Longtime Companion
starring: Campbell Scott, Patrick Cassidy, John Dossett, Mary-Louise Parker, Stephen Caffrey
directed by: Norman René
directed by: Norman René
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792848141
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792848144
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 23, 2001
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 13501
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1990
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Editorial Review:
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Hailed as the first mainstream film to put a human face on the AIDS epidemic, Longtime Companion is a 'remarkable' (Newsweek) drama that takes an honest, unflinching look at how this devastating disease changes everyone it touches. 'Intelligent, unflinching and unpatronizing' (Boxoffice), and starring a 'terrific ensemble cast' (Time), including OscarÂ(r) nominee* and Golden Globe winner** Bruce Davison, Campbell Scott, Dermot Mulroney and Mary-Louise Parker,this heartrending yet triumphant film 'is an illuminating, deeply moving experience' (Los Angeles Times). During the summer of 1981, a group of friends in New York are completely unprepared for the onslaught of AIDS. What starts as a rumor about a mysterious 'gay cancer' soon turns into a major crisis as, one by one, some of the friends begin to fall ill, leaving the others to panic about who will be next. As death takes its toll, the lives of these friends are forever redefinedby an unconditional display, of love, hope and courage. *1990: Supporting Actor, Longtime Companion **1990: Supporting Actor, Longtime Companion
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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 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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- very touching movieThis is a very sensitive and touching movie I loved it. I frist watched it some 18 years ago I think, ... Read More
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- Excellent daring movieThis movie really touched me so much.
it makes you want to be more daring in your life by ... Read More
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- Captures the times beautifully"Longtime Companion", the first full-length chronicle of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, remains as fresh ... Read More
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- Dreary And Not All That WatchableI respect the ultra-realism of Longtime Companion, and have no doubt this landmark production accurately ... Read More
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- you're gonna cry...I thought that *Longtime Companion* was an endearing tearjerker of a movie. This films is about a cluster ... Read More
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