And the Band Played On Movie Information

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Overall Rank: 2267

Average Rating: 2.9/4

# of Ratings: 27

Theatrical Release Date: 09/11/1993

Language: English

Genre: Drama

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Director: Roger Spottiswoode

Actors: Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Patrick Bauchau, Phil Collins, Richard Gere, Anjelica Huston

Plot: A film that follows the early years of the AIDS epidemic in the US. A immunologist at the CDC tries to understand the virus while the government and their bureaucracy is slow to react to the threat. The San Francisco gay community decides how to handle the issue in their own way while an American and French virologist fight over who was the first to identity the virus. -- Chris Kavan