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Mood:
- Thought ProvokingSincereCaptivating
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Plot:
- IntrospectionMoral DilemmaDoctors and PatientsMind and SoulSocietyAgainst the RulesIdealismPower Relations
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Genres:
- DramaSci-Fi
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s
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Praise:
- Award Winner
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- Nudity
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Threshold, 1981
English
Canada
Profile of Threshold
Threshold can be described as thought provoking, sincere, and captivating. The plot revolves around a moral dilemma, doctors and patients, and introspection. The main genres are drama and sci-fi. In approach, Threshold is serious and realistic. It takes place in the 1980s. The movie has received attention for being an award winner. Note that Threshold involves nudity.
Summary of Threshold
Dr. Gehring (Jeff Goldblum) is a brilliant scientist who invented the world's first viable artificial heart. After his invention successfully replaces the damaged heart of a young woman, Carol (Mare Winningham), the media learn of this astounding medical breakthrough and both Gehring and Dr. Vrain (Donald Sutherland), the surgeon who performed the surgery, become celebrities. But soon the question of ethics is raised, and the lives of the doctors and their patient are forever changed.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Canada |
| Release date: | 21 January 1983 |
| Runtime: | 97 min |
Cast and Crew
as Dr. Thomas Vrain
as Dr. Aldo Gehring
as Dr. Basil Rents
as Tilla Vrain
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