And the Band Played On (1993)
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Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 0
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Release Date: Sep 11, 1993 Wide
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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
Sep 11, 1993 Wide
Jun 5, 2001
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Cast
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Walter Addison
Blood Bank Executive -
Alan Barry
Hemophiliac Patient -
Patrick Bauchau
Dr. Luc Montagnier -
Nathalie Baye
Dr. Francoise Barre -
Reg E. Cathey
Staff Doctor #2 -
Christian Clemenson
Dr. Dale Lawrence -
David Clennon
Mr. Johnstone -
Clyde Kusatsu
Blood Bank Executive -
Alex Courtney
Dr. Mika Popovic -
John Del Regno
Man in Grand Central -
David Dukes
Dr. Mervyn Silverman -
John Durbin
6th Man -
Carey Eidel
Tennis Player -
Richard Fancy
Dr. Michael Gottlieb -
Christopher John Fields
Lawyer -
Dave Florek
Doughnut Shop Counterma... -
Richard Gere
Choreographer -
David Marshall Grant
Dennis Seeley -
Ronald Guttman
Dr. Jean-Claude Cherman... -
Glenne Headly
Dr. Mary Guinan -
Anjelica Huston
Dr. Betsy Reisz -
Richard Jenkins
Dr. Marc Conant -
Tcheky Karyo
Dr. Willy Rozenbaum -
Michael Kearns
Cleve -
Thomas Kopache
Blood Bank Executive -
Swoosie Kurtz
Mrs. Johnstone -
Rob La Belle
Gay Rights Activist -
Jack Laufer
Brian McDonough -
Neal Lerner
1st Man -
Donal Logue
Bobbi Campbell -
Richard Masur
William W. Darrow Ph.D -
Dakin Matthews
Congressman Phil Burton -
Ian McKellen
Bill Kraus -
Peter McRobbie
Dr. Max Essex -
Matthew Modine
Dr. Don Francis -
Lawrence Monoson
Chip -
Jeffrey Nordling
Gaetan Dugas -
Angela Paton
Woman in Denver -
Sierra Pecheur
Female Reporter -
Saul Rubinek
Dr. Curran -
Tom Schanley
Waiter -
Stephen Spinella
Brandy Alexander -
B.D. Wong
Kico Govantes -
Alan Alda
Dr. Robert Gallo -
Phil Collins
Eddie Papasano -
Bud Cort
Antique Shop Owner -
Ken Jenkins
Dr. Dennis Donohue -
Steve Martin
Brother -
Charles Martin Smith
Dr. Harold Jaffe -
Lily Tomlin
Dr. Selma Dritz -
Raymond Martin
4th Man -
Mogens Eckert
Chief Executive (Copenh... -
Patrick Gorman
Charles Dauget -
Rosemarie Murphy
Blood Bank Executive -
Miguel Pérez
Reporter -
Valeri Ross
Jim's Secretary -
Rene Levant
Blood Bank Executive -
William Wintersole
Dr. Paul Florino -
Jill Andre
Red Cross Spokesperson -
Christopher Carroll
Dr. Aaron Kellner -
Laura Innes
Hemophiliac Representat... -
Jack Kenny
San Francisco Activist -
Michael Winters
Middle-aged Man -
James Greene
Dr. Alvin Freedman-Kien
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All Critics (10) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (0) | DVD (4)
No production could accurately reproduce Randy Shilts' chilling account of the early days of AIDS, but this comes close.
Pretty powerful TV film about the AIDS epidemic and government inaction.
Earnest but still moving. Gere and Headly are great.
An all-star ensemble works wonders in this heart-breaking adaptation.
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- And the Band Played On (1993) (UK)
