AND THE BAND PLAYED ON

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• Release Year: 1993
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: From Randy Shilts' bestseller comes a powerful, enlightening and moving chronicle of our times. In the summer of 1981, few knew of the deadly disease we now call AIDS. AND THE BAND PLAYED ON follows the struggle of a handful of strong-willed men and women who took on the fight to save lives.; ; Matthew Modine stars as Dr. Don Francis, a researcher at the Centers for Disease Control who seeks to uncover the cause of a number of mysterious deaths. With little funding for a subject few will even discuss, not only must he fight the disease, but a disinterested public, the government, the media and even the communities where the mysterious virus strikes hardest. But as the death toll mounts, public interest is stirred and Francis' research becomes a desperate race against time.; ; Featuring Alan Alda, Phil Collins, Richard Gere, Anjelica Huston, Steve Martin, Ian McKellen, Lily Tomlin, Glenne Headly, Swoosie Kurtz, Richard Masur, Saul Rubinek, Charles Martin Smith and B.D. Wong, AND THE BAND PLAYED ON presents an unforgettable tale of scientific struggle, media manipulation, corruption, deceit, tragedy… and triumph.
• 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; Tchéky Karyo; Swoosie Kurtz; Jack Laufer; Donal Logue; Steve Martin; Richard Masur; Dakin Matthews; Ian McKellen; Peter McRobbie; Lawrence Monoson; Jeffrey Nordling; Saul Rubinek; Charles Martin Smith; Stephen Spinella; Lily Tomlin; BD Wong; Walter Addison; Jill Andre; Alan Barry; Neal Benari; David Dean Bottrell; Rico Bueno; Bill Carmichael; Christopher Carroll; Reg E. Cathey; John Del Regno; John Durbin; Mogens Eckert; Carey Eidel; Robert Briscoe Evans; Richard Fancy; Keythe Farley; Christopher John Fields; Dave Florek; Niki Guluchi; Yasmine Golchan; Patrick Gorman; James Greene; Jeff Hayenga; Daniel Henning; Ike Ikediashi; Laura Innes; Laura James; Michael Kearns; Erasor Kemie; Jack Kenny; Thomas Kopache; Clyde Kusatsu; Frank Li'Bay; Rob LaBelle; Neal Lerner; René Le Vant; Geoff Lower; Anthony Lucero; James Mastrantonio; Jon Shear; Rosemary Murphy; Susanne Olsen; Angela Paton; Sierra Pecheur; Miguel Pérez; Martin Raymond; Jeremy Regan; Robert Martin Robinson; Valeri Ross; Hildur Ruriks; Tom Schanley; Sean Whitesell; Michael Winters; William Wintersole; Lenny Wolpe; Peter Allen; Edafe Okurume; Arthur Ashe; Tina Chow; Aric Cushing; Brad Davis; Denholm Elliott; Ryal Haakenson; Rock Hudson; Michael Jackson; Magic Johnson; Trey King; Giorgio Kokosin; Liberace; John Lizzi; Geoffrey Lower; Roger Gail Lyon; Richard Marcus; Freddie Mercury; Paul Moncrief; Roger Mudd; Anthony Perkins; Princess Diana; Ronald Reagan; Max Robinson; Richie Solomon; Michael Szymanski; Elizabeth Taylor; Tom Waddell; Ryan White; Roger Spottiswoode; Randy Shilts; Arnold Schulman
• Director: Roger Spottiswoode
• Runtime: 2:20
• Company: HBO Pictures, HBO Video
• Media Format: Movie