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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 25, 2005
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Running Time
1 hour, 50 minutes
Country USA
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Genre: Drama
Tagline: A breakthrough that changed the face of medicine. A unique partnership that broke the rules.
Plot: Based on a true story, SOMETHING THE LORD MADE tells the absorbing tale of two doctors who bucked tradition and racial prejudice to revolutionize the medical world. The American south in the 1940s could be a fearsome place for anyone attempting to ply a well-meaning trade, as it was riddled with strictly-enforced racial boundaries. The two men in question--Dr. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and African-American lab technician Vivien Thomas (Mos Def)--work fastidiously on a new technique for helping babies with heart problems, and achieve some impressive, and innovative results. Under any other circumstances the men would have been exhilarated by their advances, and widely applauded throughout the medical profession. But the dark heart of the south causes innumerable problems for the brave pioneers, as the prejudices brought to bear on the men become unbearable. Moving and dramatic in equal measures, director Joseph Sargent's film is a bold retelling of a vital chapter in the history of the medical profession.
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Joseph Sargent
Jaws: The Revenge, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Colossus: The Forbin Project |
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Alan Rickman
Die Hard, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Dogma |
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 | Kyra Sedgwick
Phenomenon, Born on the Fourth of July, Secondhand Lions |
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 | Mos Def
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Italian Job, Monster's Ball | | |
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