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User Rating:
8.2/10   4,437 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Peter Silverman (written by) and
Robert Caswell (written by)
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Release Date:
30 May 2004 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A breakthrough that changed the face of medicine. A unique partnership that broke the rules.
Plot:
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 12 wins & 19 nominations more
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(8 articles)
User Comments:
Absolutely magnificent! more (83 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alan Rickman ... Dr. Alfred Blalock

Mos Def ... Vivien Thomas

Kyra Sedgwick ... Mary Blalock

Gabrielle Union ... Clara Thomas
Merritt Wever ... Mrs. Saxon

Clayton LeBouef ... Harold Thomas

Charles S. Dutton ... William Thomas (as Charles Dutton)
Mary Stuart Masterson ... Dr. Helen Taussig
Cliff McMullen ... Lodel Williams
Luray Cooper ... Charles Manlove

Irene Ziegler ... Frances Grebel
John Emmanuel ... Man at park
Harold J. Abell Sr. ... Man #1
Michael E. Russell ... Bank officer
Henri Edmonds ... Mary Thomas
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Runtime:
110 min
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1.78 : 1 more
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Based in part on the magazine article "Like Something The Lord Made" by Katie McCabe. It was published in the Washingtonian and earned McCabe the 1990 National Magazine Feature Writing Award. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: At 57 min, when Thomas shows Blalock how to do the anastomosis, we see Blalock suturing with an artery forceps or a kocher, not a needle holder. Artery forceps/kochers are used (amongst others) to grip tissue, not for suture. Also he is holding it with his thumb and index finger, a rookie mistake amongst surgeons, the proper way to hold it would be on the thumb and 4th finger. more
Quotes:
[Vivien is abruptly leaving the laboratory]
Alfred Blalock: We have work to do.
Vivien Thomas: Do I have your permission, to do some work for my landlord, so I can pay my rent?
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60 out of 65 people found the following comment useful.
Absolutely magnificent!, 17 June 2004
Author: cfans from Harrisburg, PA

I saw this movie this morning in my hotel room in Washington, DC. I was packing to go home as it was on and just a few minutes into it, I had to stop and just sit and watch. I was so moved by it, that I had to wait a while before I could leave. The tears were just streaming down my face. Later, as I was driving home, I passed an exit on the highway that indicated it was the road that eventually led to "Johns Hopkins University". I almost took that exit, but didn't because I had to get home. But I'm determined to soon make that trip to the University if only to spend a few minutes looking at the portrait of Dr. Thomas. What an incredible story and what an incredible actor Mos is. I do not have HBO at home, so I'm hoping that this movie is released on DVD. If it is, I will be purchasing multiple copies to give as gifts. A wonderful, wonderful story acted out by extremely talented actors.

Definitely, ten stars.

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