
Something the Lord Made (2004)
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- TV-PG
- 1h 50min
- Biography, Drama
- 30 May 2004 (USA)
- TV Movie
- Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 14 wins & 32 nominations.
- See more »
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Cast
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Cliff McMullen | ... |
Lodel Williams
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Yasiin Bey | ... |
Vivien Thomas
(as Mos Def)
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Luray Cooper | ... |
Charles Manlove
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Alan Rickman | ... |
Dr. Alfred Blalock
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Gabrielle Union | ... |
Clara Thomas
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Irene Ziegler | ... |
Francis Grebel
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Charles S. Dutton | ... |
William Thomas
(as Charles Dutton)
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Clayton LeBouef | ... |
Harold Thomas
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John Emmanuel | ... |
Man at Bank
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Harold J. Abell Sr. | ... |
Man #1
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Michael E. Russell | ... |
Bank Officer
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Henri Edmonds | ... |
Mary Thomas
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Cora Shay Buck | ... |
Young Theodosia Thomas
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Zoe Buck | ... |
Young Olga Thomas
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Kyra Sedgwick | ... |
Mary Blalock
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John Leslie Wolfe | ... |
Dr. Walter Dandy
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David Bailey | ... |
General John Cunningham
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Matthew Welborn | ... |
William Blalock
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Mackenzie Jo Pardi | ... |
Mary Elizabeth Blalock
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Tel Monks | ... |
Doctor at Party
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Mary Stuart Masterson | ... |
Dr. Helen Taussig
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Bolton Marsh | ... |
Dr. William Longmire
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Timothy J. Scanlin Jr. | ... |
Dr. Cooley
(as Timothy Scanlin)
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Jonathan Watkins | ... |
Dr. Kelven
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Jeffrey Coleman | ... |
Security Guard
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Linda Williams | ... |
May
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Wil Love | ... |
Dr. Hecker
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Brooke Gaigler | ... |
Baby Saxon
(as Brooke and Kera Gaigler)
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Kera Gaigler | ... |
Baby Saxon
(as Brooke and Kera Gaigler)
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Douglas Watson | ... |
Dean Hamilton
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Merritt Wever | ... |
Mrs. Saxon
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Al Brown | ... |
Dr. Ford
(as Alan L. Brown)
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Michael Eastering | ... |
Landlord
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Robert F. Chew | ... |
Janitor
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Elisabeth Noone | ... |
Payroll Clerk
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Doug Olear | ... |
Mr. Saxon
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Marty Lodge | ... |
Father Aucott
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Sean MacLaughlin | ... |
Dr. Swedlin
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Dave Trovato | ... |
Dr. Harmel
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Carolyn Nelson | ... |
Nurse Charlotte Mitchell
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Rahaleh Nassri | ... |
Nurse at Paging Station
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Alan Sader | ... |
Hecker's Crony
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Allan Kulakow | ... |
Dr. Petrovsky
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Ralph Cosham | ... |
Dr. Craford
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Nat Benchley | ... |
Karsh
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Antonio D. Charity | ... |
Morgan State Admissions Officer
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Michael Mack | ... |
Dr. Johnston
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Sean Pratt | ... |
Resident #1
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Matthew Russell | ... |
Resident #2
(as Matt Russell)
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Brigid Cleary | ... |
Vivien's Secretary
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Joseph Petty | ... |
Janitor Lowering Flag
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Sheila Edmondson | ... |
Adult Olga Thomas
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Carlyncia S. Peck | ... |
Adult Theodocia Thomas
(as Carlyncia Peck)
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Stan Stewart | ... |
Day Laborer
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Michael Ahl | ... |
Doctor at Party (uncredited)
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Brian Eric Alexander | ... |
Street Teen (uncredited)
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Tex Allen | ... |
Johns Hopkins Med. School Teaching Physician (uncredited)
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James E. Ash | ... |
Resident Doctor (uncredited)
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Briel Banks | ... |
Guest at Reception (uncredited)
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Drea Berg | ... |
Nurse (uncredited)
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Patricia Talmadge Berry | ... |
Dist. Party Guest (uncredited)
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Ian Bonds | ... |
Medical Intern (uncredited)
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Chris Boykin | ... |
Bellhop (uncredited)
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R. Emery Bright | ... |
Dishwasher (uncredited)
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Patrick Brown | ... |
Lt. Comm. Andrews (uncredited)
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Rick Burk | ... |
Business Man (uncredited)
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Dava Casoni | ... |
Concerned Mother in Waiting Room (uncredited)
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Tray Chaney | ... |
College Student (uncredited)
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Tim Colmus | ... |
Doctor (uncredited)
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Kelvin Davis | ... |
Bank Customer (uncredited)
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Clary Davison | ... |
1943 Doctor (uncredited)
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Larry Derr | ... |
Patient (uncredited)
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Robin Dorsey | ... |
Nosey Neighbor (uncredited)
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Brian Dragonuk | ... |
Staff Doctor 1940's (uncredited)
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Devorah Firestone | ... |
Military Wife (uncredited)
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Pamela Fischer | ... |
Doctor's Wife (uncredited)
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Lynn-Jane Foreman | ... |
Mrs. Ford (uncredited)
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Dan Franko | ... |
Resident Doctor (uncredited)
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Alan Gates | ... |
Student Doctor (uncredited)
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Duke Greenhill | ... |
Student (uncredited)
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Cantrell Harris | ... |
Bank Customer (uncredited)
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Thomas C. Hessenauer | ... |
Johns Hopkins Hospital Resident (uncredited)
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Justin Hinnant | ... |
Neighborhood Kid (uncredited)
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Michael Angelo Hodge | ... |
Bank Cop (uncredited)
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Heaven Leigh Horton | ... |
Hopscotch Kid (uncredited)
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Katherine Hoskins Mackey | ... |
General's Wife (uncredited)
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James A. Howard | ... |
Dr. Chadwick (uncredited)
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Dominic Jackson | ... |
Bus Boy (uncredited)
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Yolanda Jenkins | ... |
Housekeeper (uncredited)
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Lyndon B. Johnson | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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James Jones | ... |
House Worker #1 (uncredited)
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John F. Kennedy | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Z.M. Nan Khan | ... |
Luncheon Cashier (uncredited)
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Martin Luther King | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Kirk Lambert | ... |
Navy Admiral (uncredited)
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Connie Lamothe | ... |
Doctor's Wife (uncredited)
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James Lewis | ... |
Medical Intern (uncredited)
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Malcolm X | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Robert Neal Marshall | ... |
Dist. Party Guest (uncredited)
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Kerry Meushaw | ... |
Doctor (uncredited)
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Jim Nieb | ... |
Intern (uncredited)
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Jim Page | ... |
Resident Doctor (uncredited)
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Joe Peck | ... |
Orderly (uncredited)
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Vito Pietanza | ... |
Party Singer (uncredited)
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Reina Poindexter | ... |
Cafeteria Lady (uncredited)
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Jasmyn Proctor | ... |
Neighborhood Kid (uncredited)
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Carolyn Rawleigh | ... |
Guest at Reception (uncredited)
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Tyrone Requer | ... |
3rd Resident (uncredited)
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Andrew Schneider | ... |
1971 Doctor (uncredited)
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Robert Shepherd | ... |
Doctor (uncredited)
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Thomas W. Stewart | ... |
Doctor (uncredited)
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Anastasia Summers | ... |
1943 Nurse (uncredited)
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Kevin Tan | ... |
Medical Intern (uncredited)
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LeRoy Taylor | ... |
Carpenter (uncredited)
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Tom Townsend | ... |
Security Guard (uncredited)
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Towanda Underdue | ... |
Mother / Bus Rider (uncredited)
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Schuster Vance | ... |
Resident Doctor (uncredited)
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Don Whatley | ... |
Military Officer (uncredited)
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Directed by
Joseph Sargent |
Written by
Peter Silverman | ... | (written by) and |
Robert Caswell | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
Robert W. Cort | ... | executive producer |
Mike Drake | ... | producer |
Eric Hetzel | ... | executive producer |
Julian Krainin | ... | producer |
David Madden | ... | executive producer |
Irving Sorkin | ... | co-producer |
Music by
Christopher Young |
Cinematography by
Donald M. Morgan |
Editing by
Michael Brown |
Editorial Department
Adam Mesinger | ... | post-production coordinator |
Andrew Morgado | ... | post-production runner |
Kevin O'Connor | ... | colorist |
Casting By
Lynn Kressel | ||
Pat Moran |
Production Design by
Vincent Peranio |
Art Direction by
Halina Gebarowicz |
Set Decoration by
Susan Kessel |
Costume Design by
Karyn Wagner |
Makeup Department
Wyatt Belton | ... | hair stylist |
Lydia Bensimmon | ... | hair stylist (as Lydia Benaim) |
Thomas R. Burman | ... | prosthetic effects |
Bari Dreiband-Burman | ... | prosthetic effects |
Diane Hammond | ... | makeup artist |
Janice Kinigopoulos | ... | key hair stylist |
Sandra Linn Koepper | ... | makeup artist |
Annabelle MacNeal | ... | makeup artist |
Jennifer Santiago | ... | assistant hair stylist |
Denise Tunnell | ... | makeup artist |
Janice Tunnell | ... | additional makeup artist |
Taurance F. Williams | ... | hair stylist |
Debi Young | ... | key makeup artist |
Gina W. Bateman | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Sherri Bramlett | ... | additional hair stylist (uncredited) |
Ngozi Olandu Young | ... | additional makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Jasmine Kosovic | ... | additional post-production supervisor |
Karyn McCarthy | ... | unit production manager |
Greg Spence | ... | post-production supervisor |
Pamela Winn-Barnett | ... | post-production executive (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joe Incaprera | ... | second assistant director (as Joseph Incaprera) |
Eric A. Pot | ... | first assistant director: additional photography |
Xanthus Valan | ... | second second assistant director |
Michele 'Shelley' Ziegler | ... | first assistant director (as Michele Ziegler) |
Art Department
Bryan Badman | ... | welder gang boss |
Jennie Bell | ... | scenic |
Edward Bellafiore | ... | art department coordinator (as Ed Bellafiore) |
Anthony L. Brennan Jr. | ... | scenic (as L. Anthony Brennan Jr.) |
Patty Burgee | ... | sign painter (as Pat Burgee) |
Carl Catanese | ... | props buyer |
Richard Crandall | ... | scenic |
Ronald J. Crouthamel | ... | carpenter |
Melissa Demino | ... | art department production assistant |
Jason Dunn | ... | prop assistant |
Scott C. Dunn | ... | lead forman |
Patrick T. Eagan | ... | swing |
Albert W. Ford Jr. | ... | swing |
Francesca Gerlach | ... | paint foreman |
Susanna Glattly | ... | scenic |
Jeffrey Pratt Gordon | ... | assistant property master |
Beth Grunder | ... | swing |
Randy G. Herbert | ... | construction coordinator |
Clark Hospelhorn | ... | swing |
Billy 'Jilly Bones' Jones | ... | scenic artist |
Ted Lubonovich II | ... | welding foreman |
John Millard | ... | on set dresser |
Silvija L. Moess | ... | scenic |
Ted Nolan | ... | prop maker |
Dawson Nolley | ... | art department researcher |
Lucinda E. Pealer | ... | scenic |
Ellen Sara Popiel | ... | props buyer |
Robert Raber III | ... | scenic (as Robert E. Raber III) |
Michael Sabo | ... | leadman |
David Scheper | ... | propmaker |
Craig Lee Schuman | ... | scenic |
Claire Sharp | ... | scenic gang boss (as Claire Sharp-Lutz) |
Timothy W. Stamey | ... | set designer |
John Struss | ... | construction gang boss (as John E. Struss) |
Norm Thurston Jr. | ... | swing (as Norman Thurston Jr.) |
Keith Weaver | ... | charge scenic |
John Weiffenbach | ... | construction gang boss |
Brook Yeaton | ... | property master |
Sound Department
Rick Ash | ... | re-recording mixer |
David Ball | ... | adr recordist |
Vincent Cirilli | ... | ProTools engineer |
Jeff Gunn | ... | foley artist |
Ivan Hawkes | ... | sound utility |
James B. Howe | ... | foley mixer |
Adam Jenkins | ... | re-recording mixer |
Mark Kamps | ... | sound editor |
Sonya Lindsay | ... | dialog & adr editor (as Sonya Henry) |
Bruce Litecky | ... | sound mixer / sound |
Lorenzo Millan | ... | boom operator |
Doug Mountain | ... | supervising sound engineer (as Douglas Mountain) |
Ryan Murphy | ... | sound recordist |
Joseph T. Sabella | ... | foley artist |
Richard Taylor | ... | supervising sound editor |
Karen Vassar Triest | ... | dialog editor (as Karen Vassar) |
Scott Cannizzaro | ... | adr mixer (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Hank Atterbury | ... | special effects coordinator |
William Catania | ... | special effects technician |
Alison Haygood | ... | special effects technician |
Tom Turnbull | ... | special effects technician |
Dan Crawley | ... | special effects technician (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Travis Baumann | ... | inferno artist: Digiscope |
David C. Bryant | ... | digital artist: Digiscope |
Enid Dalkoff | ... | digital artist |
Amit Dhawal | ... | roto artist |
Christopher Dusendschon | ... | digital imaging supervisor: iO FILM |
Fortunato Frattasio | ... | digital effects artist |
Mitch Goldstrom | ... | senior systems administrator |
Ralph Maiers | ... | digital compositor |
Brennan Prevatt | ... | visual effects |
Ron Simonson | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Christopher Stack | ... | data manager: Digiscope |
Brennan Prevatt | ... | digital compositor (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Alex Applefeld | ... | video assist |
Wayne Arnold | ... | second assistant camera (as Wayne Richard Arnold) |
Nathaniel Du Bois Arnot III | ... | grip |
Ted Ayd | ... | best boy |
Kevin 'Vinnie' Campbell | ... | electrician |
Frank Caslin | ... | generator operator (as Frank Caslin III) |
Dean Citroni | ... | best boy grip |
Rodney French | ... | dolly grip (as Rodney G. French) |
John-Anthony Gargiulo | ... | additional grip |
Michael Gearhart | ... | grip |
Bob Greene | ... | still photographer |
John Hamilton | ... | second assistant camera: 'b' camera |
John R. Hamilton | ... | second assistant camera: 'b' camera (as John Hamilton) |
Chris Henry | ... | rigging electric |
Mark Hutchings | ... | electrician |
Dave Insley | ... | camera operator |
Aaron Johnson | ... | grip |
Larry Kaster | ... | gaffer |
Philip Kathrens | ... | electrician |
Mike Krebs | ... | first assistant camera: 'b' camera |
Jerry Lane | ... | camera operator: 'b' camera / steadicam operator |
Thomas Loizeaux | ... | camera operator |
Charlie Newberry | ... | camera loader |
David Noble | ... | key grip |
Todd Norton | ... | electrician |
Blackford 'Boots' Shelton | ... | first assistant camera (as 'Boots' Shelton) |
Julian Sternthal | ... | best boy rigging grip |
Rick Strodel | ... | grip (as Richard W. Strodel) |
Wade Tyree | ... | lighting technician |
Russell A. Wicks | ... | electrician (as Russel Wicks) |
Peter Albert | ... | digital video assist operator: Los Angeles re-shoot (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Brian Cooper | ... | extras casting |
Shamos Fisher | ... | extras casting assistant |
Jaime Rembo | ... | casting assistant |
John Strawbridge | ... | casting associate |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jo Sherryl Amos | ... | tailor (as Jo-Sherryl Amos) |
Kelly Chambers | ... | wardrobe production assistant |
Dona Adrian Gibson | ... | costumer fitter (as Dona A. Gibson) |
Deborah Latham | ... | costume supervisor (as Deborah Latham Binkley) |
Mara Majorowicz | ... | key costumer |
Mary F. Miles | ... | tailor |
Location Management
Charley Armstrong | ... | location manager |
Patrick Burn | ... | assistant location manager |
Rehya Young | ... | assistant location manager |
Music Department
Pete Anthony | ... | orchestrator |
Selena Arizanovic | ... | music assistant |
Bruce Babcock | ... | conductor / orchestrator |
Brett Banducci | ... | viola |
Frank Bennett | ... | orchestrator |
Wael Binali | ... | scoring coordinator: Christopher Young |
Tom Brown | ... | music preparation |
George Doering | ... | musician |
David Giuli | ... | scoring coordinator |
Jim Hoffman | ... | music preparation |
Evyen Klean | ... | music supervisor (as Evyen J. Klean) |
David Low | ... | music contractor |
William V. Malpede | ... | scoring coordinator |
Thomas Milano | ... | supervising music editor |
Jen Monnar | ... | music editor |
Flavio Motalla | ... | score producer |
Sujin Nam | ... | score coordinator |
Jonathan Price | ... | score coordinator |
Peter Rotter | ... | orchestra contractor |
Steven L. Smith | ... | music preparation |
Karl Vincent | ... | musician |
Gernot Wolfgang | ... | orchestrator: score |
Bruce Dukov | ... | concertmaster (uncredited) |
Jim Honeyman | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Philip Tallman | ... | music editor: temp (uncredited) |
Sebastian Toettcher | ... | musician: cello (uncredited) |
Mike Vaccaro | ... | musician: clarinet (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Christine Moore | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Charles E. Bauer | ... | driver |
Thomas F. Lombardi | ... | picture car coordinator |
Michael Luckeroth | ... | driver |
Gerald Titus | ... | driver |
Douglas A. Walk | ... | transportation co-captain |
Jacqueline L. Hurd | ... | picture car coordinator (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Kate Amer | ... | production coordinator |
Mark Colegrove | ... | production assistant |
Gabriel DellaVecchia | ... | payroll accountant |
Melissa Demino | ... | additional staff |
Jacques Derosena | ... | stand-in |
Scott Foster | ... | additional production assistant |
Ginny Galloway | ... | assistant production coordinator |
John Goodwill | ... | production coordinator: additional photography, Los Angeles |
Thomas C. Hessenauer | ... | production assistant |
Douglas M. Jones | ... | set production assistant (as Douglas Jones) |
Micaiah Jones | ... | set security |
Andrea Kalin | ... | executive consultant |
Cyndi Martin | ... | production assistant |
Chris Menke | ... | production assistant |
Kerry Newberry | ... | second assistant accountant (as Kerry Yancheski) |
Karri O'Reilly | ... | production coordinator: additional photographer, Los Angeles |
Patrick Tendai Pfupajena | ... | additional production assistant |
Deborah Ricketts | ... | archive researcher |
Ryan Robertson | ... | main title producer |
Jill Rosenblatt | ... | first assistant accountant |
Daniel Ross | ... | stand-in |
Howard Samuelsohn | ... | dialect coach: Alan Rickman |
Nina Saxon | ... | title designer |
Matt Small | ... | titles |
Mary Sunshine | ... | production accountant |
Miranda Thompson | ... | studio executive |
Rebecca Thornell | ... | clearance |
Robert S. Wilhelm Jr. | ... | key set production assistant |
Dave Willis | ... | production assistant |
Mimi Zora | ... | assistant: Mr. Cort |
Rick Kain | ... | stand-in: Bolton Marsh (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Home Box Office (HBO) (2004) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (2005) (United States) (VHS)
- Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2006) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
- Digiscope (visual effects)
Other Companies
- Acey/Dcey Equipment Company (grip and lighting equipment)
- Atlantic Cine Equipment (technocrane)
- BSX Records (score album released by) (limited edition)
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment (camera cranes)
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment (dollies)
- Elizabeth Bardsley & Associates (script annotation)
- GEP Deluxe Digital Media (post-production)
- Mega Playground (video dailies)
- Sabron Payroll Services (payroll: orchestra)
- Soundtrack New York (ADR Facility)
- Todd-AO Studios (re-recording)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Alfred Blalock (1899-1964), a cardiologist (therefore, self-confident to the point of arrogance), leaves Vanderbilt for Johns Hopkins taking with him his lab technician, Vivien Thomas (1910-1985). Thomas, an African-American without a college degree, is a gifted mechanic and tool-maker with hands splendidly adept at surgery. In 1941, Blalock and Thomas take on the challenge of blue babies and invent bypass surgery. After trials on dogs, their first patient is baby Eileen, sure to die without the surgery. In defiance of custom and Jim Crow, Blalock brings Thomas into the surgery to advise him, but when Life Magazine and kudos come, Thomas is excluded. Will he receive his due?
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Taglines | A breakthrough that changed the face of medicine. A unique partnership that broke the rules. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | According to a Johns Hopkins Medical Archives website about Blalock, Thomas, Taussig, and the Blue Baby surgeries, Eileen Saxon, the infant depicted in the movie as the first to undergo the procedure, became cyanotic again several months later. She died after another attempt at the surgery. Her experience helped the surgical team determine that the procedure worked best on patients who were over 3 years old. See more » |
Goofs | When Reader's Digest publishes a photograph of the first operation, one participant is identified as Dr. Michael DeBakey. Although he was a professor at Tulane, he was on leave as a consultant to the Surgeon General in Washington. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004). See more » |
Soundtracks | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy See more » |
Quotes |
Alfred Blalock:
They say you haven't lived unless you have a lot to regret. I regret... I have some regrets. But I think we should remember not what we lost, but what we've done. See more » |