Something the Lord Made tells the emotional true story of two men who defied the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South. Working in the 1940s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on "blue babies," Dr. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) and lab technician Vivien Thomas (Mos Def, The Italian Job) form an impressive team. But even as they race against time to save a dying baby, to two occupy very different places in society. Blalock is the wealthy white Head of Surgery at John Hopkins Hospital; Thomas is black and poor, a skilled carpenter. 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 their friendship apart.

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Something the Lord Made (2004)

DVD

Unrated

Drama · 1h 50m · 1/25/2005

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Description

Release Country

United States

Barcode

026359260728

Release Date

1/25/2005

Media Type

Movie

Audio

		English
		English
		French
		Spanish
		Commentary

Studio

HBO Films/Karinin Productions/HBO Video

Subtitles

English

French

Spanish

Video Format

NTSC

Aspect Ratio

1.85:1

Cover Type

Keep Case (Std.)

Discs

Streaming Rank Today

6797

Cast

Alan Rickman

Dr. Alfred Blalock

Mos Def

Vivien Thomas

Kyra Sedgwick

Mary Blalock

Gabrielle Union

Clara Thomas

Merritt Wever

Mrs. Saxon

Clayton LeBouef

Harold Thomas

Charles S. Dutton

William Thomas (as Charles Dutton)

Mary Stuart Masterson

Dr. Helen Taussig

Cliff McMullen

Lodel Williams

Luray Cooper

Charles Manlove

Irene Ziegler

Frances Grebel

John Emmanuel

Man at park

Harold J. Abell Sr.

Man #1

Michael E. Russell

Bank Officer

Henri Edmonds

Mary Thomas

Zoe Buck

Young Olga Thomas

John Leslie Wolfe

Dr. Walter Dandy

David Bailey

The General

Mackenzie Jo Pardi

Mary Elizabeth Blalock

Tel Monks

Dr. Dorsey

Bolton Marsh

Dr. William P. Longmire Jr.

Timothy J. Scanlin Jr.

Dr. Denton Cooley (as Timothy Scanlin)

Jonathan Watkins

Dr. Kelvin

Jeffrey Coleman

Security Guard

Linda Williams

May

Wil Love

Dr. Hecker

Brooke Gaigler

Eileen Saxon

Patrick Brown

Lt. Comm. Andrews

Kera Gaigler

Eileen Saxon

Douglas Watson

Dean Hamilton

Al Brown

Dr. Ford (as Alan L. Brown)

Robert F. Chew

Janitor

Elisabeth Noone

Payroll Clerk

Doug Olear

Michael Saxon

Marty Lodge

Father Aucott

Sean MacLaughlin

Dr. Swedlin

Dave Trovato

Dr. Harmel

Rahaleh Nassri

Paging Nurse

Alan Sader

Hecker's Crony

Nat Benchley

Karsh

Antonio D. Charity

Admissions Officer

Sean Pratt

Resident #1

Matthew Russell

Resident #2 (as Matt Russell)

Brigid Cleary

Vivien's Secretary

Sheila Edmondson

Adult Olga Thomas

Carlyncia S. Peck

Adult Theodocia Thomas (as Carlyncia Peck)

Rick Burk

Business Man

Tim Colmus

Doctor

Eddie DePaola

Doctor

Larry Derr

Patient

Cantrell Harris

Bank Customer

James Jones

House Worker #1

Allan Kulakow

Dr. Petrovsky

Kirk Lambert

Navy Admiral

Jim Page

Resident Doctor

Joe Peck

Orderly

Tyrone Requer

3rd Resident #98

Kevin Tan

Medical Intern

Michael Ahl

Doctor at Party (uncredited)

Tex Allen

Johns Hopkins Med. School Teaching Physician (uncredited)

James E. Ash

Resident Doctor (uncredited)

Briel Banks

Guest at Reception (uncredited)

Patricia Talmadge Berry

Dist. Party Guest (uncredited)

Ian Bonds

Medical Intern (uncredited)

Chris Boykin

Bellhop (uncredited)

R. Emery Bright

Dishwasher (uncredited)

Dava Casoni

Concerned Mother in Waiting Room (uncredited)

Tray Chaney

College Student (uncredited)

Paul M. Clary

1943 Doctor (uncredited)

Robin Dorsey

Nosey Neighbor (uncredited)

Brian Dragonuk

Staff Doctor 1940's (uncredited)

Devorah Firestone

Military Wife (uncredited)

Pamela Fischer

Doctor's Wife (uncredited)

Lynn-Jane Foreman

Mrs. Ford (uncredited)

Dan Franko

Resident Doctor (uncredited)

Alan Gates

Student Doctor (uncredited)

Duke Greenhill

Student (uncredited)

Thomas M. Hagen

Doctor (uncredited)

Justin Hinnant

Neighborhood Kid (uncredited)

Katherine Hoskins Mackey

General's Wife (uncredited)

Yolanda Jenkins

Housekeeper (uncredited)

Lyndon Johnson

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

John F. Kennedy

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Z.M. Nan Khan

Luncheon Cashier (uncredited)

Martin Luther King

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Connie Lamothe

Doctor's Wife (uncredited)

James Lewis

Medical Intern (uncredited)

Robert Neal Marshall

Dist. Party Guest (uncredited)

Kerry Meushaw

Doctor (uncredited)

Jim Nieb

Intern (uncredited)

Reina Poindexter

Cafeteria Lady (uncredited)

Jasmyn Proctor

Neighborhood Kid (uncredited)

Carolyn Rawleigh

Guest at Reception (uncredited)

Andrew Schneider

1971 Doctor (uncredited)

Thomas W. Stewart

Doctor (uncredited)

Anastasia Summers

1943 Nurse (uncredited)

LeRoy Taylor

Carpenter (uncredited)

Tom Townsend

Security Guard (uncredited)

Towanda Underdue

Mother / Bus Rider (uncredited)

Schuster Vance

Resident Doctor (uncredited)

Don Whatley

Military Officer (uncredited)

Malcolm X

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew

Joseph Sargent

Director

Peter Silverman

Writer

Robert Caswell

Writer

Mike Drake

Producer

Julian Krainin

Producer

Christopher Young

Music

Donald M. Morgan

Cinematograpy

Michael Brown

Editor

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