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And the Band Played On
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And the Band Played On (1993) (TV)

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Overview

Director:
Roger Spottiswoode
Writers (WGA):
Randy Shilts (book)
Arnold Schulman (teleplay)
Release Date:
11 September 1993 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
A threat no one dared face. A word no one wanted to speak. A fight for many, fought by few.
Plot:
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 9 wins & 19 nominations more
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User Comments:
Powerful...and Important!! more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Matthew Modine ... Dr. Don Francis

Alan Alda ... Dr. Robert Gallo

Patrick Bauchau ... Dr. Luc Montagnier
Nathalie Baye ... Dr. Françoise Barre

Christian Clemenson ... Dr. Dale Lawrence

David Clennon ... Mr. Johnstone

Phil Collins ... Eddie Papasano

Bud Cort ... Antique shop owner

Alex Courtney ... Dr. Mika Popovic
David Dukes ... Dr. Mervyn Silverman

Richard Gere ... The Choreographer
David Marshall Grant ... Dennis Seeley

Ronald Guttman ... Dr. Jean-Claude Chermann

Glenne Headly ... Dr. Mary Guinan

Anjelica Huston ... Dr. Betsy Reisz
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Additional Details

Runtime:
141 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French | Danish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
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Trivia:
Mary Guinan, the role played by Glenne Headly, was Nevada's State Health Officer in the early 2000s. She has since retired. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Francis's Volvo has a Georgia license plate on the front. Georgia only issues rear license plates. more
Quotes:
Dr. Don Francis: How many people have to die before it'll be cost effective for you people to do something about it? A hundred? A thousand? Give us a number so we won't annoy you until the amount of money you start losing on LAWSUITS makes it PROFITABLE for you to save people than to kill them! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Chicago Hope: ...And the Hand Played On (#4.5)" (1997) more
Soundtrack:
Manhattan Man more

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10 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Powerful...and Important!!, 4 June 2006
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Author: matthew-bowman from United States

And The Band Played On is an extremely powerful movie. This movie should be required viewing in any high school. The fact that it took so incredibly long for the then higher powers to admit to the existence of AIDS is stunning and sad. The performances throughout the movie were moving and effective. I thought that Sir Ian McKellan and Richard Gere represented respectfully the signs of strength and fear.

I was also disheartened to learn that throughout this tragedy, there were individuals who might have been more concerned with helping and protecting their own reputation and agenda as well as accepting the credit for their work in breaking down point by point the disease known as AIDS. Alan Alda as Dr. Gallo was fascinating. In fact all of the performances from Matthew Modine and Richard Gere to Steve Martin and BD Wong were great. The most important thing here though is the history of this disease and the hope that we can learn from it.

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