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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Year:

2009

Duration:

Argentina:86 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama

IMDB rate:

7.8

Director:

Thomas Carter

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 wins & 10 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2009-02-07

Filming Locations: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Casey Tutton

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Ben Carson

Kimberly Elise

Sonya Carson

Aunjanue Ellis

Candy

Ele Bardha

Dr. Long

Loren Bass

Yale Professor

Geoffrey Beauchamp

Dr. Freeman

Tajh Bellow

Curtis - Child

Lesley Bevan

Miss Williamson

Jesse Christian

Hospital Staff

Ron Coden

Professor

Wayne David Parker

ER Doctor #1

Angela Dawe

Augusta Rausch

Gregory Dockery II

Teen Curtis Carson

Zac Douglass

Mark Buckley

Ithamar Enriquez

Jose Gonzalez

Jaishon Fisher

Bennie

Michael Fitch

Mark Buckley

Erin Renee Frankfort

College Student

Danny Goldring

Professor Burket

Alecia Hamilton

ER Nurse (as Alecia McGill)

Maestro Harrell

Joe - Teen

John Hickman

Mr. Jaeck

Gus Hoffman

Teen Bennie

John Hoogenakker

Psychiatrist

Duncan Hursley

Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Sam Logan Khaleghi

Chemistry Student

Ellington King

B.J. Carson

Alondra Lozano

Cynthia Gonzalez

Mary Mac

Nurse

Adam McNinch

8th Grader

Erick Michael

Bandit King

Gordon Michaels

Dr. Mark Rogers

Dennis North

ER Doctor #2

Yasen Peyankov

Dr. Udvarhelyi

Cheyenne Pinson

Maria Gonzalez

Jacqueline Pruder

Nurse

Jimmy Rhoades

Anestesiologist

Ashley L. Richardson

Sister Scott

Jacquelyn Ritz

Mrs. Gross

Scott Stangland

Peter Rausch

Alan Stefan

Parent

Emily Sutton-Smith

OR Nurse Karen Smith

Rick Uecker

Elementary Principal

Aileen Uytuico

OR Nurse

Guy Van Swearingen

Dr. Hairston

Matthew Elijah Webb

Murray Carson

Reuben Yabuku

Pastor Ford

Courtney Benjamin

Neurosugeon (uncredited)

Zachary Borromeo

Chemistry Student (uncredited)

Shawntay Dalon

Young Girl (uncredited)

Ryan Falcheck

Classroom bully (uncredited)

William C. Fox

School Teacher (uncredited)

Lisa Gaulzetti

Professor Yale University (uncredited)

Penny Gibbs

Hospital Visitor (uncredited)

David Gibson

Visitor Q (uncredited)

Dave Kilgore

Dr. Jacob Kesler (uncredited)

Doug Kolbicz

Library / Museum Extra (uncredited)

Candace M. Laferle

Nurse (uncredited)

Diane M. Leach

Nurse (uncredited)

Lawrence W. Leach

Parent in Audience (uncredited)

Alisa Martin

Pediatric Patient's Mother

McKenna Martin

Pediatric Patient

Michael Marx

Surgical Team Member (uncredited)

Curtis Matzke

Med Student (uncredited)

Kathi J. Moore

German Nurse (uncredited)

Steven Proehl

Art Museum Patron / Library Visitor (uncredited)

Ray Daniel Rogers

Doctor (uncredited)

Grace Anne Rowan

Museum Patron (uncredited)

Joe Sacksteder

Flirting Student (uncredited)

Tom Stewart

Cameraman (uncredited)

Morris Lee Sullivan

Surgical Team Member (uncredited)

Steve Swanson

Physician (uncredited)

Sarana VerLin

Hospital visitor / journalist (uncredited)

Joseph Victor

Yale Student (uncredited)

Alan Wilder

German Obstetrician (uncredited)

Armon York Williams

Paramedic (uncredited)

Matthew Winne

Extra (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The library that Mrs. Carson cleans at the Professor's house is actually the library at the Biltmore in North Carolina.

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The real Ben Carson can be seen briefly as an extra walking down the hallway reading a chart, and wearing the same blue scrubs as Cuba Gooding.

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In the scene when Ben is looking at the babies after his wife lost their twins he is holding the stethoscope backwards.

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Goofs

In the operating room scene during surgery for the conjoined twins, close-up views of the hands of some of the OR personnel who are manipulating IV solutions reveal they are NOT wearing surgical gloves for sterility.

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In the scene when Ben first was on rounds as an intern at John Hopkins in 1976 it shows a patient connected to a patient monitor that was not available until 1989.

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When Dr. Carson went to deliver the results of the separation surgery to the parents he didn't have sweat on his uniform but in the following scene when he escorted the parents to see their twins he was drenched in sweat.

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