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And the Band Played On |
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Genre
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Drama,
Docudrama,
Social Problem Film,
Gay & Lesbian Films.
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Year
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1993 |
Director
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Roger Spottiswoode.
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Actors
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Walter Addison,
Jill Andre,
Alan Barry,
Patrick Bauchau,
Nathalie Baye,
Christopher Carroll,
Reg E. Cathey,
Christian Clemenson,
David Clennon,
Phil Collins,
Bud Cort,
Alex Courtney,
John del Regno,
David Dukes,
John Durbin,
Mogens Eckert,
Carey Eidel,
Richard Fancy,
Christopher John Fields,
Dave Florek,
Patrick Gorman,
David Marshall Grant,
James Greene,
Ronald Guttman,
Glenne Headly,
Laura Innes,
Ken Jenkins,
Richard Jenkins,
Tchéky Karyo,
Michael Kearns,
Jack Kenny,
Thomas Kopache,
Swoosie Kurtz,
Clyde Kusatsu,
Rob La Belle,
Jack Laufer,
Neal Lerner,
Rene LeVant,
Donal Logue,
Richard Masur,
Dakin Matthews,
Ian McKellen,
Peter McRobbie,
Matthew Modine,
Lawrence Monoson,
Rosemarie Murphy,
Jeffrey Nordling,
Angela Paton,
Sierra Pecheur,
Miguel Perez,
Martin Raymond,
Valeri Ross,
Saul Rubinek,
Tom Schanley,
Charles Martin Smith,
Stephen Spinella,
William Wintersole,
Michael Winters,
B.D. Wong,
Alan Alda,
Richard Gere,
Anjelica Huston,
Steve Martin,
Lily Tomlin.
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File
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Runtime: |
140:00 |
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dvd-rip |
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700.25 Mb |
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Storyline:
The late journalist Randy Shilts' best-selling book on the burgeoning AIDS crisis was adapted for cable TV by Arnold Schulman. In 1981, researchers begin discerning a mysterious new disease that apparently affects only homosexual males (or so they thought at that time). Working independently, and with marked hostility toward one another, an American and a French research team manage to identify and name the dreaded HIV virus. The long-range effects of AIDS is experienced through the first- and secondhand experiences of several unfortunates, including a choreographer (Richard Gere) whose character is said to be based on Michael Bennett. The all-star cast (most of whom eschewed their usual high salaries) includes Lily Tomlin as San Francisco health official Selma Dritz, Matthew Modine as Centers for Disease Control researcher Don Francis, Alan Alda as NIH official Robert Gallo (who emerges as the villain of the piece), Ian McKellan as gay activist Bill Kraus, and Glenne Headley, Steve Martin and Anjelica Huston in cameo roles. And the Band Played On debuted September 11, 1993, on HBO. |
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