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Something the Lord made
Title
Something the Lord made [videorecording] / 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.
ISBN
078312404X
9780783124049
Published
New York, NY : HBO Video, c2004.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Special features: Audio commentary with director Joseph Sargent, writer Peter Silverman and executive producers Robert W. Cort and Eric Hertzel; Making history slide show.
Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Michael Brown ; music composer, Christopher Young ; costume designer, Karyn Wagner ; production designer, Vincent Peranio.
Originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie in 2004.
English, French, or Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Summary
Tells the emotional true story of two men who defined 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.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; French; Spanish
Added to Catalog
August 27, 2015
Credits
Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Michael Brown ; music composer, Christopher Young ; costume designer, Karyn Wagner ; production designer, Vincent Peranio.
Cast
Alan Rickman, Mos Def, Kyra Sedgwick, Gabrielle Union, Merritt Wever, Clayton LeBouef, Charles Dutton, Mary Stuart Masterson.
System details note
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Audience
Not rated.
Videorecording number
92461 HBO Video
Subjects
Genre/Form
Made-for-TV movies.
Films for the hearing impaired.
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