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John Q.

John Q. is a 2002 American thriller crime drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes, and written by James Kearns. It stars Denzel Washington as the title character, a man who takes a hospital emergency room hostage in order for his son to receive a heart transplant. Robert Duvall, James Woods, Anne Heche, Kimberly Elise, and Ray Liotta appear in supporting…

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Box office
$102.2 million
Budget
$36 million
Cinematography
Rogier Stoffers
Country
United States
Directed by
Nick Cassavetes
Distributed by
New Line Cinema

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Avg. degree1.97
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John Q.

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related to Box office · 10
John Q. → Canada, February, In, It, John, New Line Cinema, No, The, Top, United States
Starring · 8
John Q. → Anne Heche, Denzel Washington, Eddie Griffin, James Woods, Kimberly Elise, Ray Liotta, Robert Duvall, Shawn Hatosy
Produced by · 2
John Q. → Mark Burg, Oren Koules
related to External links · 2
John Q. → IMDb, John
Box office · 1
John Q. → $102.2 million
Budget · 1
John Q. → $36 million
Cinematography · 1
John Q. → Rogier Stoffers
Country · 1
John Q. → United States
Directed by · 1
John Q. → Nick Cassavetes
Distributed by · 1
John Q. → New Line Cinema

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john film michael john's hospital hostage james denise frank hostages son heart cassavetes new line dr payne er transplant 2002

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
John Q.Box office$102.2 million1.00infobox
John Q.Budget$36 million1.00infobox
John Q.CinematographyRogier Stoffers1.00infobox
John Q.CountryUnited States1.00infobox
John Q.Directed byNick Cassavetes1.00infobox
John Q.Distributed byNew Line Cinema1.00infobox
John Q.Edited byDede Allen1.00infobox
John Q.LanguageEnglish1.00infobox
John Q.Music byAaron Zigman1.00infobox
John Q.Produced byMark Burg1.00infobox
John Q.Produced byOren Koules1.00infobox
John Q.Production companyEvolution Entertainment1.00infobox
John Q.Release dateFebruary 15, 2002 (2002-02-15)1.00infobox
John Q.Running time116 minutes1.00infobox
John Q.StarringDenzel Washington1.00infobox
John Q.StarringRobert Duvall1.00infobox
John Q.StarringJames Woods1.00infobox
John Q.StarringAnne Heche1.00infobox
John Q.StarringEddie Griffin1.00infobox
John Q.StarringKimberly Elise1.00infobox
John Q.StarringShawn Hatosy1.00infobox
John Q.StarringRay Liotta1.00infobox
John Q.Written byJames Kearns1.00infobox
John Q.is a2002 American thriller crime drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes0.90text

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