Brian Cousins, Bruce Davison, Campbell Scott

The late director Norman Rene and writer Craig Lucas made a pretty fine creative team on the stage and in the movies, and this 1990 drama about the evolving impact of AIDS on gay New Yorkers is their ...( read more  read more... )best cinematic achievement. The ensemble story follows the lives of nine or so characters as word of the so-called "gay cancer" eventually becomes a real force, killing several of them as the years go by. The film works well on a number of levels, not least of which is the enviable closeness of the characters, the script's wit, the bittersweet experience of loss, and a celebratory attitude at the end mixing wisdom with defiance. --Tom Keogh

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DVD Release Date: January 23, 2001

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  • August 26, 2009
    Brilliant and heartwrenching.
  • March 26, 2009
    I loved IT, and would still watch it again, Oop's i have!!!
    Very apt for the earer and very dear to my heart ,especially if you live with HIV and need a good cry...Which sometimes helps me anyway.
  • November 9, 2008
    An Instant Classic. The first major motion picture that dealt with the AIDS epidemic. Campbell Scott, Dermot Mulroney and of course Bruce Davidson whom was nominated for best supporting actor from this film. I fell in love with Mary Louise Parker when I saw this film. This film w...( read more)ill make you cry if you have any human emotion, so keep the tissues close.
  • October 17, 2008
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • August 24, 2008
    Hollywood account from a white view...although an excellent film.
  • August 3, 2008
    Total gay classic. sad and beautiful movie. well acted and written.
  • July 24, 2008
    I absolutely adore this movie. I think it was amazing for it's time.
  • June 1, 2008
    So REAL & GROUNDBREAKING...the first of it's kind to show the gay community as real people, not stereotypes...

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  • CrystalKenobi
    July 9, 2008
    ITS TIME TO FIND A CURE FOR AIDS!!! RIGHT NOW!! DONATE TO WHATEVER RESEARCH YOU CAN!!!! THE TIME IS NOW!!!!

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