The Widowmaker (2015)★ 7.9/10
- Documentary
- Journalism
Directed by: Patrick Forbes
Written by: Patrick Forbes
Every minute of every year an American drops dead of a heart attack, hundreds of thousands without any warning or prior symptom. But these people could have been saved. The Widowmaker uncovers a chilling tale of greed, ego, and a conspiracy of silence around that most vulnerable of human organs - the heart.
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Cast & crew
Gillian AndersonSelf - Narrator (voice)
Melinda MurraySelf - Lost Husband to Heart AttackJulio PalmazSelf - Texas Health Science Center, San AntonioMartin B. LeonSelf - Columbia University Medical Center, NYC
Larry KingSelf - Heart Attack SurvivorBruce H. BrundageSelf - Former Professor, David Geffen School of MedicineDouglas P. BoydSelf - Former Professor of Radiology, UCSFDaniel BosSelf - Son of Otto Bos
Arthur AgatstonSelf - DoctorWarren JanowitzSelf - Baptist Hospital of MiamiHarvey S. HechtSelf - Professor, Mount Sinai Medical CenterJohn A. RumbergerSelf - Princeton Longevity CenterMatthew BudoffSelf - Los Angeles Biomedical Research InstituteSamin K. SharmaSelf - Mount Sinai Medical CenterSteven NissenSelf - Cleveland ClinicEva Cohen WeingartenSelf - Wife of Heart Attack VictimJames LockeSelf - NASA Johnson Space CenterJoseph LoscalzoSelf - Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolGregory H. JohnsonSelf - NASA Johnson Space CenterRene OlivieraSelf - Texas State RepresentativeHoward S. WeintraubSelf - NYU Langone Medical CenterSandy O'DonnellSelf - Heart Attack SurvivorBerry MeierSelf - Reporter, New York TimesPaul ThackerSelf - Former Investigator for U.S. Senate Finance CommitteeCarlton MonroeSelf - Pastor
Wendell PotterSelf - Former Director of Communications, Humana Corp.David BobbetSelf - Heart Disease Sufferer