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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Hospital is a 1971 satirical film, written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Arthur Hiller.Dr. Herbert Bock (George C. Scott) is the Chief of Medicine at a large Manhattan hospital. The chaos of his personal life (separation from his wife, alienation from his children) is matched by the chaos of his hospital, where overcrowding, bureaucratic red tape, and an incompetent staff have made things a mess. As Bock harbors suicidal thoughts, a young doctor is found dead in a patient's bed, under mysterious circumstances. On top of all this, the hospital is also facing protests from activist groups over a proposed annexation of a nearby apartment building. Just as things seem like they can't get any worse, more hospital staffers suffer mysterious deaths.Another complication for Dr. Bock comes in the form of Barbara Drummond (Diana Rigg), the daughter of a patient who's in a coma. Barbara wants to move her father back to the village in Mexico where he works as a missionary, where she plans to serves as his nurse. But she soon comes to realize that it might be Dr. Bock who desperately needs her attention.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })A big hit with critics and audiences, this film earned Chayefsky his second Academy Award for Best Screenplay (after Marty). Stockard Channing made her film debut in a bit part as an ER nurse.
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 Beard of Sorrow: Bock has a scruffy beard that suggests he stopped shaving once his life went to hell.
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 Affably Evil: Drummond seems like a decent man, who happens to have some major mental health issues.
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 Berserker Tears: Drummond cries when he realizes how horrible the conditions at the hospital are, and how in his mind they justify his killing spree.
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 Asshole Victim: As a bit of a Smug Snake, Dr. Schaefer's death isn't all that heartbreaking. Dr. Welbeck who's specified by Drummond as the next victim is a greedy, sloppy doctor and a bit of a sociopath but he ends up dying of natural causes.
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 Anti-Hero: Dr. Bock is portrayed as deeply flawed and cantankerous, but as someone whose heart is in the right place.
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