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Overview

User Rating:
8.3/10   4,204 votes
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Director:
Joseph Sargent
Writers (WGA):
Peter Silverman (written by) and
Robert Caswell (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
30 May 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
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)
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)

User Comments:
Among the Most Inspirational Movies Ever Made more

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Filming Locations:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA more

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Trivia:
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:
Clara Thomas: You know... in 13 years, Doctor Blalock, I don't recall you ever stopping by our house.
Alfred Blalock: I don't recall ever being invited.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2005) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Baltimore Bounce more

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32 out of 35 people found the following comment useful:-
Among the Most Inspirational Movies Ever Made, 3 July 2004
10/10
Author: KensFunMail

This is absolutely one of the most inspirational movies I've ever seen. The story line was great - The life and times of one of the greatest surgeons the United States has ever produced (Alfred Blalock), played by Alan Rickman, along with his lab assistant Vivien Thomas, played by Mos Def. The acting was superb. If anyone has studied medical history, we are perhaps more familiar with the work of Denton Cooley and William Longmire. Both have spots in this movie, as students of Dr. Blalock. I highly recommend this movie. It is very much a surprise how the lives of these two men - Blalock and Thomas could have been overlooked for so long. Because of their work with "Blue Babies", they both have achieved immortality. The rating of "R" stems only from the sometimes strong (but very real) language.

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