Something the Lord made /
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 t...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English French Spanish |
| Language Notes: | English, French, or Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
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New York, NY :
HBO Video,
[2004]
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Special features: Audio commentary with director Joseph Sargent, writer Peter Silverman and executive producers Robert W. Cort and Eric Hertzel; Making history slide show. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Michael Brown ; music composer, Christopher Young ; costume designer, Karyn Wagner ; production designer, Vincent Peranio. |
| ISBN: | 078312404X 9780783124049 |