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Something the Lord Made on DVD The true story of two medical pioneers -- one celebrated, one overlooked -- is brought to life in this made-for-cable drama. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) is chief surgeon at Johns Hopkins University, where he is pioneering new techniques in heart surgery. Blalock makes the acquaintance of Vivien Thomas (Mos Def), a carpenter hired to work at the University, and to his surprise discovers a man of keen intelligence who has a great interest in medicine. However, as a...

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(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...

Crew: Casting:Lynn Kressel, Casting:Pat Moran, Cinematographer:Donald M. Morgan, Co-producer:Irving Sorkin, Composer (Music Score):Christopher Young, Director:Joseph Sargent, Executive Producer:David Madden, Executive Producer:Eric Hetzel, Executive Producer:Robert W. Cort, Producer:Julian Krainin, Producer:Mike Drake, Screenwriter:Peter Silverman, Screenwriter:Robert Caswell

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...

SOMETHING THE LORD MADE tells the story of the extraordinary 34 year relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas and their efforts to treat the devastating heart problem of Tetralogy Of Fallot, also known as Blue Baby Syndrome. Beginning in 1930, in Depression Era Nashville, the two men learn to work together against the backdrop of a country that is still racially segregated. Vivien Thomas is hired by Blalock as an assistant in his lab in Vanderbilt University. Expecting...

Based on a true story, SOMETHING THE LORD MADE tells the absorbing tale of two doctors who bucked tradition and racial prejudice to revolutionize the medical world. The American south in the 1940s could be a fearsome place for anyone attempting to ply a well-meaning trade, as it was riddled with strictly-enforced racial boundaries. The two men in question--Dr. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and African-American lab technician Vivien Thomas (Mos Def)--work fastidiously on a new technique for helping...

This is a warm and well produced movie that you wouldn't ordinarily expect to find even on cable. The characters are clearly defined and the actors seem very cormfortable in their roles. The movie pull no punches in re-creating a period in American history that for most of us seem so distant. However the crowning acheivement to me is how all the pieces fit. From the costumes, the subtle evolution of time from the Thirties on through the Seventies as the movie progress. The content and medical theme...