LONGTIME COMPANION (WIDESCREEN) [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1989
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: Hailed as the first mainstream film to put a human face on the AIDS epidemic, Longtime Companion is a “remarkable” (Newsweek) drama that takes on honest, unflinching look at how this devastating disease changes everyone it touches. “Intelligent, unflinching and unpatronizing” (Boxoffice), ans starring a “terrific ensemble cast” (Times) including Oscar nominee Bruce Davidson, 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 gang 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 redefined by an unconditional display of love, hope and courage.
• Cast: Campbell Scott, Patrick Cassidy, John Dossett, Mary-Louise Parker, Stephen Caffrey, Tanya Berezin, Welker White, Michael Piontek, Joyce Reehling, Bruce Davison, Mark Lamos, Dermot Mulroney, Michael Schoeffling, Brian Cousins, Marceline Hugot, Margo Skinner, Eric Gutierrez, Brad O'Hare, Philip Moon, Hazel Medina, Annie Golden, Freda Foh Shen, Alexandra Neil, Kelly Connell, Brent Barrett, Keith Charles, Dan Butler, Robi Martin, Robert Joy, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Silver, David Drake, Michael Carmine, Melora Creager, Jesse Hultberg, Lee Kimble, Emily Cutler, Rajika Puri, Frank Stewart, Norman René
• Director: Norman René
• Runtime: 1:40
• Company: American Playhouse, MGM Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie