Director: Joshua Brand; Format: VHS; Release Date: Jun 1993; Rating: Not Rated; Sound: HiFi, Closed Captioned; Length: 49 minutes; UPC: 096898148238. Condition: Acceptable. Previous rental in generic black case. Tape still plays well. Same tape design as that shown here. Synopsis: Upon graduation from medical school, 27-year-old doctor Joel Fleischman (Rob Morrow) must work off $125,000 worth of student loans by accepting a practice in Anchorage, Alaska. Having seldom ventured any farther than the boundaries of his native Manhattan, Joel balks at this assignment but is threatened with a $10,000 fine and 18 years in jail if he refuses. Resigning himself to Anchorage, Joel shows up in the Alaskan metropolis but is told that his services are not required. Furthermore, he has been transferred to the remote village of Cicely--population 815, mostly eccentrics and oddballs. The fish-out-of-water Joel swiftly makes the acquaintance of his new neighbors, including attractive mail pilot--and his landlady--Maggie O'Connell (Janine Turner); Maurice Minnifield (Barry Corbin), the worldly ex-astronaut who owns Cicely; Maurice's ultra-macho best friend, 62-year-old tavern owner Holling Vicoeur (John Cullum); Maurice's fiancee, 18-year-old beauty queen Shelly (Cynthia Geary); Maurice's assistant, Ed Chigliak (Darren E. Burrows); a laid-back Native American (and aspiring filmmaker) who seems to know everything there is to know; and Chris Danforth (John Corbett), the enigmatic, poetic morning DJ at local radio station KBHR. After several harrowing and mind-numbing experiences both personal and professional, poor Joel throws a tantrum and declares, "I will under no condition, NO condition, spend the best years of my life in the worst place on Earth!". Wanna bet? Priority Mail delivery for this item costs $7.00 at the request of a buyer. Otherwise, the shipping rate given here applies to orders shipped via Media Mail within the U.S. only. Orders consisting of multiple purchases packaged together ship by any of these delivery methods at a discounted rate, usually for only $1.00 per additional item plus the shipping fee for the first item (determined to be the one with the highest delivery charge). International buyers: please contact us with your destination country for applicable base shipping rates. Multiple purchases that are packaged together save shipping costs for you, too! Payment is expected within two weeks of placing your order for the first item within a shipment. Paypal is preferred, but money orders and checks (either personal or cashier's) are also accepted. Orders typically ship within 48 hours of PROCESSED payment, excluding weekends and holidays. Inquiries from all shoppers are responded to promptly and courteously. Buyers are encouraged to ask questions prior to placing orders, as all sales are final unless the product you receive differs significantly from that which was advertised here in terms of either the product itself or its promised condition. In other words, "buyer's remorse" does not qualify for a refund. Exceptions are made only in the event that a buyer is willing to return at his or her own expense an unopened, BRAND NEW item for a refund of the original purchase price only. No original shipping costs will be refunded, unless we are at fault for sending you the wrong item or misrepresenting the product and/or its condition. This hasn't happened yet, but if it does: you are guaranteed a refund of the purchase price, the original shipping fee, PLUS the cost to ship the item back to us. Thank you for looking!