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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 · 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. Restored in 2020.
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 ...
2 views 11 minutes ago. …THE FIRST DRAMATIC MOVIE ABOUT AIDS David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a ‘buddy’ for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely ...
Digitally restored and available on demand for the first time, 'Buddies' was the first feature-length drama about AIDS when it was released in 1985. When 25 year-old David volunteers to be a...
Directed by Arthur J. Bressan Jr., who died of complications from AIDS two years after the film was released, the film follows a New York City gay man in a...
A man in the final stages of AIDS shares personal memories and insights with his volunteer caregiver.
