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Something the Lord Made

starring: Alan Rickman, Mos Def, Kyra Sedgwick, Gabrielle Union, Merritt Wever
directed by: Joseph Sargent

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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780783124049
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 078312404X
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 1488
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 30, 2004



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Product Description:
(Drama) 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 1940s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on 'blue babies' Dr. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and lab technician Vivien Thomas (Mos Def) 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 their friendship apart.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 026359246128

Amazon.com:
Something the Lord Made recounts the relationship between Dr. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and Vivian Thomas (Mos Def). It begins in 1930s Nashville when imperious cardiac surgeon Blalock hires Thomas, an African American carpenter, as his janitor. When the latter reveals a passion for medicine and facility with surgical instruments, Blalock promotes him to lab tech. Thomas isn't given a raise, works side jobs to make ends meet, and is expected to be grateful. Along the way, he follows Blalock from Vanderbilt to Johns Hopkins, where they save thousands of lives through their pioneering work, but will Thomas ever get any credit? The film provides a satisfying answer to that question. Joseph Sargent (A Lesson Before Dying) directs with subtlety and intelligence, while Rickman and Mos Def are in top form, often underplaying where most actors would do otherwise. Something the Lord Made won the 2004 Emmy for outstanding made-for-TV movie. --Kathleen C. Fennessy



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - SOMETHING THE LORD MADE
A MUST SEE MOVIE.I'VE BEEN RETIRED FROM THE U.S. GOV'T FOR EIGHT YEARS. AFTER SEEING THIS MOVIE AGAIN ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - One Of Rickman's BEST, and that is Saying Something...
The plot is incredible, and other reviewers have covered that aspect quite well. The performances are ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - enjoyable
i haven't seen this movie in a long time and i only saw it the one time, but i remember it being really ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Something the Lord Made
This is a very substantial, poignant movie about the radical change-in-thinking and experimentation preceding ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Something the Lord Made
I really enjoyed this movie. My son has a heart defect, the one shown in the movie, and it made me realize that ... Read More

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