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Something the Lord Made

2004 · 110 min

A quietly powerful, fact-based drama that traces a fraught partnership across decades, balancing medical breakthroughs with the sting of racial injustice.

Directed by
Joseph Sargent
Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Starring
Alan Rickman, Yasiin Bey, Kyra Sedgwick
Tagline
A breakthrough that changed the face of medicine. A unique partnership that broke the rules.
Overview
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

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Directed by
Joseph Sargent
Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Starring
Alan Rickman, Yasiin Bey, Kyra Sedgwick
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • friendship
  • justice
  • identity
  • work
Places
  • hospital
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
tv movie, drama
Directed by
Joseph Sargent
Written by
Peter Silverman, Robert Caswell
Starring
Alan Rickman, Yasiin Bey, Kyra Sedgwick, Gabrielle Union, Merritt Wever, Charles S. Dutton, Mary Stuart Masterson, Irene Ziegler
Music
Christopher Young
Cinematography
Donald M. Morgan
Runtime
110 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Italian

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