| Other author/creator | Modine, Matthew. |
| Other author/creator | Shilts, Randy And the band played on. |
| Other author/creator | HBO Pictures. |
| Other author/creator | HBO Video (Firm) |
| Abstract |
(Robert Lane, Amazon.com essential video) A superior, made-for-cable film, this Home Box Office adaptation of Randy Shilts' chronicle detailing the emergence of AIDS in America and the fight against bureaucracy and society for a cure is a taut, outrageous, and affecting true-life drama. Matthew Modine . . . is featured as a doctor with the Centers for Disease Control at the time when the first reports of the disease plaguing the gay community were heard. Modine and his colleagues embark on an investigation that resembles a compelling detective story as they try to track the source of the disease and discover a cure. Their efforts are thwarted by an ambivalent government and a turf war between French physicians and a celebrated American researcher (Alan Alda) who seems to place his own glory above the dead and the dying. Featuring heartfelt performances from a stellar cast including Richard Gere, Glenne Headly, Anjelica Huston, Steve Martin, Ian McKellen, Saul Rubinek, and Lily Tomlin, this impassioned film stands as an impressive and important document of one of the darkest eras in modern human history, and a tribute to the spirit of those who sought to save lives. |
| General note | Based on the book by Randy Shilts. |
| Credits | Casting by Judith Holstra, Nikki Valko ; music by Carter Burwell ; edited by Lois Freeman-Fox ; production designer, Victoria Paul ; director of photography, Paul Elliott ; co-producers, Edward Teets, Arnold Schulman ; executive producers, Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent ; produced by Midge Sanford, Sarah Pillsbury ; screenplay by Arnold Schulman ; directed by Roger Spottiswoode. |
| Cast |
Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Patrick Bauchau, Nathalie Baye, Christian Clemenson, David Clennon, Phil Collins, Bud Cort, Alex Courtney, David Dukes, Richard Gere, David Marshall Grant, Ronald Guttman, Glenne Headly, Anjelica Huston, Ken Jenkins, Richard Jenkins, Tcheky Karyo, Swoosie Kurtz, Jack Laufer, Donal Logue, Steve Martin, Richard Masur, Dakin Mathews, Ian McKellen, Peter McRobbie, Lawrence Monoson, Jeffrey Nordling, Saul Rubinek, Charles Martin Smith, Stephen Spinella, Lily Tomlin, B.D. Wong. |
| Reproduction note | Videocassette (Betacam SP) Bethesda, Md. : National Library of Medicine, 2011. 2 videocassettes (142 min.) : sd., col., 1/2 in. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Terms of use | This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing. |
| ISBN | 0783105312 |
| ISBN | 9780783105314 |
| ISBN | 0783118538 |
| ISBN | 9780783118536 |
| Publisher number | 90962 HBO Home Video |
