Threshold (1981)

97 min · Drama, drama film, science fiction film

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Directors

Richard Pearce

Cast

Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, Allan F. Nicholls, Sharon Acker, Jana Stinson, Jessica Steen, Mare Winningham, Michael Lerner, John Marley

The story

Respected cardiac surgeon Dr. Thomas Vrain performs a risky operation to provide a patient with the first artificial heart ever implanted in a human subject. He and his colleague, research scientist Dr.

Catalogue themes and tags

1980s, Augentransplantation, Canada, Heart, Heart Disease, Husband Wife Relationship, Law and Ethics, Marriage, Medic, Moral Dilemma, Operation, Organ donation, Surgeon, Transplanted Organ, Science Fiction, Drama

Genres

Drama, drama film, science fiction film

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