''The Heart Specialist'' is a 2006 American romantic comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by Dennis Cooper, and starring

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, Zoe Saldana,

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and

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. Originally released under the title ''Ways of the Flesh'', the film premiered at the 2006 Boston Film Festival and remained unreleased until 2011, when it was granted a

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Plot

A modern comedy about the everyday perils of first year medical residents at a shabby south Florida hospital.

is the Chief Resident, who teaches the trainees how to save lives and not take themselves too seriously, all the while hiding a chilling secret of his own.

Cast

as Dr. Sidney Zachary * Zoe Saldana as Donna Chaisson *

as Dr. Ray Howard *

as Valerie *

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as Dr. Graves * David S. Lee as Dr. Propper *

Kenneth Choi Kenneth Choi (born October 20, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for playing Henry Lin on the television series ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2014), Chester Ming in Martin Scorsese's '' The Wolf of Wall Street'' (2013), and Judge Lance It ...

as Mitchell Kwan *

Marla Gibbs Marla Gibbs (born Margaret Theresa Bradley; June 14, 1931) is an American actress, singer, comedian, writer and television producer, whose career spans six decades. Gibbs is known for her role as George Jefferson's maid, Florence Johnston, in th ...

as Mrs. Underwood *

Jenifer Lewis Jenifer Jeanette Lewis (born January 25, 1957) is an American actress. She began her career appearing in Broadway musicals and worked as a back-up singer for Bette Midler before appearing in films ''Beaches'' (1988) and '' Sister Act'' (1992). Le ...

as Nurse Jackson *

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as Lorenzo Chaisson *

Leon Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again f ...

as Dr. Lee *

Jasmine Guy Jasmine Guy (born March 10, 1962) is an American actress, director, singer and dancer. She is known for her role as Dina in the 1988 film ''School Daze'' and as Whitley Gilbert-Wayne on the NBC ''The Cosby Show'' spin-off ''A Different World'', ...

as Aunt Burnetta *

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as Jenks *

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as Mr. Olson * Thomas "Nephew Tommy" Miles as Curtis Underwood

Reception

''The Heart Specialist'' ranked premiered nineteenth at the box office grossing $581,516 over the four-day

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holiday weekend.

References

External links

* * * * 2006 films 2006 romantic comedy-drama films American romantic comedy-drama films Films shot in Florida Films shot in Los Angeles 2006 comedy films 2006 drama films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{2000s-romantic-comedy-film-stub