Something the Lord made / HBO Films presents a Cort/Madden production ; a Joseph Sargent film ; producer, Julian Krainin ; produced by Mike Drake ; written by Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell ; directed by Joseph Sargent ; Krainin Productions ; the Cort Madden Company.
Tells the emotional true story of two men who defied the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow south. Working in 1940s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on "blue babies", Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab technician Vivien Thomas form an impressive team. As Blalock and Thomas invent a new field of medicine, saving thousands of lives in the process, social pressures threaten to undermine their collaboration and tear them apart.
Item details
- ISBN: 078312404X
- ISBN: 9780783124049
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HBO Video, [2004]
- Copyright: ©2004
Contents / Notes
General Note: | Originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie in 2004. Based in part on the magazine article Like something the Lord made by Katie McCabe. Widescreen 16:9. Special features: Audio commentary with director Joseph Sargent, writer Peter Silverman and executive producers Robert W. Cort and Eric Hertzel; featurette; Making history slide show. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Michael Brown ; music composer, Christopher Young ; costume designer, Karyn Wagner ; production designer, Vincent Peranio. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Alan Rickman, Mos Def, Kyra Sedgwick, Gabrielle Union, Merritt Wever, Clayton LeBouef, Charles Dutton, Mary Stuart Masterson. |
Target Audience Note: | Not rated. |
System Details Note: | DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. |
Language Note: | English, dubbed French, or dubbed Spanish dialogue; optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Awards Note: | Primetime Emmy Awards, 2004: Outstanding Made for Television Movie; Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie (Morgan); Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Brown) Directors Guild of America, 2005: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movie for Television (Sargent) Writers Guild of America, 2005: TV Long Form - Original. |
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