''Intern Academy'' is a 2004 Canadian

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written and directed by Dave Thomas. It has several alternative titles including

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s ''An Intern's Diary'', ''Whitecoats'' and ''Interns''. In Canada, its

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title is ''Intern Academy'', while its

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title is ''Médecin en herbe''. The US

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title is ''White Coats''. Its Italian title is "L'ospedale piu' sexy del mondo," literally "The Sexiest Hospital in the World".

Plot

The story follows a group of interns and nurses working at St. Albert's, the worst

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, as they try to deal with work and relationship stress. Run by administrator Dr. Cyrill Kipp, the hospital only manages to stay open because Kipp sells the hospital's equipment on the

black market A black market is a Secrecy, clandestine Market (economics), market or series of transactions that has some aspect of illegality, or is not compliant with an institutional set of rules. If the rule defines the set of goods and services who ...

. During on-the-job training headed by Dr. Omar Olson, interns brave blood, vomit and exploding colostomy bags. The students include the clumsy Mike Bonnert, whose parents Sam and Susan are prominent physicians and forced him to study in medical school; his girlfriend Mitzi Cole, who works as a stripper to pay her way through school; Dale Dodd, who has come to the hospital to meet women and falls in love with nurse Cynthia Skyes; Marlon Thomas, who likes to play pranks with his mates; Mira Towers, who aims to be a great surgeon; and the innocent Christine Lee, a very efficient student and promising doctor who loses her inhibitions when intoxicated. After Mike discovers that Mitzi became sexually active with Dale, he, Dale, and Marlon begin to fight in the morgue, using human organs as weapons, but are caught and expelled from St. Albert's. However, when a 76-car pile up occurs, they return to ER to help the patients. One patient, who was saved in an emergency surgery, was a billionaire, and saves the hospital from going bankrupt.

Cast

Peter Oldring Peter James Edward Oldring (born August 25, 1971) is a Canadian actor and comedian. Early life Oldring was born on August 25, 1971, in Drayton Valley, Alberta. He graduated from Sir Winston Churchill High School in 1989 in Calgary, Alberta, ...

as Mike Bonnert * Pat Kelly as Dale Dodd * Viv Leacock as Marlon Thomas *

Ingrid Kavelaars Ingrid Kavelaars (born March 20, 1971) is a Canadian actress known for her role on the science-fiction series '' Code Name: Eternity''. Early life Kavelaars was born in London, Ontario, Canada. Her parents are Dutch. Her mother, Anne, was a home ...

as Mira Towers *Jane McLean as Christine Lee *

Christine Chatelain Christine Chatelain is a Canadians, Canadian film and television actress. She had a recurring role on ''The Collector (Canadian TV series), ''The Collector' as Taylor Slate. Originally an art student in Vancouver, she tried acting as a hobby a ...

as Mitzi Cole *

Lynda Boyd Lynda Boyd (born January 28, 1965) is a Canadian actress, singer, dancer, musician, and writer. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films ''Final Destination 2'' (2003), ''An Unfinished Life'' (2005), ''She's the Man'' (2006), and ''O ...

as Cynthia Skyes *

Carly Pope Carly Pope (born August 28, 1980) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles on The WB's drama series '' Popular'' (1999–2001), supernatural drama series ''The Collector'' (2004–2005), USA Network's legal drama series '' Suits'' ( ...

as Sarah Calder *

Dave Foley David Foley (born January 4, 1963) is a Canadian actor, stand-up comedian, director, producer, and writer. He is known as a co-founder of the comedy group The Kids in the Hall, who have appeared together in a number of television, stage and fil ...

as Dr. Denton Whiteside * Dave Thomas as Dr. Omar Olson *

Dan Aykroyd Daniel Edward Aykroyd ( ; born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Aykroyd was a writer and an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" cast on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Nigh ...

as Dr. Cyrill Kipp *

Maury Chaykin Maury Alan Chaykin (July 27, 1949 – July 27, 2010) was an American-Canadian actor. Described as "one of the most recognizable faces in Canadian cinema," he was best known for his portrayal of Rex Stout's detective Nero Wolfe on the televi ...

as Dr. Roger Anthony 'Tony' Toussant *

Matt Frewer Matthew George Frewer (born January 4, 1958) is an American-Canadian actor and comedian. He portrayed the 1980s icon Max Headroom in the 1985 TV film and 1987 Max Headroom (TV series), television series of the same name. He became prominent when ...

as Dr. Anton Keller *

Saul Rubinek Saul Hersh Rubinek (born July 2, 1948) is a Canadian actor, director, producer, and playwright. He is widely known for his television roles, notably Artie Nielsen on '' Warehouse 13,'' Donny Douglas on '' Frasier'', Lon Cohen on '' A Nero Wolf ...

as Dr. Sam Bonnert *

Sue Huff Sue Huff is a former politician from Alberta, Canada. She was the acting leader of the Alberta Party from November 23, 2010, to May 28, 2011. She served as an elected public school trustee for the city of Edmonton from 2007 to 2010. Political c ...

as Dr. Susan Bonnert * Rochelle Loewen as Buxom Nurse

Home media

The region 1

was released July 25, 2006 and the region 2

was released May 28, 2007.

External links

* * {{Dave Thomas 2004 films 2004 comedy films Canadian comedy films English-language Canadian films Films shot in Edmonton 2000s English-language films Films directed by Dave Thomas 2000s Canadian films

Plot

Cast

Home media

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