Something the Lord Made Page #8

Synopsis: Alfred Blalock (1899-1964), a cardiologist (therefore, self-confident to the point of arrogance), leaves Vanderbilt for Johns Hopkins taking with him his lab technician, Vivien Thomas (1910-1985). Thomas, an African-American without a college degree, is a gifted mechanic and tool-maker with hands splendidly adept at surgery. In 1941, Blalock and Thomas take on the challenge of blue babies and invent bypass surgery. After trials on dogs, their first patient is baby Eileen, sure to die without the surgery. In defiance of custom and Jim Crow, Blalock brings Thomas into the surgery to advise him, but when Life Magazine and kudos come, Thomas is excluded. Will he receive his due?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Joseph Sargent
Actors: Alan Rickman, Yasiin Bey, Kyra Sedgwick, Gabrielle Union
Production: HBO Video
  Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 17 wins & 30 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.3
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TV-PG
Year:
2004
110 min
1,565 Views

One more time.

l like what l'm doing.

Teaching, helping people along.

Working with the young doctors.

l like it here at Hopkins.

Yeah, l guess you got your own things

going on here now.

l recognize this man.

-Man looks very distinguished up there.

-Thank you, Vivien.

-That was a while ago.

-Yeah. l'm feeling the years now.

Yes.

We all are now.

You know, Vivien...

they say you haven't really lived...

unless you have a lot to regret.

l regret....

l have some regrets.

But l think we should remember

not what we lost...

but what we've done.

All the lives we saved, and we did.

We saved plenty, didn't we, Vivien?

Yes, we did.

No.

Vivien, it's Helen.

I'm sorry to tell you...

that Dr. Blalock passed away in his sleep

last night.

We see death every day.

It doesn't make it any easier, does it?

I'm very sorry.

Today, we honor someone...

who never took a course

in medical school...

and still became

one of our greatest teachers of medicine.

This individual

helped change the way we understand...

how the human heart works forever.

And now I'm honored to read.:

''The Board of Regents of this,

the Johns Hopkins University...

''in consideration

of an innovative scientist...

''an outstanding teacher,

and a skilled clinical technician...

''has this day

awarded this honorary doctorate...

''to Mr. Vivien Thomas. ''

Congratulations, Dr. Thomas.

Thank you, Dr. Taussig.

I'm not accustomed

to being in the limelight.

So being placed in the position...

I find myself in now...

makes me quite humble...

and a little proud.

When I put my hammer and saw down...

40 years ago...

and was offered an opportunity

to work with a young surgeon...

I had no idea...

that I'd be able to make a mark

on an institution as prestigious as this one.

I had no idea that I...

would have any contribution

to make to medicine...

that would merit this type of recognition.

I simply say thank you to all of my family...

and all of my friends who are here...

and to all of my friends

who could not be here.

I thank you very much.

This is also a special occasion...

to mark the unveiling

of your likeness, Vivien.

Paging Dr. Thomas.

Dr. Vivien Thomas to the boardroom, please.

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Peter Guy Silverman, is a Canadian broadcast journalist based in Toronto, Ontario. His television journalism career began in 1974 as a reporter for Global Television Network's first years. In 1981, he moved to Citytv where he became a reporter for that station's CityPulse news program (now known as CityNews). He was host of Silverman Helps, an ombudsman-type feature for consumers that began in 1989, and ended on 4 June 2008 when he was dismissed without cause by Citytv's owner, Rogers Media. On September 2008, Silverman joined Toronto radio station CFRB to host a Saturday morning radio show called The Peter Silverman Show. He graduated from Sir George Williams University, one of Concordia University’s founding institutions, with a BA in 1953. more…

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