"Kingdom Hospital" (2004) TV series

Writers:

Richard Dooling (writer) (5 episodes)
Stephen King (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

3 March 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

Check your pulse at the door.

Plot:

Stephen King's take on the masterpiece series by Lars von Trier. The story takes place in a hospital in Lewiston, Maine, built on the site of a Civil War-era mill fire in which many children died.

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Maine | Stephen King | Hit And Run | Anteater

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Jamie Harrold	...	Dr. Elmer Traff (13 episodes, 2004)
Diane Ladd	...	Sally Druse (13 episodes, 2004)
Bruce Davison	...	Dr. Stegman (13 episodes, 2004)
Jack Coleman	...	Peter Rickman (13 episodes, 2004)
Julian Richings	...	Otto (13 episodes, 2004)
Andrew McCarthy	...	Dr. Hook (13 episodes, 2004)
Lena Georgas	...	Nurse Carrie Von Trier (13 episodes, 2004)
Suki Kaiser	...	Natalie Rickman (13 episodes, 2004)
Sherry Miller	...	Dr. Lona Massingale / ... (13 episodes, 2004)
Del Pentecost	...	Bobby Druse (13 episodes, 2004)
Ed Begley Jr.	...	Dr. Jesse James (13 episodes, 2004)
Brandon Bauer	...	Abel Lyon (13 episodes, 2004)
Jennifer Cunningham	...	Christa (13 episodes, 2004)
Jodelle Ferland	...	Mary Jensen (13 episodes, 2004)
Allison Hossack	...	Dr. Christine Draper (13 episodes, 2004)
Kett Turton	...	Antubis / ... (13 episodes, 2004)
William Wise	...	Dr. Louis Traff (13 episodes, 2004)
Beverley Elliott	...	Nurse Brick Bannerman (11 episodes, 2004)
Ty Olsson	...	Danny (10 episodes, 2004)
Benjamin Ratner	...	Ollie (10 episodes, 2004)
Janet Wright	...	Liz Hinton (10 episodes, 2004)
Zak Santiago	...	Dr. Sonny Gupta (9 episodes, 2004)
Alan Scarfe	...	Henry Havens (8 episodes, 2004)
Ron Selmour	...	Firecracker Man (8 episodes, 2004)
Gerard Plunkett	...	Dr. Richard Shwartzton (7 episodes, 2004)
Paul Perri	...	Frank Schweigen (6 episodes, 2004)
Jim Shield	...	Rolf Pederson (6 episodes, 2004)

Also Known As:

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (USA) (complete title)
El hospital de los muertos (Argentina) (video title) [es]
Kingdom Hospital (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Kingdom Hospital - A félelem kórháza (Hungary) [hu]
Sairaala (Finland) [fi]
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (Germany) [de]

Runtime:

Argentina:608 min | UK:40 min (per episode) | USA:780 min (13 parts)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-15 (TV rating) | Singapore:NC-16 | Hungary:16 | South Korea:15 | South Korea:18 (re-rating) | Australia:M | UK:15 | Argentina:16 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

In episode 12, one character is making a potion using a recipe from a book called "Love potions, charms and spells", written by Barlow and Straker. Those are the names of villains from Stephen King's "Salem's Lot".

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the episode "Seizure Day" when Brenda is making the potion for Stegman, as the camera zooms in you can see the camera's red light and someone behind it reflecting off a box just up from the red toolbox.

Quotes:

Mary Jensen: Help me!
Peter Rickman: How?
Mary Jensen: Let Antubis help you!

Movie Connections:

Edited into Against the Dark (2009) (V)

Soundtrack:

Worry About You

Awesome and way underrated!!

When Kingdom Hospital originally aired I watched it every week, then the air-date changed and I missed an episode and couldn't bring myself to continue watching with an hour's worth gap. I got my DVD set last week (a few days early) and I absolutely love this show. In a commentary on the DVD Kingdom Hospital is described as a video book and it really feels that way, it's got a perfect pace and you can really ID with the characters who are very rich and well defined. I feel that the story is more effective when you watch the episodes close together, waiting 7 days for subsequent episodes is like torture. It's sad that the ratings were low because I'd really like to see more of Kingdom Hospital and the characters involved. Ed Begley Jr., Andrew McCarthy and Bruce Davison especially give excellent performances, I give the special effects a big 19. Buy the set and you'll be addicted.