Word: labraccio
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...film opens in an emergency room. Medical student David Labraccio (Kevin Bacon) begins an emergency operation on a screaming patient, who seems in need of anesthesia. It is not that oversight, but the oversight of hospital regulations--students cannot operate--that gets the young doctor suspended from medical school. He then reluctantly becomes involved in the experiment because, as he says, he has nothing else to lose. More likely, Labraccio becomes involved because Nelson says he needs...
...Labraccio wants to be everyone's personal savior, and in this film, he fares pretty well for himself. Nelson calls him a remarkably talented doctor, and Labraccio is blessed with healing hands. For reasons the audience does not understand, he administers more effective CPR than the other students. But unlike Nelson, Labraccio does not limit his healing powers to "the physical sciences." He is paternalistic and solicitous, especially of the lovely Rachel Mannus (Julia Roberts...
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