Threshold (1981)
- Starring:
- Donald Sutherland, John Marley, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard Pearce
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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Donald Sutherland plays a brilliant surgeon who becomes a media celebrity after performing an artificial-heart transplant. Jeff Goldblum, inventor of the ersatz heart, likewise basks in the glow of sudden fame. The only person to have reservations about the procedure is heart recipient Mare Winningham, who becomes depressed over the knowledge that she's not altogether human. Several ethical questions are raised and left unresolved; the film assumes that the audience is intelligent and perceptive enough to draw its own conclusions. Released in Canada in 1981, Threshold was not offered an American distribution until after the Barney Clark heart transplant of 1983. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Donald Sutherland - Dr. Thomas Vrain
- Sharon Acker - Tilla Vrain
- Jeff Goldblum - Dr. Aldo Gehring
- Allan Nicholls - Dr. Basil Rents
- Mavor Moore - Usher
- Stuart Gillard - Getts
- James Douglas - Ochen
- Robert Joy - David Art
- Michael Gwynne - Jay Wingate
- Jessica Steen - Tracy Vrain
- Doug Sutherland
- Deborah Turnbull - Mrs. Severance
- James Loxley - Headwaiter
- Murray Westgate - Host
- Jack Messinger
- Barry Flatman - Newsman
- John Marley - Edgar Fine
- Mare Winningham - Carol Severance
- Michael Lerner - Henry DeVici
- Paul Hecht - Fallaci
- Ken James - Mr. Severance
- Lally Cadeau - Anita
- Barbara Gordon - Wanda
- John Welsh - Dr. Pleatman
- Harvey Chao - Cameraman
- Maureen McRae - Bonnie
- Bob Warner - Rex
- Harry Gulkin - Jawit
- Richard Blackburn - Cutter
- Kate Trotter - Ms. Anderson
- Bob Hannah
- Robert Goodier - Elegant Man
- Director(s):
- Richard Pearce
- Writer(s):
- James Salter
- Producer(s):
- Jon Slan, Michael Burns
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Nudity, Adult Situations)
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- 1983 - Genie Awards - Best Actor
- 1983 - Genie Awards - Best Cinematography
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