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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 ...
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
In 1981, epidemiologist Don Francis (Matthew Modine) learns of an increased rate of death among gay men in urban areas. The startling information leads him to begin investigating the outbreak ...
- (12)
- Roger Spottiswoode
- PG-13
- Matthew Modine
Nov 27, 2007 · And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition. Paperback – November 27, 2007. Upon its first publication more than twenty years ago, And the Band Played on was quickly recognized as a masterpiece of investigative reporting.
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic is a 1987 book by San Francisco Chronicle journalist Randy Shilts.
- Randy Shilts, Matthew Modine
- 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.
Matthew Modine is a doctor who tracks a deadly epidemic halfway around the world in this medical thriller. 1,743 IMDb 7.8 2 h 20 min 1993. X-Ray PG-13. Historical · Drama · Compelling · Downbeat.
