And the Band Played On
by Roger Spottiswoode
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Actor: Alan Alda, Christian Clemenson, Matthew Modine, Nathalie Baye, Patrick BauchauDirector: Roger Spottiswoode
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 140 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-06-05
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Movie Reviews of And the Band Played On
Movie Review: And The Band Played On..and still does!
Summary: 5 Stars
Maybe I'm getting more compassionate as the years add up, maybe I'm just realizing the frailty of what it means to be human. I recently bought the dvd, "And The Band Played On" from Amazon.com. It deals with the early years of the AIDS crisis and the fear that went with it. Having known several people who died from this horror, it is very hard for me to remember but harder not to.
It is a wonderful film and I cry every single time I watch it and if I were chancellor of a major university, I would make this film/DVD mandatory viewing for all sociology and social science majors. If "And The Band Played On" doesn't move an individual to fight the fight against AIDS and other immune diseases, YES I'll include Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, etc...then our claim in Heaven will be nothing more then an IOU slip from St Peter.
I remember those who died during those years..I will never forget them.
sent with love and compassion,
Mark Chase
Summary of And the Band Played On
A superior, made-for-cable film, this Home Box Office adaptation of Randy Shilts's 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 (Birdy, Married to the Mob) is featured as a doctor with the Centers for Disease Control at the time when the first reports of a 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. --Robert LaneDrama DVD Video
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