Director: Jean-Marc Vallée

Writers: Craig Borten; Melisa Wallack

Keywords: Drama, AIDS

A stereotypically-bigoted Texas redneck's HIV diagnosis during the darkest days of the AIDS epidemic leads to desperate measures and a dire predicament.

ABSTRACT
Electrician-cum-rodeo bull rider Ron Woodruff lives hard, plays hard, and hates hard, enjoying a life as a promiscuous drug-abusing homophobe in the extremely conservative confines of 1985 Dallas, Texas. When his careless ways lead to a shocking HIV-positive diagnosis during the worst days of the AIDS epidemic and an estimated month left to live, Ron's denial-turned-desperation finds him willing to go to the ends of the Earth in search of a cure, placing him in the thick of a "buyers' club" charged with procuring an experimental anti-AIDS drug and engaged in an all-out war against Big Pharma. Won Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Makeup; nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Griffin Dunne	Actor	8-Jun-1955		An American Werewolf in London
Jennifer Garner	Actor	17-Apr-1972		Alias
Jared Leto	Actor	26-Dec-1971		Harry in Requiem for a Dream
Matthew McConaughey	Actor	4-Nov-1969		Contact
Denis O'Hare	Actor	17-Jan-1962		Larry Harvey on American Horror Story
Kevin Rankin	Actor	18-Apr-1976		Roe Saunders on Unforgettable
Dallas Roberts	Actor	10-May-1970		Miles Fiedler on Rubicon
Steve Zahn	Actor	13-Nov-1968		Glenn in Out of Sight

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