TV-Serie für ABC (http://www.kingdomhospitalofmaine.com oder: http://www.thejournalsofeleanordruse.com oder http://www.stephenkingskingdomhospital.com)
(auch interessant: http://abc.go.com/primetime/kingdomhospital/ und
http://abc.go.com/primetime/kingdomhospital/motion.html)
Adaptation von Lars Von Trier's Dänischer Miniserie "The Kingdom".
Erstausstrahlung: März 2004
Regisseur:
Drehbuch: Stephen King hat alle 15 Teile geschrieben, anstatt wie zuerst geplant nur den zweistündigen Eröffnungspiloten.
Hauptdarsteller: Andrew McCarthy (Dr. Hook), Diane Ladd (Mrs. Druse), Bruce Davison (Dr. Stegman)
Drehort: Vancouver, Canada
Inhalt:
Ein Krankenhaus, das von Geistern heimgesucht wird.
Der Platz auf dem das Krankenhaus steht hat schon zweimal gebrannt: Zuerst stand da eine Mühle und dann ein Krankenhaus. Im neuen Krankenhaus haben nun sowohl die Angestellten als auch die Patienten "beschlossen" die seltsamen mystischen Zeichen zu ignorieren.
King dazu:
"E.R. on acid"
Er beschreibt das Projekt als eine Kreuzung zwischen "ER" und "The Shining".
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THE JOURNALS OF ELEANOR DRUSE: MY INVESTIGATION OF THE KINGDOM HOSPITAL INCIDENT
Und die Serie auf DVD. Sie enthält ein Booklet (2 Seiten) mit einem Essay von Stephen King. Titel: "Kingdom Come":
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000F3SB/052379122979/
Stephen King Presents - Kingdom Hospital
Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Box set, Dolby
Audio Encoding: Dolby Digital 5.1
Rated: NR
Studio: Columbia Tristar Hom
DVD Release Date: October 12, 2004
DVD Features:
Available subtitles: French
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Commentary by filmmakers
Featurette: Patients and Doctors: The Cast of Kingdom Hospital
Featurette: Designing Kingdom Hospital: A Tour
Featurette: The Magic of Antubis
Inside the Walls: The Making of Kingdom Hospital
Number of discs: 4
From IMDb: Quotes & Trivia
ASIN: B00000F3SB
Among the characters, all of who will be seen throughout the run of the miniseries, are:
Dr. Hook: A neurosurgeon at Kingdom Hospital, in his 30s to early 40s, Hook is good looking and self-confident. The viewers will see him doing everything from teaching to brain surgery to forensics. Brilliant in all sorts of ways, as well as unflappable and knowing with a unique approach to medicine, Hook actually stops to ponder with awe the brain's amazing capabilities before tackling the actual surgery. Possessed of a cynical good humor (although sometimes an angry, despairing man inside peeks out), he lives in a basement apartment that is stuffed with all manner of hospital equipment he has salvaged or acquired by swapping and dealing on the side. Despite his quirks, he's got a good bedside manner, is forthright and honest with his patients and their families. This is the lead of the miniseries and the actor must be willing to sign a series option to take on the role.
Dr. "Steg" Stegman: In his fifties or sixties, Steg (he has no given first forename, just the nickname) is the head Neurosurgeon at Kingdom Hospital. He is described as being "arrogant and overbearing, pompous and superiorŠand an incompetent brain surgeon." For his past transgressions, Steg had been forced to leave a prestigious hospital in Boston. As time passes, viewers see his evil nature emerge and he soon becomes the antagonist of the piece. Like Dr. Hook, he would carry over to a series if it were to happen.
Mrs. Sally Druse: This 65-years-old is something of a fixture at Kingdom Hospital. Sally has been admitted for the tenth time and viewers soon learn this is where her son works. Nimble and most likely completely healthy, she clearly enjoys her stays at the hospital. A professional psychic, she gets herself admitted for various ailments in order to carry out her séances with
the terminally ill. Sally is the first one to speak of the fact that Kingdom Hospital is haunted. Appearing flaky at first, we see her strength and conviction grow over time viewers soon learn she is the key to the Kingdom. Again, she would carry over to the regular series if were to occur.
Dr. Christine Draper: In her mid-30s, this neurosurgeon at Kingdom Hospital is a capable and levelheaded woman, as well as a friend and colleague of Dr. Hook. Patient, with a dry sense of humor, she keeps her cool when questioned regarding her authority about ordering an MRI.
Dr. Jesse James: The Chief Hospital Administrator at Kingdom Hospital is a distinguished looking man wearing a designer suit. Always smiling and warm (even when the situation doesn't warrant it), he is utterly incompetent as a doctor, but when it comes to fund-raising and dealing with big insurance companies, he's got game. Desperately charming when the badly injured Peter Rickman is brought to the hospital, James knows that how the famous artist is cared for could have a huge impact on the hospital's financial future. He is pegged as somewhere between his late 40s to late 50s.
Elmer Traff: A bespectacled resident at Kingdom Hospital in his mid-20s, Traff is the assisting surgeon when Peter Rickman is brought to the hospital in bad shape. Shocked by how horribly Peter has been injured, this young doctor clearly does not really want to be a doctor, and doesn't appear eager to watch a live-action craniotomy. He remains squeamish throughout the entire surgery. Elmer has a reputation for being a practical joker and later
volunteers to help at the sleep lab because he is obsessed with the woman doctor who runs it.
Dr. Brenda Abelson: Abelson is a pragmatic, humorless woman called a "prickly pear" by others and who has no time for Dr. James' silliness. About 45, she is Steg's ally and confidante at the hospital and is outraged when Dr. Hook opts to begin a meeting without the Head Neurosurgeon. In fact, she keeps tabs on the various doctors' comments, taking mental attendance for Steg, of whom she has a terrible crush.
Bobby Drese: Sally's doting son, he is a large and rather sloppy orderly at Kingdom Hospital in his early 30s to mid 40s. While his mother irritates the hell out of him, he still loves her. He begrudgingly assists her cause at the risk of jeopardizing his job.
Abel and Christa: Both are in their 20s to 30s, and have Down Syndrome. Kitchen workers at the hospital, they are an upbeat, seemingly child-like pair, usually seen laughing their heads off about something. However, they are acutely aware of what is really going on and offer us keen insight into the truth about Kingdom Hospital. The casting agents are looking only for
actors who suffer from this disease.
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Two Hour Premiere
"Thy Kingdom Come"
Artist Peter Rickman is run down by a stoned, two-time loser driving a minivan. He is admitted comatose to Kingdom Hospital, but not before encountering a ghostly figure whose mission is to use him to rid the hospital of malevolence, both human and inhuman, and to free its nine-year old mistress, Mary, from the hospital's haunted halls. When he awakens in an altered state with newfound but not necessarily welcome telepathic powers, Rickman finds he can communicate with the spirits, good and evil, man and beast, inhabiting the hospital. Mrs. Druse, a patient with psychic gifts, is the first to hear the cries of the trapped ghost and attempts to persuade brilliant, eccentric surgeon Dr. Hook to join her quest to identify it. She is opposed in this effort by the hopelessly arrogant and mean-spirited chief neurologist Dr. Stegman, and the ebullient but vacuous hospital administrator, Dr. Jesse James, who is concerned only with the hospital's image.
Wednesday, March 10, 10/9c
"Death's Kingdom"
Despite being forcibly discharged from the hospital by Dr. Stegman, Mrs. Druse recruits the semi-conscious, telepathic Peter to join her at a séance to identify the spirit whose cries continue to haunt the hospital's elevator shafts. Meanwhile, the man responsible for Peter's condition becomes acutely aware of a much stronger and frightening presence at Kingdom Hospital.
Wednesday, March 31, 10/9c
"Hook's Kingdom"
The psychic Mrs. Druse is called to assist when the trapped evil spirit of a tortured teenaged boy wreaks havoc on the staff, patients and innocent spirits inhabiting Kingdom Hospital. Meanwhile Dr. Hook forges a relationship of the mortal variety.
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'Kingdom Hospital' Needs a Transfusion
Variety reports that ABC has prescribed a schedule change for the Stephen King-penned series Kingdom Hosptial-an operation it doesn't look likely to survive. After this week, the show will move from Wednesdays at 10 p.m. to Thursdays at 9 p.m. beginning April 1, which puts it up against two of TV's highest-rated programs: CBS's CSI and NBC's THE APPRENTICE. After a strong start, KINGDOM has been consistently losing viewers; after this no-win switch, don't be surprised if ABC pulls the plug on the series before it finishes its 15-episode story arc." - Fangoria
Source: Variety, Fangoria http://www.variety.com
18/05/04
HorrorKing.com reports: "ABC will run the final 4 episodes of Kingdom Hospital as three one-hour episodes and one 2-hour episode. Episode 10 is called "The Passion of Reverend Jimmy" by Tabitha King and Stephen King. Episode 11 is called "Seizure Day" by Richard Dooling. Episode 12 is called "Shoulda' Stood in Bed" by Stephen King and the last episode which is
2 hours is called "Finale" by Stephen King. All are directed by Craig Baxley and they will run on consecutive Thursdays beginning June 24th."