John Q (7/10) Movie CLIP - Take My Heart (2002) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
John Q. (Denzel Washington) offers to sacrifice himself for his son.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
A national health care crisis in the United States yields this tense drama from screenwriter James Kearns and director Nick Cassavetes, who experienced a real-life dilemma with his daughter's congenital heart disease that mirrors the one in this film. Denzel Washington stars as John Q. Archibald, a factory worker facing financial hardship as a result of reduced hours in his workplace. When his young son, Michael (Daniel E. Smith), is stricken during a baseball game, John and his wife, Denise (Kimberly Elise), discover that their child is in need of an emergency heart transplant. Although the Archibalds have health insurance, they are informed by hospital administrator Rebecca Payne (Anne Heche) that their policy doesn't cover such an expensive procedure. Unable to raise the money himself, John persuades the hospital's compassionate cardiac surgeon, Dr. Raymond Turner (James Woods), to waive his lofty fee, but is still left with too much of a financial burden to bear. With no recourse but to take his son home to die, John snaps and holds the staff and patients of the hospital's emergency room hostage at gunpoint. John is soon a media hero, the focus of intense news coverage, even as police chief Gus Monroe (Ray Liotta) and hostage negotiator Frank Grimes (Robert Duvall) try to resolve the situation before it leads to bloodshed.

CREDITS:
TM & © Warner Bros. (2002)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Daniel E. Smith, Kevin Connolly, Larissa Laskin, James Woods, Shawn Hatosy, Heather Wahlquist, Eddie Griffin
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Producers: Mark Burg, Howard Burkons, Dale De La Torre, Michael De Luca, Mathew Hart, Avram 'Butch' Kaplan, James Kearns, Oren Koules, Richard Saperstein, Hillary Sherman
Screenwriter: James Kearns

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[nyy]

"Somebody's gotta die in order for him to live, I'm his father, it's me." Need a lot more father figures like this.

[MAnuscript]

This movie really breaks my heart. When I see Denzel Washington acting in this movie, I don't see an actor trying to play a role, I see a father willing to do whatever it takes to save his child. Even willing to kill himself, that's love right there.

[REXXSEVEN]

When you are watching a movie with Denzel Washington in it, you don't just watch Denzel, you *feel* Denzel. When a person has the ability to make you feel what their character is feeling in a movie, that means they are damn good at what they do.

[claytonbigsby]

When he says “he’s a good kid, he likes body building” it made me cry

[DragonBlack]

“I’m not going to bury my son is gonna bury me” this movie always made me cry

[nastynas]

That's what parents do, you sacrifice yourself for ur kid no matter what. He's right no parents should be burying their kids, kids should be burying their parents when its their time. Nobody wants to bury anybody, but kids should never get buried at young age

[Rickyralph]

This movie is so underrated and this movie was one of Denzel Best performances. He was robbed of an Oscar

[christopherjones]

this is what an Oscar winner looks like!!!

[Ambus]

And when the Doc finds out the gun was never loaded. Another great moment too.

[arturo]

He deserves an Oscar just for this clip alone
👍🏽👍🏽

[oprahthegodson]

When Eddie griffin tries to get Denzel to accept the situation It gets me everytime. Can't imagine giving up on my kids

[delanowhitfield]

That “Noooo🥴 I don’t accept that” is LEGENDARY💯💯💯💯

[pmonsta]

This is the part of the movie I call " Denzel vs. The Cast " ! He was nothing short of brilliant .

[andrewlopez]

"That Mike is going to die."
"No, I don't accept that! Ever!"
Man that part gets me.

[alanmorris]

When I saw this movie at the theater, the audience applauded at the end like they were watching a live stage performance! I'll never forget it.

[FlexinTaj]

Bro when Denzel act you really don’t know if he’s acting or serious 😭 this man so good !!!

[WestbrookOverrated]

The fact he didn't get an Oscar for this shows Hollywood awards mean nothing at all

[Chrono_Mitsurugi]

this scene gets to me everytime.
no parent should ever have to bury their child.

[melvintejera]

This is why Denzel is my favorite actor of all time. Classic film.

[gorrow]

This movie started my interest in movies with people that commit criminal acts but aren’t monsters. I know it’s fiction but there’s something powerful about how desperation and fear will sometimes cause normal people to do whatever it takes to save someone’s life.