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Buddies is a 1985 American drama film. It is the first film to deal with the AIDS pandemic, preceding the television film An Early Frost (also released in 1985).
Oct 31, 1985 · Buddies: Directed by Arthur J. Bressan Jr.. With Geoff Edholm, David Schachter, Billy Lux, David Rose. The film follows a New York City gay man, in a monogamous relationship, becoming a "buddy" or volunteer bedside companion to another gay man dying of AIDS, and the friendship that develops.
- (817)
- Drama, History, Romance
- Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
- 1985-10-31
David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens ...
- Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.
- 81 min
- 2
Aug 16, 2023 · Former actor David Schachter on how Arthur J. Bressan Jr.'s indie was the first to tell the story of AIDS from a gay-specific perspective.
- Ryan Lattanzio
The drama “Buddies,” from 1985, was the first feature about the disease, the work of a writer-director who would die of AIDS complications.
Released Sep 12, 1985 1h 21m Drama LGBTQ+ List 100% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 47% Audience Score 50+ Ratings A man in the final stages of AIDS shares personal memories and insights with his...
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- Drama, LGBTQ+
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Dec 6, 2019 · The late Arthur J Bressan Jr’s intimate 1985 two-hander, now digitally restored, depicts the Reagan-era Aids crisis with an honesty and anger straight from the source, writes Alex Davidson.
