Something the Lord Made
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Joseph Sargent
Douglas Watson
Tim Scanlin
Carlyncia Peck
Cora Shay Buck
Joseph Petty
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The true-life account of how Alfred Blalock, a white Johns Hopkins surgeon, and Vivien Thomas, a black medical technician pioneered the processes leading to successful open-heart surgery in the 1940s.
Director
Joseph Sargent
Cast
Douglas Watson
Tim Scanlin
Carlyncia Peck
Cora Shay Buck
Joseph Petty
Robert F. Chew
Linda Williams
Michael Mack
Henri Edmonds
Tel Monks
Will Love
Merritt Wever
Charles S. Dutton
Allan Kulakow
Dr. Chris Barreiro
Kyra Sedgwick
Sheila Edmondson
Jeff Brawn
David Bailey
Dave Trovato
Michael Easterling
Kera Gaigler
Marty Lodge
Antonio D Charity
Zoe Buck
Ralph Cosham
Jonathan Watkins
Cliff Mcmullen
Carolyn Nelson
Alan Rickman
Matt Russell
Gabrielle Union
Brigid Cleary
Jeffrey Coleman
Clayton Lebouef
Sean Pratt
Matthew Wellborn
Yasiin Bey
John Leslie Wolfe
Michael Sabo
Al Brown
Dr. Torin Fitton
Doug Olear
John Emmanuel
Mary Stuart Masterson
Harold L Able
Nat Benchley
Sean Maclaughlin
Brooke Gaigler
Michael E Russell
Bolton Marsh
Rahaleh Nassri
Alan Sader
Irene Ziegler
Elisabeth Noone
Mackenzie Jo Pardi
Luray Cooper
Crew
Amy Abernathy
Kate Amer
Jo-sherryl Amos
Pete Anthony
Alex Applefeld
Charlie Armstrong
Wayne Arnold
Nathaniel Du Bois Arnot
Rick Ash
Hank Atterbury
Ted Ayd
Bruce Babcock
Bruce Babcock
Jane Bard
Shawn C H Baron
Jennie Bell
Edward A Bellafiore
Wyatt Belton
Lydia Benaim
Frank Bennett
Deborah Latham Binkley
Perry Blackmon
Tim Blockburger
Michael Bowers
Howard Boyer
Tim Boyle
Anthony Brennan
Michael Brown
David Bryant
Patty Burgee
Thomas R Burman
Patrick D Burn
Kevin Campbell
Frank Caslin
Robert Caswell
Carl Catanese
William Catania
Kelly Chambers
Vincent Cirilli
Dean Citroni
Mark Colegrove
Brian Cooper
Robert Cort
Richard Crandall
Ron Crouthamel
Enid Dalkoff
Gabriel Dellavecchia
Amit Dhawal
Jim Doherty
Mike Drake
Bari Dreiband-burman
Jason Dunn
Scott C Dunn
Patrick T Eagan
Dr. Koco Eaton
Ray Espinola
Francis Fennell
Robert Fernandez
Shamos Fisher
Albert W Ford
Fortunato Frattasio
Bob Fredrickson
Rodney G French
Phyllis Gallichet
Ginny Galloway
Michael Gearhart
Halina Gebarowicz
Francesca Gerlach
Dona Gibson
Susanna Glattily
Jeffrey Pratt Gordon
Robert Greene
Beth Grunder
Evan Guilfoyle
David Guili
Dr. J Alex Haller
John R. Hamilton
Andrew Harrison
Ivan Hawkes
Alison Haygood
Sonya Henry
Randy G Herbert
Eric Hetzel
Jim Honeyman
Clark Hospelhorn
Thomas Huston
Mark Hutchings
Joe Incaprera
David Insley
Adam Jenkins
Aaron Johnson
Douglas Jones
Andrea Kalin
Larry Kaster
Philip Kathrens
Susan Kessel
Michael Key
Janice Kinigopoulos
Evyen Klean
Julian Krainin
Mike Krebs
Lynn Kressel
Jerry Lane
Sandra Linn Koepper
Bill Liston
Bruce Litecky
David Low
Annabelle Macneal
David Madden
Ralph Maiers
Mara Majorowicz
William V Malpede
Cynthia Martin
Katie Mccabe
Karen F Mccarthy
Joseph Mcjimsey
Chris Menke
Adam Mesinger
Adam Michalak
Thomas Milano
Mary Miles
Lorenzo Millan
John Millard
Silvija L Moess
Jen Monnar
Christine Moore
Pat Moran
Andrew Morgado
Donald M Morgan
Todd Murakami
Charlie Newberry
David Noble
Ted Nolan
Dawson Nolley
Todd Norton
Cassandre Novembre
Kevin O'connor
Warren Oliver
Maimunat Otaru
Charles Owings
Bryan Park
Lucinda E Pealer
Vincent Peranio
Todd Philips
Ellen Sara Popiel
Jonathan Price
Robert E Raber
Jaime Rembo
Jill Rosenblatt
Howard Samuelsohn
Laurel Lyn Schulman
Craig Lee Schuman
Seidel
Claire Sharp
Boots Shelton
Peter Silverman
Ron Simonson
Irving Sorkin
Greg Spence
William Spencer
Bob Spore
Christopher Stack
Timothy Stamey
Adam Stark
L Julian Sternthal
John Strawbridge
Richard William Strodel
John Struss
Mary Sunshine
Dale Swavely
Richard Taylor
Norman Thurston
Tom Turnbull
Xanthus Valan
Karyn Wagner
Keith Weaver
John Weiffenbach
Russell Wicks
Robert S Wilhelm
Adrienne Williams-kief
Gernot Wolfgang
Ricky Wright
Kerry Yancheski
Brook Yeaton
Christopher Young
Debi Young
Rehya Young
Michele M Ziegler
Mimi Zora
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 2005 TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Mini-series and Specials by the Television Critics Association.
Winner of the 2005 Writers Guild Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Writing (Original Long Form) (Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell) from the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
Voted one of the 10 best TV programs of the year 2004 by the American Film Institute (AFI).
Winner of the 2004 Peabody Award from the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
Winner of three 2004 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie (Donald M. Morgan), and Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Michael Brown) from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Also nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie (Alan Rickman and Mos Def), Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Joseph Sargent), Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell), and Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Lynn Kressel and Pat Moran).
Aired in United States May 30, 2004
Aired in United States January 25, 2005
Originally in development as a feature at Paramount Pictures, with Mick Jackson attached to direct and Peter Silverman, Bryan Goluboff and Robert Kaswell attached to write. Robert Cort and David Madden were attached as producers and Lisa Dernberg and Arleen Sorkin were attached as executive producers.
Aired in USA on HBO May 30, 2004.
Nominated for the 2005 David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award (Long-Form Television) by the Producers Guild of America (PGA).
