Medicine Man
An eccentric scientist working for a large drug company is working on a research project in the Amazon jungle…
- Director: * Steven Spielberg
- Genre:Adventure / Romance
- Runtime:105 minutes
Cast
Sean Connery : Dr. Robert Campbell
Lorraine Bracco : Dr. Rae Crane
José Wilker : Dr. Miguel Ornega
Rodolfo De Alexandre : Tanaki
Francisco Tsiren Tsere Rereme .: Jahausa
A pharmaceutical company sends biochemist Dr. Rae Crane into the Amazonian Rainforest to check on Dr. Robert Campbell after he cuts off outside contact, his wife and research partner having left him.
Crane is bringing supplies (everything from golf balls to a gas chromatograph), but Campbell is upset that he was not given the research partner he had requested. He tries to send her home but Crane dismisses Campbell’s attempts to spurn her, as her job is to evaluate whether the company should continue funding his research.
Campbell reveals to her shock that he has found a cure for cancer, but that subsequent attempts to recreate the formula have failed. With the initial successful serum running dangerously low, Campbell has isolated a mysterious chemical compound connected to a species of flower and with Crane’s help is determined to find its source.
Time is of the essence, as a nearby logging company is building a road that is headed straight for the village. Campbell refuses to ask the pharmaceutical company for help, fearing that they would send in more researchers from the outside world, unintentionally wiping out the native population with exposure to foreign diseases.
Campbell reveals that a similar event previously had happened when he was conducting field research for a new pain reliever. He feels guilt at causing the death of an entire village, revealing that his wife left because he would not let her forgive him.
A small boy shows symptoms of malignant neoplasms that will kill him if not treated. The boy’s father takes him to find the village’s previous medicine man, from whom Campbell had originally learned about the existence of the flowers. Campbell’s presence caused the medicine man to feel overshadowed and leave. He is reluctant to face the medicine man again, but Crane convinces him they must. Read more
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