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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

And the band played on (Motion picture). Spanish & English.

Title:

And the band played on / HBO Pictures presents ; screenplay by Arnold Schulman ; directed by Roger Spottiswoode.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : HBO Home Video, [2001]

Description:

1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

wide screen version

DVD-video NTSC

video file DVD video All regions

Summary:

Matthew Modine stars as Dr. Don Francis, a researcher at the Centers for Disease Control who seeks to uncover the cause of a number mysterious deaths. With little funding for a subject few will even discuss, not only must he fight the disease, but a disinterested public, the government, the media and even the communities where the mysterious virus strikes hardest. But as the death toll mounts, public interest is stirred and Francis' research becomes a despeate race against time. -- Publisher

Target Audience Note:

Rated R.

Subjects:

Shilts, Randy -- Television adaptations.

AIDS (Disease) -- History -- Drama.

AIDS (Disease) -- Political aspects -- Drama.

AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Drama.

Genre:

Made-for-TV movies.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Television adaptations.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Feature films.

Drama.

Other Author:

Spottiswoode, Roger. director.

Schulman, Arnold. screenwriter.

Modine, Matthew. actor.

Alda, Alan, 1936- actor.

Collins, Phil. actor.

Gere, Richard, 1949- actor.

Huston, Anjelica. actor.

Burwell, Carter. composer.

Sanford, Midge. producer.

Pillsbury, Sarah. producer.

Teets, Edward (Edward A.)

Shilts, Randy. And the band played on.

HBO Pictures.

HBO Video (Firm)

Other Title:

Matthew Modine : and the band played on

Notes:

Originally produced for television broadcast in 1993.

Based on the book by Randy Shilts.

Music, Carter Burwell ; co-producers, Arnold Schulman, Edward Teets ; executive producers, Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent ; producers, Midge Sanford, Sarah Pillsbury ; editor, Lois Freeman-Fox ; director of photography, Paul Elliott.

Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Phil Collins, Richard Gere, Anjelica Huston, Steve Martin, Ian McKellan, Lily Tomlin, Glenne Headly, Swoosie Kurtz, Richard Masur, Saul Rubinek, Charles Martin Smith, B.D. Wong.

DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; 5.1, Dolby surround, mono.

In English or Spanish with optional subtitles in English, Spanish, or French; closed captioned.

ISBN:

0783118538

9780783118536

0783118538

Publisher Number:

90962

2000041887

Other Number:

50554054

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

772636

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE And the