To win a war, You have to start one
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and overwhelming.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Mark RuffaloNed Weeks
- Matt BomerFelix Turner
- Taylor KitschBruce Niles
- Jim ParsonsTommy Boatwright
- Alfred MolinaBen Weeks
- Julia RobertsDr. Emma Brookner
- Joe MantelloMickey Marcus
- BD WongBuzzy
- Jonathan GroffCraig
- Stephen SpinellaSanford
Crew
- Ryan MurphyDirector
- Larry KramerScreenplay
- Daniel ModerDirector of Photography
- Cliff MartinezOriginal Music Composer
- Adam PennEditor
- Scott FergusonProducer
- Alexis Martin WoodallProducer
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