Plot Summary

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.

Movie Details

Original Title
Burden of Genius
Status
released
Original Language
en
Budget
$600K

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Cast

James Redford as Self – Filmmaker, Liver Transplant Patient

James Redford

Self – Filmmaker, Liver Transplant Patient

Larry Kramer as Self – Writer/Activist/Liver Transplant Patient

Larry Kramer

Self – Writer/Activist/Liver Transplant Patient

David Crosby as Self – Musician, Liver Transplant Patient

David Crosby

Self – Musician, Liver Transplant Patient

David McCullough as Self – Author, Historian

David McCullough

Self – Author, Historian

Arthur Caplan as Self – Professor of Bioethics, NYU

Arthur Caplan

Self – Professor of Bioethics, NYU

Production Companies

Laura Davis Productions