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Buddies
“...The first dramatic movie about AIDS”
8.2 / 10• 1985• 1h 21m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
GE
Geoff Edholm
Robert Willow
Lead
David Schachter
David Bennett
LS
Libby Saines
Mrs. Bennett
David Rose
Steve
BL
Billy Lux
Edward
JK
Joyce Korn
Lynn
SS
Susan Schneider
Sylvia Douglas
TV
Tracy Vivat
Nurse
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.'s vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Buddies is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
