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Buddies

...The first dramatic movie about AIDS

1985 · NR · 1h 21m

Directed by Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.

8.2

TMDB audience score
56 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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 and Robert's need for emotional release is fulfilled.

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Cast

  • Geoff Edholm
    Robert Willow

  • David Schachter
    David Bennett

  • Libby Saines
    Mrs. Bennett

  • David Rose
    Steve

  • Billy Lux
    Edward

  • Joyce Korn
    Lynn

  • Susan Schneider
    Sylvia Douglas

  • Tracy Vivat
    Nurse

  • Damon Hairston
    Gym Instructor