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And the Band Played On

And the Band Played On

And the Band Played On

1993
Drama
TV Movie
2h 21m
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it. (imdb)

Directed by:

Roger Spottiswoode
Roger-Spottiswoode
27 total credits
Roger Spottiswoode has 27 credits at Criticker, including: Tomorrow Never Dies, The 6th Day, Turner & Hooch, 48 Hrs. and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

Writers:

Arnold Schulman
Arnold-Schulman
13 total credits
Arnold Schulman has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Tucker: The Man and His Dream, A Chorus Line, And the Band Played On, Love with the Proper Stranger and Funny Lady
,
Randy Shilts
Randy-Shilts
1 total credit
Randy Shilts has just 1 credit at Criticker: And the Band Played On

Starring:

Tchéky Karyo
Tchky-Karyo
76 total credits
Tchéky Karyo has 76 credits at Criticker, including: The Patriot, GoldenEye, Bad Boys, La Femme Nikita and Taking Lives
,
Nathalie Baye
Nathalie-Baye
74 total credits
Nathalie Baye has 74 credits at Criticker, including: Catch Me If You Can, Tell No One, Day for Night, Laurence Anyways and Juste la fin du monde
,
Ian McKellen
Ian-McKellen
82 total credits
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He has received a Tony Award and two Academy Award nominations. His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is known to many for roles such as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and as Magneto in the X-Men films....(Wikipedia)
,
Glenne Headly
Glenne-Headly
41 total credits
Glenne Headly has 41 credits at Criticker, including: Dick Tracy, Don Jon, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Mr. Holland's Opus
,
Richard Gere
Richard-Gere
64 total credits
Richard Tiffany Gere is an American actor. He began acting in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and a starring role in Days of Heaven. He came to prominence in 1980 for his role in the film American Gigolo, which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. He went on to star in several hit films including An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman, Primal Fear, and Chicago, for which he won a Golden Globe Award as Best Actor...(Wikipedia)
,
Alan Alda
Alan-Alda
63 total credits
Alan Alda has 63 credits at Criticker, including: The Aviator, What Women Want, Bridge of Spies, Marriage Story and Crimes and Misdemeanors
,
Matthew Modine
Matthew-Modine
90 total credits
Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American actor. His film roles include Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film Full Metal Jacket and high school wrestler Louden Swain in Vision Quest...(Wikipedia)
,
Anjelica Huston
Anjelica-Huston
82 total credits
Anjelica Huston is an American actress. Huston became the third generation of her family to win an Academy Award, for her performance in 1985's Prizzi's Honor, joining her father, director John Huston, and grandfather, actor Walter Huston. She later was nominated in 1989 and 1990 for her acting in Enemies, a Love Story and The Grifters respectively. Among her roles, she starred as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993)...(Wikipedia)
,
Lily Tomlin
Lily-Tomlin
46 total credits
Lily Tomlin has 46 credits at Criticker, including: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, I Heart Huckabees, Short Cuts, Nashville and The Kid
,
Richard Jenkins
Richard-Jenkins
103 total credits
Richard Dale Jenkins is an American stage, film, and television actor. Jenkins made his film debut in 1974, and has appeared in supporting roles in numerous film productions in the 1980s and the 1990s before coming to prominence in the early 2000s for playing the deceased patriarch Nathaniel Fisher on the HBO funeral drama series Six Feet Under. He has since established himself in Hollywood by appearing in lead roles in the films The Visitor... - www.wikipedia.org
,
Patrick Bauchau
Patrick-Bauchau
65 total credits
Patrick Bauchau has 65 credits at Criticker, including: Panic Room, 2012, The Cell, Secretary and A View to a Kill
,
David Clennon
David-Clennon
31 total credits
David Clennon has 31 credits at Criticker, including: The Thing, Gone Girl, Being There, Missing and Light Sleeper

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA

Languages:

English, French, Danish

And the Band Played On

1993
Drama
TV Movie
2h 21m
Avg Percentile 65% from 180 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

Compact view
Compact view
Avg Percentile 65% from 180 total ratings
Rated 29 Dec 2008
75
72nd
More proof that the 80's had SERIOUSLY sucky parts. Good cast, I suspect a great book
Rated 04 Mar 2008
85
88th
It's really f***ed up how this country treated the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the beginning. This movie sheds light on why we can't be so closed minded.
Rated 18 Jul 2022
75
67th
Crazycast+76ebolariver+77copenhagenfirstcase+78paris+80LA+81ATLdiseasecontrol-saidmennothomossopublish+straightpressnotmentioning+82gettingDrtohelpfornobelchance+hemophylyiaccuzbloodmed+babycuzdonors+renameaids-howmanyhavetodiebeforemorecosteffectivethanlawsuits+franceseesit'snewretrovirus+84-firstguytrynatakecredit/frenchsue+sharecredit
Rated 02 Feb 2014
70
57th
Gripping and tragic tale, well told. Not as essential as the book.
Rated 09 Dec 2012
79
62nd
Very Interesting
Rated 22 Oct 2010
98
84th
This movie is a both sad and frightening. It's made even more disturbing by the fact that it is based off of the events in 80's regarding AIDS.
Rated 20 Sep 2010
75
92nd
Stellar made for television movie that sheds some light on the HIV epidemic in its earlier stages. Modine is suprisingly effective amongst a very talented cast.
Rated 12 Dec 2009
84
81st
Really interesting film, although a copycat of "Philadelphia". However, whereas the former showed a personal drama, this one here depicts more the struggle of society with HIV/AIDS.
Rated 08 Dec 2009
71
60th
Various aspects of gay life are shown objectively, without sensationalizing. Celebrity cameos are somewhat distracting though most acquit themselves well. The script went through numerous rewrites; director Spottiswoode reportedly objected to HBO interference at the editing stage.
Rated 11 Apr 2009
70
76th
Good Movie
Rated 13 Aug 2007
60
27th
Probably the best movie about the genesis of AIDS in America. Unfortunately that means nothing.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Roger Spottiswoode
Roger-Spottiswoode
27 total credits
Roger Spottiswoode has 27 credits at Criticker, including: Tomorrow Never Dies, The 6th Day, Turner & Hooch, 48 Hrs. and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

Writers:

Arnold Schulman
Arnold-Schulman
13 total credits
Arnold Schulman has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Tucker: The Man and His Dream, A Chorus Line, And the Band Played On, Love with the Proper Stranger and Funny Lady
,
Randy Shilts
Randy-Shilts
1 total credit
Randy Shilts has just 1 credit at Criticker: And the Band Played On

Starring:

Tchéky Karyo
Tchky-Karyo
76 total credits
Tchéky Karyo has 76 credits at Criticker, including: The Patriot, GoldenEye, Bad Boys, La Femme Nikita and Taking Lives
,
Nathalie Baye
Nathalie-Baye
74 total credits
Nathalie Baye has 74 credits at Criticker, including: Catch Me If You Can, Tell No One, Day for Night, Laurence Anyways and Juste la fin du monde
,
Ian McKellen
Ian-McKellen
82 total credits
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He has received a Tony Award and two Academy Award nominations. His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is known to many for roles such as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and as Magneto in the X-Men films....(Wikipedia)
,
Glenne Headly
Glenne-Headly
41 total credits
Glenne Headly has 41 credits at Criticker, including: Dick Tracy, Don Jon, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Mr. Holland's Opus
,
Richard Gere
Richard-Gere
64 total credits
Richard Tiffany Gere is an American actor. He began acting in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and a starring role in Days of Heaven. He came to prominence in 1980 for his role in the film American Gigolo, which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. He went on to star in several hit films including An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman, Primal Fear, and Chicago, for which he won a Golden Globe Award as Best Actor...(Wikipedia)
,
Alan Alda
Alan-Alda
63 total credits
Alan Alda has 63 credits at Criticker, including: The Aviator, What Women Want, Bridge of Spies, Marriage Story and Crimes and Misdemeanors
,
Matthew Modine
Matthew-Modine
90 total credits
Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American actor. His film roles include Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film Full Metal Jacket and high school wrestler Louden Swain in Vision Quest...(Wikipedia)
,
Anjelica Huston
Anjelica-Huston
82 total credits
Anjelica Huston is an American actress. Huston became the third generation of her family to win an Academy Award, for her performance in 1985's Prizzi's Honor, joining her father, director John Huston, and grandfather, actor Walter Huston. She later was nominated in 1989 and 1990 for her acting in Enemies, a Love Story and The Grifters respectively. Among her roles, she starred as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993)...(Wikipedia)
,
Lily Tomlin
Lily-Tomlin
46 total credits
Lily Tomlin has 46 credits at Criticker, including: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, I Heart Huckabees, Short Cuts, Nashville and The Kid
,
Richard Jenkins
Richard-Jenkins
103 total credits
Richard Dale Jenkins is an American stage, film, and television actor. Jenkins made his film debut in 1974, and has appeared in supporting roles in numerous film productions in the 1980s and the 1990s before coming to prominence in the early 2000s for playing the deceased patriarch Nathaniel Fisher on the HBO funeral drama series Six Feet Under. He has since established himself in Hollywood by appearing in lead roles in the films The Visitor... - www.wikipedia.org
,
Patrick Bauchau
Patrick-Bauchau
65 total credits
Patrick Bauchau has 65 credits at Criticker, including: Panic Room, 2012, The Cell, Secretary and A View to a Kill
,
David Clennon
David-Clennon
31 total credits
David Clennon has 31 credits at Criticker, including: The Thing, Gone Girl, Being There, Missing and Light Sleeper

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA

Languages:

English, French, Danish
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