Threshold (1981)
1h 37m
Running Time
September 19, 1981Release Date
Plot.
Celebrated heart surgeon Thomas Vrain supports the research of an offbeat scientist who has invented an artificial heart. Against the advice of the Ethics Committee, Dr. Vrain decides to perform the first artificial heart transplant.
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Cast & Crew.
Donald Sutherland
Dr. Thomas Vrain
John Marley
Edgar Fine
Sharon Acker
Tilla Vrain
Mare Winningham
Carol Severance
Jeff Goldblum
Dr. Aldo Gehring
Richard Pearce
Director
Michael Lerner
Henry De Vici
Richard Blackburn
Dr. Cutter
James Salter
Writer
Michael Burns
Producer
Michael C. Gwynne
Jay Wingate
Jon Slan
Producer
Robert Joy
David Art
Micky Erbe
Composer
Allan F. Nicholls
Dr. Basil Rents
Kate Trotter
Mrs. Anderson
Maribeth Solomon
Composer
Lally Cadeau
Anita, Vrain's Secretary
Stuart Gillard
Dick Getts
Barbara Gordon
Wanda, Vrain's Scrub Nurse
Samantha Langevin
Mrs. Clure
Jessica Steen
Tracy Vrain
Casey Stevens
Larry Hammond
Anne Pritchard
Production Design
Details.
Release DateSeptember 19, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Content RatingPG
Genres
Wiki.
Threshold is a 1981 Canadian drama/science fiction film directed by Richard Pearce and starring Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum. The film was nominated for ten Genie Awards in 1983 and won two of them. Sutherland also won best actor at the 1982 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for his performance. Threshold was filmed on location at the then newly constructed Ottawa General Hospital.