for the position of chief resident and looks like he.s going to achieve it. Susan is under a large amount of stress both in her relationship with Mark, but her best friend Nancy (Lois Chiles) goes in for a routine surgery that tragically ends with her in a coma. Susan...
- 7/27/2012
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
Chicago – Warner Brothers likes to pull handfuls of titles out of their immensely deep catalog and they’ve come back with a unique, interesting wave of releases at low prices to spice up your Summer this year. The films have little in common (although several could be classified as sci-fi) and vary wildly in quality but all are likely to have a fan or two out there wondering why they haven’t been released on Blu-ray. Now they have.
Altered States
Photo credit: Warner Bros.
“Altered States”
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Director Ken Russell passed away last year leaving critics and movie lovers to continue to debate his unique style and best pictures. Personally, I’ve always been a fan of his 1980 adaptation of the legendary Paddy Chayefsky novel “Altered States,” featuring one of William Hurt’s most fearless and interesting performances. It’s both classic Russell in its unique style and a...
Altered States
Photo credit: Warner Bros.
“Altered States”
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Director Ken Russell passed away last year leaving critics and movie lovers to continue to debate his unique style and best pictures. Personally, I’ve always been a fan of his 1980 adaptation of the legendary Paddy Chayefsky novel “Altered States,” featuring one of William Hurt’s most fearless and interesting performances. It’s both classic Russell in its unique style and a...
- 7/11/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Coma (1978) Although he’s known primarily as the writer of cutting edge novels like the “Jurassic Park” series, “Congo”, and “The Terminal Man” (among many, many other titles), Michael Crichton was also a director, with his most high-profile decade coming in the ’80s on films like “Looker”, “Runaway” and “Physical Evidence”. One of his earlier films was 1978′s hospital thriller “Coma”, which, ironically enough, is an adaptation of a novel not written by him, but instead an adaptation of a Robin Cook book. The hero of “Coma” is actress Genevieve Bujold, who plays a spunky young MD name Susan Wheeler at a Boston area hospital who discovers that sinister shenanigans are taking place right under her nose. Unfortunately for her, the conspiracy goes right to the very top, which makes her investigation into the situation problematic, not to mention dangerous to her health. Michael Douglas plays Bujold’s boyfriend, a fellow doctor and friendly ear,...
- 7/7/2012
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
This fall, A&E brings "Coma"--based on the novel by Robin Cook--back to the screen with the help of producers Ridley and Tony Scott. A preview has landed and you can watch it at ShockTillYouDrop.com ! Lauren Ambrose stars as Dr. Susan Wheeler in this thriller about a medical student who discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table. Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Burstyn, James Woods, Geena Davis and Steven Pasquale co-star. This modern retelling of the novel and the film by Michael Crichton comes from executive producers Ridley and Tony Scott, Black Swan writer John J. McLaughlin, and "Band of Brothers" director/Emmy winner Mikail...
- 6/26/2012
- Comingsoon.net
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