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Something the Lord Made (DVD)

Charles S. Dutton (actor), Alan Rickman (actor) and Joseph Sargent (director)
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Distributor Note

(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.

Source: Warner Home Video

Release Note

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 16:9
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - English, Spanish, French
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Joseph Sargeant - Director, Peter Silverman - Writer, Robert
W. Cort, Eric Hetzel - Executive Producers
Featurette
Photo Gallery:
Slide Show - "Making History"

Product Notes

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 babies with heart problems, and achieve some impressive, and innovative results. Under any other circumstances the men would have been exhilarated by their advances, and widely applauded throughout the medical profession. But the dark heart of the south causes innumerable problems for the brave pioneers, as the prejudices brought to bear on the men become unbearable. Moving and dramatic in equal measures, director Joseph Sargent's film is a bold retelling of a vital chapter in the history of the medical profession.

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