La création de Dieu

Original title: Something the Lord Made

TV Movie
2004
TV-PG
1h 50m

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8.1/10

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Alan Rickman and Yasiin Bey in La création de Dieu (2004)

Medical Drama Biography Drama

A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

Director
- Joseph Sargent
Writers
- Peter Silverman
- Robert Caswell
Stars

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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

16K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,012

198

Director
- Joseph Sargent
Writers
- Peter Silverman
- Robert Caswell
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 3 Primetime Emmys
- 17 wins & 32 nominations total

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Trivia
According to a Johns Hopkins Medical Archives website about Blalock, Thomas, Taussig, and the Blue Baby surgeries, Eileen Saxon, the infant depicted in the movie as the first to undergo the procedure, became cyanotic again several months later. She died after another attempt at the surgery. Her experience helped the surgical team determine that the procedure worked best on patients who were over 3 years old.

Goofs
When Reader's Digest publishes a photograph of the first operation, one participant is identified as Dr. Michael DeBakey. Although he was a professor at Tulane, he was on leave as a consultant to the Surgeon General in Washington.

Quotes
Alfred Blalock: Where you see risks, I see opportunity.

Connections
Featured in The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004)

Soundtracks
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Written by Hugh Prince (as Hughie Prince) and Don Raye
Performed by The Andrews Sisters
Courtesy of MCA Records
Under License from Universal Music Enterprises

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Truth is always better than fiction!

I actually avoided this movie for awhile..my mistake..It was so exhilarating...the characters were so real....and it reveals the true state of racial bias in the thirties/forties without harping...the real story is about the relationship between two very diverse people who shared a common dream....excellent performances by Richman and Def! What an understated overwhelming story...told in a poignant fashion over the background of the Depression, WW II, and the history of modern surgery!!

I got so very interested in the procedures, I had to scour the internet to research the story... This is the first I recall seeing Mos Def. He was so believable...