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Something the Lord Made

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Originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie in 2004.
Special features: Audio commentary with director Joseph Sargent, writer Peter Silverman and executive producers Robert W. Cort and Eric Hertzel.
Alan Rickman, Mos Def, Kyra Sedgwick, Gabrielle Union, Merritt Wever, Clayton LeBouef, Charles Dutton, Mary Stuart Masterson.
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 from 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.
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
English, French, or Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

PUBLISHED
New York, NY : HBO Video, [2005]
Year Published: 2005
Description: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
078312404X :

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Sargent, Joseph, 1925-2014.
Rickman, Alan.
Mos Def (Rapper)
Sedgwick, Kyra.
Union, Gabrielle.
Wever, Merritt.
Morgan, Donald M.
Young, Christopher, 1957-
HBO Video (Firm)

SUBJECTS
Thomas, Vivien T., -- 1910- -- Drama.
Blalock, Alfred, -- 1899-1964 -- Drama.
Tetralogy of Fallot -- Drama.
Heart -- History -- 20th century -- Drama.
Racism -- Drama.
Made-for-TV movies.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.