in doc hollywood young michael j. fox have complete his residency look like he have his future by the short hair . he go into plastic surgery and much money to be make there and nobody dy . usually the only thing that approach a dearth in fatality like that be dermatology . but a traffic jam on i 95 and a couple of stray cow on the back road he travel get him into a gentle jackpot of an accident . it just happen that he plow into a freshly put up fence by the local judge robert blossom . for the first offense in the town of grady and florida fox be give community service in the local hospital where crotchety old doctor barnard hughes be ready to pack it in . in their own hospitable way the good citizen of grady set out to make the man hughes call and doc hollywood welcome . there one particular citizen play by julie warner who want to offer the ultimate in hospitality even though her ever present steady boyfriend woody harrelson be around . in many way doc hollywood be an updated version of the paramount classic welcome stranger with bing crosby and barry fitzgerald and and joan caulfield . in that one however and the town folk do not take to city boy bing right away and here theyre go out of their way to make fox welcome a they know that hughes will not be there forever . one of the really nice thing about doc hollywood be the impeccable casting of some of the rustic character you might find in the florida wild . two of the best be eyde byrde a nurse packer who run the hospital like a drill sergeant and a kinder and gentler and black version of nurse ratched . and it take me a while to realize the actor play the rustic southern mayor be david ogden stiers and formerly charles emerson winchester of hahvard and the 4077 mash unit . for those who best remember stiers a major winchester and this performance will come a a very pleasant shock . if you saw welcome stranger than you have a good idea of how doc hollywood turn out . i think it be one of the best film of the previous decade and a pleasant and gentle diversion of entertainment .