| Show The rhe Doc prescribes summertime movie fun w Andrew Wade Staff Writer BENJAMIN Stone played by Michael J J. J Fox reprising reprising reprising ing his now familiar nice- nice guy role is a resident at the Washington Presbyterian Hospital in Doc Hollywood Dr Stones Stone's most immediate goal is to hop in his cherry red 1956 Porsche Speedster and head out on the highway towards Beverly Hills where he expects to practice real medicine cosmetic surgery with the lofty ambition of making tons of money En- En route he takes a detour resulting resulting resulting result result- ing in an accident which demolishes his car as well as a white picket fence belonging to the town judge Stone is sentenced to 32 hours of community service in the town of Grady South the Carolina Squash Capital of the South But to a city slicker like Ben Stone this is Hee-Haw Hee Hell Or so it seems The town of Grady considered considered considered con con- to be the buckle of the Bible belt is bursting with surprises and so are its residents Initially what seems like just another fish- fish V M y t 4 9 r Y n r Fc f. f t to i 14 j j v x xu u t water out-of-water story evolves into something much more It H is always fulfilling to venture into a theater fully anticipating a the num bers Hollywood film only to discover unexpected delightful delight delight- ful twists in the plot Each time the film seems to teeter on the edge of some timeworn timeworn timeworn time- time worn movie cliche it rebounds with a charm and warmth uncharacteristic in inthis inthis inthis this type of film Grady is a place you would want to call home Stones Stone's love interest Lou played by Julie Warner making a spectacular debut is the hospitals hospital's ambulance driver In addition Woody Harrelson of Cheers fame David Ogden Stiers of TVs Vs MASH and others too numerous to mention help to round out the idiosyncratic towns folk |
