Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. |
Cast |
Alan Rickman, Mos Def, Kyra Sedgwick, Gabrielle Union, Merritt Wever, Clayton LeBouef, Charles Dutton, Mary Stuart Masterson. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Michael Brown ; music composer, Christopher Young ; costume designer, Karyn Wagner ; production designer, Vincent Peranio. |
Event |
Originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie in 2004. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
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 form 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. |
Note |
Special features: Audio commentary with director Joseph Sargent, writer Peter Silverman and executive producers Robert W. Cort and Eric Hertzel; Making history slide show. |
Language |
English, French, or Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Thomas, Vivien, 1910-1985 -- Drama.
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Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964 -- Drama.
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Tetralogy of Fallot -- Drama.
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Heart -- Surgery -- History -- 20th century -- Drama.
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Racism -- Drama.
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Baltimore (Md.) -- 20th century -- Drama.
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Corazón -- Cirugía -- Historia -- Siglo XX -- Teatro.
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Racismo -- Teatro.
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Cardiac Surgical Procedures -- history -- 20th century.
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Drama.
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Prejudice.
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Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964. (OCoLC)fst00152590
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Thomas, Vivien, 1910-1985. (OCoLC)fst00152591
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Heart -- Surgery.
(OCoLC)fst00953666
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Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
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Tetralogy of Fallot. (OCoLC)fst01148415
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Maryland -- Baltimore.
(OCoLC)fst01204292
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Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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Genre/Form |
Medical television programs.
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Biographical television programs.
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Fiction television programs.
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Made-for-TV movies.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Biographical television programs. (OCoLC)fst01726117
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Fiction television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710265
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Made-for-TV movies. (OCoLC)fst01710404
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Medical television programs. (OCoLC)fst01726173
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Added Author |
Sargent, Joseph, 1925-2014, film director.
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Krainin, Julian, film producer.
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Drake, Mike, film producer.
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Silverman, Peter (Television writer), screenwriter.
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Caswell, Robert, screenwriter.
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Rickman, Alan, actor.
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Mos Def (Rapper), actor.
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Sedgwick, Kyra, actor.
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Union, Gabrielle, actor.
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Wever, Merritt, actor.
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LeBouef, Clayton, actor.
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Dutton, Charles S., actor.
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Masterson, Mary Stuart, 1966- actor.
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Morgan, Donald M. (Donald Maxwell), 1932- cinematrographer.
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Brown, Michael, film editor.
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Young, Christopher, 1957- composer.
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Wagner, Karyn, costume designer.
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Peranio, Vincent, production designer.
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HBO Video (Firm)
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Standard No. |
026359246128 |
ISBN |
078312404X |
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9780783124049 |
Music No. |
92461 HBO Video |
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