A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
- Won 3 Primetime Emmys
- 17 wins & 32 nominations total
Yasiin Bey
- Vivien Thomas
- (as Mos Def)
Charles S. Dutton
- William Thomas
- (as Charles Dutton)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaAccording 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.
- GoofsWhen 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.
- 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004)
- SoundtracksBoogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Written by Hugh Prince (as Hughie Prince) and Don Raye
Performed by The Andrews Sisters
Courtesy of MCA Records
Under License from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
why was this a made for TV movie.. it's great!
This movie was heartwarming, inspiring, touching. Mos Def did a brilliant job as did Alan Rickman. I'm not quite sure why it was only made for TV, i guess because it's not garbage like most of what is out there at 9 dollars a ticket! Anyway a must see for those that can catch it on cable, I suggest you tivo it!
There is much to be said about character and Vivian is a man of character that stuck through it all, with no recognition no lights no awards, nothing. Yet through all the hardship and obvious racism he made his mark in history!
I applaud him... Kudos!
And he did it with such grace!
There is much to be said about character and Vivian is a man of character that stuck through it all, with no recognition no lights no awards, nothing. Yet through all the hardship and obvious racism he made his mark in history!
I applaud him... Kudos!
And he did it with such grace!
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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By what name was Something the Lord Made (2004) officially released in Canada in English?
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