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Synopsis: Idealistic lawyers Mike Weiss and Paul Danziger are partners. Mike is a drug-addict and Paul is a family man with a pregnant wife. When nurse Vicky Rogers seeks them out, they learn that she contracted AIDS a couple of years ago when she was accidentally pinpricked with a contaminated needle by a violent patient. Vicky shows a retractable safety needle invented by engineer Jeffrey Matthew Dancort, who owns the Safety Point Company, but is unable to sell his product to any hospital from the United Medical group, apart from San Antonio Memorial. Danziger and Weiss accept the case and go to court against United Medical, defended by powerful lawyer Nathaniel Price. Soon, they see all the doors closed in their fight against the powerful mafia of the medical supply system.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Adam Kassen, Mark Kassen
Production: Millennium Entertainment
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
R
Year:
2011
100 min
$67,071
Website
402 Views


l am excited.

These GOP guys represent over 4.

And they supplied with 80

billion dollar in medical

product...

Every year.

Walkers and canes.

And wheelchairs.

The only way to get your

product in the hospital...

ls to go through this f***ers.

So you have pay thousands of

dollars for the opportunity...

And grovel in the front of

couple United Medical Health

Supply...

- Mike Weiss. - Hey, thanks for

coming.

Absolutely.

But it's all just horse sh*t.

You need real money to get

anything done.

...gonna help prevent accidents

from happening to your patient..

.

And employees. ln over time...

lt's gonna safe you money, and

it's gonna safe lives.

Does that someone might

interested?

- Let's see what you have. -

Alright.

First off, did you aware that's

Needle stick a year?.

For $25.000 you can't even stay

for the lunch.

How much the cost for stay for

the lunch?

Millions.

- Want a hand job? - Sure.

They gonna video tape me.

We're gonna be okay.

Hi, Paul Danziger.

- Over here. - Yeah.

Let's grab a seat.

Oh, f***. F***!

Gentlemen.

Thank you for coming. lt's much

appreciated.

Paul Danziger.

You must be Mr. Dancort.

Nice grip. You golfed?

No, l don't golf.

Why so grumpy?.

You have change to eat?

Breakfast is most important

meal.

Would someone please bring Mr.

Dancort a couple coffee and a

Danish?

So let's get down to it.

- We're waiting for one more. -

Let's just begin.

Okay, Mr. Dancort, we're here

today so we can ask you some

question...

Regarding your allegation

against my client.

Before we began l would like to

establish for the record...

That you aware of the

deposition a sworn testimony

under oath.

- Yeah. - Okay, the court

reporter will be recording the

session.

ln the event that we were

choose to show the jury your

testimony...

ln the court of law.

No, if any time during this

proceeding you feel the need

for break...

Please feel free to do so.

ls everything clear so far?.

- ls that a yes or no, sir?. -

Yes.

Thank you.

Now l like to start asking

question about your background.

Would you please tell me your

full name?

Jeffrey Matthew Dancort.

Could you spell that please?

Jeffrey. J-E-F-F-R-E-Y.

Matthew. M-A-T-T-H-E-W.

Dancort. D-A-N-C-O-R-T.

Thank you. Current address,

please.

Houston, Texas.

Thank you, is that an apartment

or a house?

- lt's a house. - And how long

you've lived there, Mr. Dancort?

- l don't know. About 10 years?

- About 10 years or exactly 10

years?

We move in there in 1986.

- That would be 12 years. -

Yeah, that sounds about right.

Sounds right or its right. lf

you moved there in 1986...

That would be 12 years.

- Be polite. - Yes, that right,

sir.

One moment please.

Oh, sh*t. Oh, f***!

F***!

F***!

Now, besides football. Did you

play any other sports...

Football? What the hell we

talking about football?

We came here to discuss the

case. Let's discuss the case.

l just instructed you that we

want to get just simple

background.

l like to request that my

client take a break now?.

lt's your call.

Let the record be flank, that

the attorney has ask for a

break.

- Without answering the

question. - That's okay, keep

going.

- Just keep going. - Continuing.

Besides football, did you play

any other...

Excuse me.

With Nathaniel Price.

- l am. - Mike Weiss.

Guess l'll be seeing you in

court.

- l'm looking forward to it. -

Good.

Excuse me.

- The f*** were you? - Not here.

Outside.

And what was the first name of

your dog, Mr. Dancort?

Well, Rufus. And how do you

spell that, Mr. Dancort?

R-U-F-U-S.

And were you fond of this dog,

Mr. Dancort?

Well, not particularly.

ls that mean you dislike dogs,

Mr. Dancort?

They show themselves today.

Yeah, they terrified of me.

Scared f***ing shitless all 12

of us.

The reason l wasn't there today

cause l was talking a good

buddy of mine.

Henry Matthew, editor in chief

of Houston Chronicle.

We gonna got you on story.

l'll see you guys back in the

office.

Houston Chronicle.

Hi, this is attorney Mike Weiss

calling for Henry Matthew

please.

We don't have that name over

here. We have Henry Matters.

Yeah, that's what l meant.

Henry Matters, thank you.

He's not in. Would you like to

voice mail?

- Sure. - One moment please.

Hey.

What's up, man. What you need?

- 200. - Right here.

This is Mike.

What the hell kind of friend

you got, Mike. Huh?!

Yeah, maybe you got some other

friends that could help us out.

Yeah, l just spent hours on the

phone dealing with my investors.

..

My wife, my mother. This

article claim l'm having an

affair...

- With my assistant. - Are you

having an affair with your

assistant?

No.

Then what you're worrying about?

They just wanna smear you,

that's all.

This is to be expected.

They gonna try and make many

people hate your gut as

possible before we go to trial.

- lt's working. - Look, Jeffrey.

Paul is making lot of trash

with lot of different investor

for you.

And when l got this

motherf***er in front of the

judge...

We'll get your needle in every

single hospital in the f***ing

country.

Stay strong. l'll see you in

court.

ls that Armani?

Believe it.

Well tux.

lt's Armani.

All rise.

United State Federal District

record the session on Judge

William Black was arriving.

Be seated.

Alright.

Now, we all here to plan on

motion to compel the production.

..

Of documents that the client

have claim a necessary.

That the defendant are not

allowing him...

Your Honor, the defendant

client has refuse...

l'm not done, Mr. Weiss.

Sorry, Your Honor.

This is an extra ordinary large

request for production.

Now, which document you must

have and why?.

Request for production 1.

All exclusive long term and

multi product contracts...

Between United Medical Health

Supplies and all hospital...

Over the last 10 years.

We feel this information, we

proved the GOP was engage...

ln the anti-competitor behavior.

..

Price fixing and the contract

that requires that the company..

.

To buy a product even though

they may not be the safest

developed.

Now, on the decode versus PlM

industries...

The supreme court find this

information discoverable.

Judge, this is a fishing

expedition with no mirror...

To expect thousands of pages

documents are unduly burden to

my client's...

Times and money.

And the decoded case is not on

point.

Next request?

Request for production 15.

All donation made by defended

health care organization are

political entities.

Political contribution are not

discoverable under Bennett

versus Lapin.

Contribution to health care

organization are not political.

- Next request please. -

Request for production 29.

All purchase history of syringe

manufactures made by the GOP in

the past 10 years.

We feel that this information

proof that United Medical

Health Supplies..

ls create a monopoly by buy

syringe manufacture and jacking

up the price.

Your Honor, the purchases or

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