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And the Band Played On is a 1993 American television film docudrama directed by Roger Spottiswoode. The teleplay by Arnold Schulman is based on the best-selling 1987 non-fiction book And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts , and is noteworthy for featuring both a vast historical scope, as well as an ...
- $8 million
- Carter Burwell
Sep 11, 1993 · And the Band Played On: Directed by Roger Spottiswoode. With Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Patrick Bauchau, Nathalie Baye. The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic, and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
- (11K)
- Drama, History
- Roger Spottiswoode
- 1993-09-11
Lily Tomlin. Dr. Selma Dritz. Richard Gere. The Choreographer. Steve Martin. The Brother. Watchlist. TRAILER. Watchlist. In 1981, epidemiologist Don Francis (Matthew Modine) learns of an increased...
- (250)
- Roger Spottiswoode
- PG-13
- Matthew Modine
And the Band Played On was used as the basis for a 1993 Primetime Emmy Award-winning HBO television film of the same name. It was produced by Aaron Spelling , directed by Roger Spottiswoode , and starred Matthew Modine as epidemiologist Don Francis and Richard Masur as William Darrow at the Centers for Disease Control.
- Randy Shilts, Matthew Modine
- 630 pp
- 1987
- 1987
Don Francis, an immunologist with experience in eradicating smallpox and containing the Ebola virus, joins the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to try and understand just what this disease is. They also have deal with bureaucracy and a government that doesn't seem to care.
Nov 27, 2007 · And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition [Shilts, Randy] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
PG-13 | drama | 2 HR 21 MIN | 1993. WATCH NOW. Matthew Modine is a doctor who tracks a deadly epidemic halfway around the world in this medical thriller. Watch And the Band Played On online at HBO.com. Stream on any device any time. Explore cast information, synopsis and more.
