Burden of Genius
2017
1 hr 28 min
English
In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy.
$600,000
In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy. Critics accused him of recklessness, even murder. Others declared it the beginning of a medical revolution. "Burden of Genius" is the story of an innovator as complex and elusive as the biological secrets he unlocked. It is also a reflection on the price of scientific progress by the man many consider the greatest surgeon of the 20th century and the father of transplantation.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Laura Davis Productions
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Top Cast
James Redford as Self – Filmmaker, Liver Transplant Patient
Larry Kramer as Self – Writer
David Crosby as Self – Musician, Liver Transplant Patient
David McCullough as Self – Author, Historian
Arthur Caplan as Self – Professor of Bioethics, NYU
Top Crew
Tjardus Greidanus · Director, Writer
Laura Davis · Producer
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