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Release Date:
30 May 2004 (USA) moreTagline:
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 synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 12 wins & 19 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(8 articles)
Clint Eastwood KO's Directors Guild (From IMDb News. 30 January 2005)
Reeve Receives Posthumous DGA Nomination
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 11 January 2005)
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Sometimes it just feels good to be part of the world... 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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1.78 : 1 moreCertification:
Argentina:13 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Finland:K-3 | Germany:6 | Canada:PGFun Stuff
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Dr. Irving Sorkin, a retired Washington, District of Columbia, USA dentist, was instrumental in getting the article by Katie McCabe made into a feature film. He died in Los Angeles, California, USA of lymphoma on 18 October 2007 at the age of 88. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: The Reader's Digest published a photograph of that first operation, and one of the participants was identified as Dr. Michael DeBakey. Although a professor at Tulane, he was on leave as a consultant to the Surgeon General in Washington. moreQuotes:
Alfred Blalock: Vivian, that's a girl's name.Vivien Thomas: Yes, my mother was so sure she was having a girl, she picked the name early and kept it.
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I admit it - I was angry that HBO gave 'The Sopranos' a week off in order to air this movie... So much so that I didn't even watch the premiere. But moping around after the Piston's blew a huge lead against the Laker's in game 2 of the NBA finals, I was flipping through and saw that it was on again. I thought to myself, 'Why not? there must be some reason they replaced 'The Sopranos' that week'. Indeed... This is a heartfelt, emotional, and inspiring film filled with performances of the like. Granted, it has its fair share of "cheesy" devices and predictability, but then again, so does "King Lear." I knew I recognized the main actor, but couldn't quite put my finger on it... Was I surprised (as well as ashamed) to learn here that it was Mos Def. I had always dismissed him as a 'hip-hop/rapper-actor' wannabe. He made me eat those words though, by delivering a simply OUTSTANDING performance... and while he and Rickman really carry the film, the supporting cast does a nice job as well.
10/10 (which I don't take lightly).