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~They say the grass is always greener on the other side, yet no one seems to go over there to see if it's true~
This website will give you some details of the lives of the characters:
http://www.medicalarchives.jhmi.edu/blbio.htm
There was an article in the Baltimore Sun newspaper last week sometime. I'm sorry that I forgot to save it. I would say it was Thursday, Friday or Saturday. I believe the Sun archives the articles at sunspot.net. The nephew of Mr. Thomas was interviewed. He had no idea that his uncle had been such a great man at Hopkins. Both portraits hang at the med school, there. I hope this helps!!
sharethank you for the information...you guys are great!
We were there that night. Great movie... I have a link on our site for two articles one from the Sun and the other for the View newpapers www.gaiglertwins.com under 'movie' ... I did some pictures there that night...
Chuck
Two men-a white surgeon and a poor black lab technician-achieve a huge medical breakthrough that earned one accolades...and the other a lesson in racism and unequal opportunity.Working in 1940's Baltimore on an inprecidented heart surgery technique,Dr. Alfred Blalock(Alan Rickman) and lab tech Vivien Thomas(Mos Def)form an impressive team.But even as the two make history-saving thousands of lives in the process-social pressures threaten to undermine their collaboration and friendship.
Premieres Sun.May 30,9p.m.HBO
Oh man Mos Def is going to be great in this movie. Its nice to see him being one of the leads in a movie
shareI just received an email inviting me to a preview showing of this film at Burns Theater in Pleasantville, NY on May 26th. I am a member of that theater. I responded-hope I get a confirmation email.
shareI found an ad for it in the back of the June 2004 issue of Premiere that said it airs Sunday May 30th at 9 on HBO.
shareThe makers of this film got the idea from DC-based Spark Media's documentary "Partners of the Heart," narrated by Morgan Freeman and aired on PBS, among other venues. The writer/producer for Partners of the Heart, Andrea Kalin, got a consultant credit for it, although she basically got screwed in that they went ahead and did the project without her. I know because I worked for Spark Media just after the post-production on this film a couple years ago, and I'm now working there again.
shareActually, this film was based on the National-Magazine-Award-winning 1989 Washingtonian article "Like Something the Lord Made" by Katie McCabe, which was optioned eight years ago for the film. That article is reprinted in Friedlander and Lee's college journalism textbook, "Feature Writing for Newspapers and Magazines: The Pursuit of Excellence, Fifth Edition," for anyone who'd like to read it. The L.A. Times just printed a correction on Friday, June 4th on this matter, since there seems to be some ongoing confusion about the inspiration for the movie.