Coma Wiki

Michael Crichton's 1978 medical thriller about a doctor who discovers that patients at her hospital are being deliberately put into comas so their organs can be harvested and sold.

Pages

• Coma (1978)
• Plot Summary (Coma)
• 40 Beats (Coma)
• Cast and Characters (Coma)
• Genevieve Bujold (Coma)
• Richard Widmark (Coma)
• Michael Douglas (Coma)
• Michael Crichton (Coma)
• Robin Cook and the Source Novel (Coma)
• Production History (Coma)
• Jerry Goldsmith (Coma)
• Victor J. Kemper (Coma)
• Boston Memorial Hospital as Setting (Coma)
• The Jefferson Institute (Coma)
• The Duct Crawl (Coma)
• The Harris Reveal (Coma)
• The Operating Room Climax (Coma)
• Themes and Analysis (Coma)
• The Female Protagonist in the 1970s Thriller
• The Conspiracy Thriller Tradition (Coma)
• Medical Paranoia and Institutional Corruption (Coma)
• Body Horror and Organ Harvesting (Coma)
• Critical Reception and Legacy (Coma)
• Physical Media Releases (Coma)

Structure & Graphics

Structure Graphics (Coma) visualizes the narrative architecture of the film across 40 beats — tracking Susan Wheeler's control as she uncovers the organ harvesting conspiracy through oscillating evidence and institutional dismissal.