Wit Page #7

Synopsis: Based on the Margaret Edson play, Vivian Bearing is a literal, hardnosed English professor who has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. During the story, she reflects on her reactions to the cycle the cancer takes, the treatments, and significant events in her life. The people that watch over her are Jason Posner, who only finds faith in being a doctor; Susie Monahan, a nurse with a human side that is the only one in the hospital that cares for Vivian's condition; and Dr. Kelekian, the head doctor who just wants results no matter what they are.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Mike Nichols
Production: HBO Video
  Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 11 wins & 19 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
PG-13
Year:
2001
99 min
3,528 Views


Very clever.

'''Shucks,' said the little bunny.

'''l might just as well stay where l am...

'''and be your little bunny.'

''And so he did.

'''Have a carrot,' said the mother bunny.''

Wonderful.

Time to go.

''And flights of angels

sing thee to thy rest.''

Prof. Bearing, how you feeling today?

kidneys gone.

''Highly unresponsive.''

Wait a second.

Four-five-seven-five.

Code blue, room 707.

Dr. Posner, P-O-S-N-E-R. Hurry up.

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight, nine...

ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,

fourteen, fifteen.

-What are you doing?

-Goddamn code--

-She's DNR!

-She's research!

She's no code!

She's no code!

Kelekian gave the order

and you were there, you saw it yourself!

God, the code.

Cancel code, Room 707.

Sue Monahan, primary nurse.

l got it.

No, the patient is no code. She's DNR!

-The patient is DNR!

-Clear!

Listen, she's ''do not resuscitate''!

The patient is no code!

The patient is no code,

the order was given.

Stop it!

Do not resuscitate!

Move out of the way, go!

Clear.

-l made a mistake!

-The patient is no code!

-Who the hell are you?

-l'm Sue Monahan, the primary nurse.

Let me see the goddamn chart.

The patient is no code.

Just get away from her.

''Do not resuscitate. Kelekian.''

The order was put in yesterday.

-lt's a doctor screw-up.

-What is he, a resident?

Got us up here on a DNR.

Called a code on a no-code.

''Death

''Be not proud

''Though some have called thee

mighty and dreadful

''For thou art not so

''For those whom thou think'st,

thou dost overthrow

''Die not, poor death

''Nor yet canst thou kill me

''Thou art slave to Fate

''Chance, kings, and desperate men

''And dost with poison,

war and sickness dwell

''And poppy or charms

can make us sleep as well

''And better than thy stroke

''Why swell'st thou then?

''One short sleep past

''We wake eternally

''And death shall be no more, ''

Comma.

''Death thou shalt die''

by 6o6

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Margaret Edson

Margaret "Maggie" Edson (born July 4, 1961) is an American playwright. She is a recipient of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Wit. She has been a public school teacher since 1992. more…

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