Vital Signs
Brief Synopsis
A doctor guides seven student doctors through their third year of residency at a Los Angeles hospital. Marriages collapse and colleagues fall in love, but it takes a dying cancer patient to make the medical students realize what really matters in life.
Cast & Crew
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Marisa Silver
Director
Adrian Pasdar
Diane Lane
Jimmy Smits
Mary Pat Gleason
James Karen
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1990
Production Company
Kevin Patterson
Distribution Company
20th Century Fox Distribution
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 43m
Synopsis
A doctor guides seven student doctors through their third year of residency at a Los Angeles hospital. Marriages collapse and colleagues fall in love, but it takes a dying cancer patient to make the medical students realize what really matters in life.
Director
Marisa Silver
Director
Cast
Adrian Pasdar
Diane Lane
Jimmy Smits
Mary Pat Gleason
James Karen
Laura San Giacomo
Myra Turley
Charlie Hawke
Lou Saint James
Doug Robinson
Vicki Winters
Casey Hallenbeck
Lead Person
Stanley Desantis
Bradley Whitford
Matt Thompson
Dan Ziskie
Enid Kent
Wallace Langham
Rose Weaver
Seth Isler
Jeanne Mori
Ellaraino
Christine Avila
Gigo Vorgan
Perla Walter
Norma Aleandro
Paul Carlton Bryant
Donna Lynn Leavy
Leigh C Kim
Tim Ransom
Rob Neukirch
Angelo Tiffe
Grant Heslov
Steve Bean
Lisa Jane Persky
Laurie Souza
Billy Bacon
Jay Arlen Jones
Telma Hopkins
Jack Gwaltney
Joan Newlin
William Devane
Claudia Harrington
Karen Fineman
Jane Adams
Crew
Jewel Akens
Song
James D Ault
Grip
Howard Bachrach
Transportation Captain
David Barrow
Grip
Fontella Bass
Song Performer
Don Bassman
Music
Beth Bergeron
Adr Editor
Carolina Beroza
Sound Editor
Dean Beville
Apprentice
Bruce Birmelin
Photography
Cha Blevins
Costumes
Teri Lyn Brewer
On-Set Dresser
Bob Brown
Editor
Laura Brown
Location Assistant
Terry Brown
Music
Jon Bruno
Music
Dimitri Bugarcic
Other
Keith Brian Burns
Set Designer
Gary Burritt
Negative Cutting
Susan Cabral
Makeup
Ed Callahan
Sound Effects Editor
Richard L Carden
Dolly Grip
Oscar Castro-neves
Music
Richard Chirco
On-Set Dresser
Kevin F Cleary
Music
Michele Conliffe
Assistant
Blake Cornett
Sound Editor
Kate Davey
Dga Trainee
Robert Dawson
Titles
Susan Depalma
Production Assistant
Dominick V Destefano
Boom Operator
Mary Lou Devlin
Production Coordinator
George Doering
Music
Susan Dudeck
Dialogue Editor
Steven S Duncan
Transportation Coordinator
Judi Durand
Adr
Jim Earley
Grip
Deborah Everton
Costume Designer
Tracy Farrington
Property Master
Vincent Fasano
Props
Arnold Finkelstein
Sound Effects
Greg Finley
Adr
Christopher Flick
Foley Editor
William J. Foley
On-Set Dresser
Steve Forman
Music
Curtis Foster
Electrician
Laura J Fox
Casting Associate
Chuck Garsha
Music
Veronica Gonzalez-rubio
Assistant Director
Miles Goodman
Music
David Greenwald
Construction
Todd Hallowell
Production Designer
Barbara Harris
Casting
Allen Hartz
Dialogue Editor
Robert Hedland
Assistant Editor
Petur Hliddal
Sound Mixer
Craig Hosking
Helicopter Pilot
Bill Hrnjak
Construction Coordinator
Rosanna Huffman
Adr
Steven Husch
On-Set Dresser
Bruce Hutchinson
Makeup
Randy Jacobs
Song
Ann Meade Johnson
Assistant
Linden Johnson
Accounting Assistant
Tom Joyner
Associate Producer
Tom Joyner
Unit Production Manager
Lawrence Karman
Assistant Camera Operator
Larry Ketron
Screenplay
Larry Ketron
From Story
Linda Klein
Consultant
Robert M Landaw
Medic
Mike Lang
Music
Geraldine Leder
Casting Associate
Richard G Leff
Medic
John Lindley
Director Of Photography
Betsy Magruder
Assistant Director
Daniel E Maltese
Assistant Art Director
John Martyn
Song
John Martyn
Song Performer
Martin Maryska
Sound Editor
Dan May
Set Decorator
Dale Miller
Hair
Judd Miller
Music
Marcus Miller
Production Assistant
Murray Miller
Location Manager
Raynard Miner
Song
Joel Moss
Music
Joseph J Murphy
Production Auditor
Joe Muttillo
Grip
Bob Newlan
Sound Effects Editor
Herb Newman
Song
Jonathan O'neil
Electrician
Kathy O'rear
Costume Supervisor
Richard Overton
Music
Kevin Patterson
Cable Operator
Laurie Perlman
Producer
Tim Pershing
Key Grip
Marilyn Patricia Phillips
Hair
Chuck Picerni Jr.
Stunts
Scott Printz
Assistant Director
Jim Prior
Editor
Karen Ray
Assistant
Gary D Rogers
Music
Pattye Rogers
Assistant Editor
Gayle Sandler
Accounting Assistant
Mike Santoro
Key Grip
Steven Schaeffer
Music
Mike Sforza
Props
Bob Sikora
Rigging Gaffer
Steve Sircusa
Sound Editor
Carl Smith
Song
David R Smith
Production
Alan R Sowles
Electrician
Armin Steiner
Music
Jeb Stuart
Screenplay
Neil Stubenhaus
Music
Liza Sullivan
Assistant
Cathleen Summers
Producer
Bill Tiegs
Costumes
Lynne Twentyman
Script Supervisor
Don Vargas
Costumes
Amy Vincent
Assistant Camera Operator
Kristan Wagner
Location Manager
Robert Wait
Assistant
David Was
Song
Don Was
Song
Jim Weidman
Music Editor
Michael J Wiegand
Property Master Assistant
Chris Wilding
Sound
Earl C Williman
Gaffer
Scott Williman
Electrician
Doug Wittenberg
Electrician
Douglas L Yonker
Electrician
Carl Yorke
Assistant
Kenneth D Zunder
Camera Operator
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1990
Production Company
Kevin Patterson
Distribution Company
20th Century Fox Distribution
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 43m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video September 27, 1990
Released in United States Spring April 13, 1990
Began shooting May 16, 1989.
Completed shooting July 21, 1989.
Released in United States Spring April 13, 1990
Released in United States on Video September 27, 1990
